National Museum of Chinese Writing

The Chinese Character Museum in Anyang is the first national museum in China dedicated to the theme of characters. It consists of three grand halls, constructed in the style of the Yin Shang royal court. In front of the museum stands a tall character pavilion, featuring the shape of the character '字' from oracle bone and bronze inscriptions. The museum is particularly suitable for students, as it allows them to understand the origins and development of Chinese character formation in a three-dimensional way.

The Anyang Museum of Chinese Writing is a museum that showcases the evolution of character forms from the earliest time when the first oracle bones scripts were discovered, until the present time that the Chinese now use in their daily life. It not only houses the history, but also offers exhibitions in two other buildings behind the main hall. Entrance is free, although entrance by appointment is required. Reservations are divided into the morning and up to the evening sessions. However, note that the entrance to the three buildings are until 4.30pm sharp. The next entrance at 5.30pm allows only entrance to the main hall on the first floor. #museum #anyang #henan #museumofchinesewriting

When it comes to Henan, people will think of Luoyang, Kaifeng, or Zhengzhou🪩 My hometown-🏮Anyang, this low-key ancient capital city Has not been discovered by the public✨ 🌙The destiny of the mysterious bird, descended and gave birth to the Shang Dynasty The ancient charm is shiny, the lights are in Anyang🔥 If you plan to travel to Henan Why not come and see this ⛩️ city where the ancient and the modern intertwine, with its unique flavor 🗺️Recommended attractions in Anyang ✅Yinxu Museum The birthplace of Chinese archaeology, the origin of oracle bone script🗿 ✅Yuanlin The tombs of Yuan Shikai and his wife Mrs. Yu ✅Wenfeng Tower One of the landmark buildings in Anyang, the tower is large at the top and small at the bottom, with a unique shape, and you can also climb the tower to enjoy the city view🌃 ✅China Character Museum (reservation required) The only 1️⃣ museum with a Chinese character theme in China, the most representative bronze ware and oracle bone script from the Yin and Shang periods 🛁Accommodation suggestions It is recommended to stay in Wenfeng District, which is convenient for watching 🌙night scenes and visiting night markets🍢 🍜Taste of Anyang The food in Anyang is very distinctive, such as pig skin jelly, rice in starch, blood sausage, and flat powder vegetables are rarely seen in other places, it is recommended to try👍 🍽️Recommended restaurants 1️⃣Shengdeli: Representative of local dishes in Anyang 2️⃣Jiafeng Old House: New star of Henan cuisine 3️⃣Tonglaishun: Braised noodles, copper pot mutton 4️⃣Banu: Anyang's Haidilao 5️⃣Cangxiang Street & Beida Street: Various snacks and night markets from Cangxiang Street through the Bell Tower to Beida Street

The China Character Museum is located in the ancient city of Anyang and is one of the few museums in the country that start with "China". It is also a first-class museum in China. The important cultural relics excavated in Anyang are all national treasures. For well-known reasons, most of them have been transferred to the central and Henan provincial museums, and the local collections are not many. However, in the Character Museum, you can also see some relatively important exhibits. The original intention of the Character Museum is to show the evolution of Chinese characters, and it couldn't be more appropriate to build a museum in Anyang. Oracle bone inscriptions were discovered in the Yin Ruins of Anyang, and the treasured bronze ware, Houmuwu Square Ding, was also unearthed here. The formed Chinese characters originated here. The exhibition hall has three parts. The largest main exhibition hall is four stories high, and the main body of the building is similar to the style of the Shang Dynasty architecture, with a flat roof, thick eaves, supported by large vermilion pillars, all decorated with common bronze patterns such as Taotie, Li Dragon, and Cicada. The main exhibition content can be directly appreciated on the second floor of the exhibition hall. The most important exhibits in the first exhibition hall are a few oracle bones in the central display cabinet. These are all originals and come with explanations to help visitors understand the meaning of the oracle bone inscriptions on them. The second exhibition hall is mainly bronze ware. The most important ones include Jiabo Pot, Taishi Xugui, Boling Qixu, Shanfu Jifu Ling, Shanfu Jifu Ge, and Ring Stripe Copper Pot. There are also a few exquisite bronzes on loan from the Sanmenxia Guo Exhibition Hall. In the third exhibition hall, the more important ones are some bamboo slips and inscriptions. Although I don't have a deep understanding of inscriptions, the fonts on the Zhengzhi Stele and Ziyoubi are strong and powerful, and you can tell they are fine products at a glance. Wen County Alliance Book, although not as famous as Houma Alliance Book, is also a rare Warring States cultural relic. Inside the exhibition hall, you can also see the history of the development of coins, Buddhist scriptures, movable type printing, and the writing of ethnic minorities during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. The content is rich. The entire exhibition does not have many visitors. If you are interested in the evolution of characters, you can quietly watch for three to four hours. The exhibition experience is good. - Travel tips - ▫️Tickets: The main exhibition hall is free and needs to be reserved. The later Bo Wen Hall charges a fee, mainly for some interactive projects, suitable for bringing children. ▫️Tour time: about 2 hours. ▫️Opening hours: Similar to most museums, from 9 am to 5 pm, closed on Mondays.

It is said that a word is worth a thousand gold, the Chinese Character Museum has issued a decree, saying that whoever deciphers a word from oracle bone script will be rewarded with 100,000. If you have the patience, you can also get it. According to the research, sorting, and archiving of more than 100,000 oracle bones by Professor Li Zongkui, a humanities lecturer at Peking University, a book called 'Oracle Bone Character Compilation' was published, with a total of 4378 oracle bone characters. At present, only over a thousand have been deciphered without dispute, less than one third. The undeciphered characters are not just so-called proper nouns such as names and place names, a large number of sentences are of unknown meaning, most of them are combination characters with known radicals, because there is no corresponding structure in later generations, it is even more difficult to discern their meaning. The Chinese Character Museum, from the name, has a kind of magic that you have to come once, the only one in the country, from oracle bone script to modern simplified characters, up and down five thousand years, characters have achieved the length, width, thickness, height and temperature of Chinese civilization. In 2001, the Civilization Exploration Project was organized, the elements of civilization are recognized as cities, characters, and metallurgy; civilization continues because of characters, ancient and modern communication cannot be separated from characters, of course you have to come once. Originally wanted to deeply understand Yin Ruins, but didn't expect the Chinese Character Museum in Anyang to be even more eye-catching. Guide to the Chinese Character Museum: 1. About oracle bone script and Yin Ruins, it is recommended to make a guide in advance, it will be more interesting. 2. If you are interested in calligraphy and write well, this is really a good place to come, because you can know the evolution of Chinese characters from the source of the word, very intuitive, to be honest this museum is very good, better than many provincial museums, the free main museum and Hu Wen Museum are enough for you to visit, if you are not bringing children, you can skip the paid Bo Wen Museum. 3. You can make an appointment in advance or on the spot on weekdays, the tickets are free, very suitable for taking pictures. It is more reliable to make an appointment in advance on Saturdays and Sundays. 4. It's still quite hot now, you can bring some drinking water, you don't need to bring food, Anyang is not big, and it's convenient to eat. 5. Still the same sentence, you must take advantage of the explanation when visiting the museum, just listen to the team, if you have knowledge reserves you can interact with the explainer or if you are curious you can ask questions, it is easier to gain something, the explainer is happy to answer. 6. Finally, oracle bone script is very interesting, oracle bone script, bronze script, seal script, official script, cursive script, running script, regular script are all in the same line.

In the hometown of Oracle, Anyang, Henan Province, there is a Chinese character museum. With the background of the world as the background, the Chinese characters are the mainstay, and the minority characters are an important part. It fully demonstrates the Chinese characters, the splendid culture and the splendid civilization. The text museum is divided into seven exhibition halls. The first exhibition hall mainly introduces the emergence and evolution of Chinese characters, the second exhibition hall introduces the emergence and development of Jinwen, and the third exhibition hall mainly introduces the development and evolution of Lishu. The four exhibition halls mainly introduce the texts and development of ethnic minorities in China. The fifth exhibition hall mainly introduces the discovery and evolution of the text carriers. The interactive and video halls use interactive and video methods to make people more intuitively understand the development and evolution of Chinese characters. Mainly showcase all kinds of calligraphy and calligraphy introduction. The museum truly reproduces the scenes of archaeologists excavating the Yin Ruins in the past. This major discovery unveiled the mystery of ancient China for more than 3,000 years. Its excavation work provides the development of Chinese writing history. Important historical materials, Yin Ruins have also become an important world cultural heritage in China.