Oracle Bone Inscriptions's successful selection into the Memory of the World Register marks the world's high recognition of Oracle Bone Inscriptions's important cultural value and historical significance, and plays an important role in promoting the international community's understanding and understanding of Oracle Bone Inscriptions and profound Chinese excellent traditional culture; It plays an important role in enhancing the pride of the Chinese nation and enhancing cultural self-confidence.

2017165438+124 October, the website of UNESCO announced that Oracle Bone Inscriptions declared by China had successfully passed the evaluation of the International Advisory Committee of UNESCO Memory of the World Project and was successfully selected into the Memory of the World Register.

Memory of the World is the flagship project of UNESCO, which was founded in 1997. Its purpose is to save the aging, damaged and disappeared documentary records around the world, strengthen their protection and utilization, and raise the world's awareness of documentary heritage and its importance. The project is reviewed every two years.

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Oracle Bone Inscriptions is the earliest documentary record discovered in China, which was unearthed in the ruins of Yinxu in Anyang, Henan. In the late Shang Dynasty more than 3,000 years ago, it was used for divination and prayer.

Thanks to the development of Chinese characters from Oracle Bone Inscriptions to today, the development of Chinese civilization has never stopped, which provides unique and true first-hand information for the study of China's splendid history of civilization and the early formation of the country and society. Oracle Bone Inscriptions is not only the precious cultural heritage of the Chinese nation, but also the common spiritual wealth of mankind.

/kloc-After the discovery of Oracle Bone Inscriptions at the end of 0/9th century, with the joint efforts of several generations of scholars, such as Luo Zhenyu, Wang Guowei and Guo Moruo, with the Biography in Shuowen Jiezi as a bridge, the main part of Oracle Bone Inscriptions was verified by comparing the inscriptions on bronze and Warring States and referring to ancient documents. Later, for a long time, there were not as many achievements as in the previous period. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Mr. Yu's textual research was the most important, and only a few dozen people were uncontroversial.

Source: People's Daily Online-Oracle Bone Inscriptions was successfully selected into the Memory of the World Register, approaching the oldest mature characters.