At the beginning of 20th century, Yin Ruins were famous for the excavation of Oracle Bone Inscriptions. 1928 started the archaeological excavation of Yin Ruins, and unearthed a large number of architectural sites in the capital city and rich cultural remains represented by Oracle Bone Inscriptions and bronzes, which systematically displayed the splendid bronze civilization in the late Shang Dynasty in China and established the scientific status of Yin Shang society as a history of trust. It was rated as the first "100 major archaeological discovery" in China in the 20th century.

About 654.38 500,000 pieces of Oracle bones were unearthed in Yin Ruins. The information recorded by Oracle Bone Inscriptions pushed China's credible literary history to the Shang Dynasty, and also produced a new discipline-Oracle Bone Inscriptions.

Yin Ruins is the first capital city in China recorded and confirmed by archaeology and Oracle Bone Inscriptions. It consists of Yin Ruins Tomb Site, Yin Ruins Palace Temple Site and Huanbei Mall Site.