Published: November 18th, 2022,
Last updated: November 18th, 2022

Aesthetic, but unfortunately illegible: In Anyang, a museum visitor tries to decipher ancient seal characters. The city in Henan Province is famous for spectacular finds of oracle bones, which are considered the first evidence of Chinese writing in the Shang Dynasty (ca. 1,600-1,046 BC). Anyang has become an important archaeological site and the location of the National Museum of Chinese Writing. This week a new section of the museum opened.