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Ruins highlight efforts to trace, preserve roots
The Yinxu Ruins in Anyang, Henan province, are a significant archaeological site linking early China from 3,300 years ago to the present and inspiring exploration of Chinese literary roots.
Numerous exquisite bronze vessels and oracle bones with jiaguwen inscriptions were found at Yinxu, representing China's earliest formal writing system and documenting ancient events.
The jiaguwen inscriptions provide evidence of Chinese written language from 3,000 years ago, moving back the start of China's recorded history by nearly 1,000 years.
Fifteen excavations by Chinese scholars between 1928 and 1937 confirmed Yinxu as a late Shang Dynasty capital, making it a protected and celebrated archaeological site.