CIIC:Today's featured article/November 30, 2009
From Wiki China org cn
Revision as of 02:00, 30 November 2009 by imported>Ciic (Created page with 'thumb|200px|left|Seals '''Seal engraving''', ''zhuanke'', is a unique art form of Chinese characters. To trace the origin of Chinese seals, one has to relate i...')
Seal engraving, zhuanke, is a unique art form of Chinese characters. To trace the origin of Chinese seals, one has to relate it to the discovery of the Chinese characters. The most ancient Chinese characters first originated in the Yin Dynasty (the later period of the Shang Dynasty, 16th-11th century BC) as inscriptions on animal bones or tortoise shells. Inscriptions on ancient bronze objects appeared in the Zhou Dynasty (1046 - 256BC). (More...)
