The origin and origin of Chinese characters
The origin of Chinese characters
From the ancient legend of Cangjie’s creation of characters to the discovery of oracle bone inscriptions more than 100 years ago, Chinese scholars of all ages have been working on Uncover the mystery of the origin of Chinese characters.
As for the origin of Chinese characters, there are various theories in ancient Chinese documents, such as "knot ropes", "gossip", "pictures", "book deeds", etc. Ancient books also generally record that the Yellow Emperor historian Cangjie made word legend. Modern scholars believe that a systematic writing tool cannot be completely created by one person. If Cangjie does exist, he should be the organizer or promulgator of writing.
The earliest carved symbols are more than 8,000 years ago
In recent decades, the Chinese archaeological community has released a series of unearthed materials that are earlier than the Yin Ruins oracle bone inscriptions and related to the origin of Chinese characters. These materials mainly refer to the engraved or painted symbols that appeared on pottery in the late primitive society and early historical society. They also include a small amount of symbols engraved on oracle bones, jades, stone tools, etc. It can be said that they all provide new basis for explaining the origin of Chinese characters.
By systematically examining and comparing the engraved symbols on pottery shards unearthed from more than 100 sites of 19 archaeological cultures across China, Wang Yunzhi, a doctoral supervisor at Zhengzhou University, believes that the earliest engraved symbols in China are Appeared at the Jiahu site in Wuyang, Henan, it has a history of more than 8,000 years.
As a professional worker, he tried to further analyze these original materials through scientific means, such as the comprehensive use of some basic methods such as archeology, ancient writing morphology, comparative philology, technological archeology, and high-tech means. After a comprehensive sorting, some clues about the occurrence and development of Chinese characters before the writing of the Shang Dynasty were revealed.
However, the situation is not that simple. In addition to the existing small materials from the Zhengzhou Shangcheng site and the Xiaoshuangqiao site (more than 10 examples of early Shang Dynasty Zhu Shu and pottery inscriptions have been discovered at this site in recent years), they can be directly compared with the Yin Ruins inscriptions. Compared with the sequence, other symbols from before the Shang Dynasty are scattered and scattered, with many missing links from each other, and most of the symbols are inconsistent with the characters of the Shang Dynasty. There are also some symbols with strong regional colors and complex backgrounds.
The Chinese character system was formally formed in the Central Plains region
Wang Yunzhi believes that the formal formation of the Chinese character system should be in the Central Plains region. Chinese characters are a writing system with independent origin. It does not depend on any foreign characters for its existence. However, its origin is not single. It has gone through multiple and long-term development. About the time of entering the Xia Dynasty, the ancestors began to write Chinese characters. Based on the extensive experience of absorbing and using early symbols, he creatively invented a text symbol system for recording language. At that time, the Chinese character system matured relatively quickly.
It is reported that judging from the written materials unearthed from archaeological excavations, China already had formal writing at least during the Yu and Xia Dynasties. For example, in recent years, archaeologists have discovered the word "文" written in calligraphy on a flat pottery pot from the Tao Temple site in Xiangfen, Shanxi. These symbols all belong to the basic configuration of early writing systems. Unfortunately, such unearthed writing information is still scarce.
Writing first matured in the Shang Dynasty
As far as the Yin and Shang written materials currently known and seen, there are many categories of writing carriers. In addition to writing on slips with brushes, the other main means of writing at that time were inscriptions on turtle shells and animal bones, pottery, jade, and pottery casting on bronzes. The written materials of the Shang Dynasty are mainly based on the oracle bones and bronze ritual vessels used for divination in the Yin Ruins. They are the earliest mature texts discovered in China so far.
The characters of the Shang Dynasty reflected in the Yinxu period are not only reflected in the large number of characters and rich materials, but also in the way of character creation that has formed its own characteristics and rules. The structural characteristics of the basic characters of the Shang Dynasty can be divided into four categories: taking the physical characteristics of the human body and a certain part of the human body as the basis for character construction; taking the creations and objects of labor as the basis for character construction; taking the images of animals and livestock as the basis for character construction; take natural objects as the basis for character construction.
From the perspective of the cultural connotation of the configuration, we can see that the objects chosen by these earlier and more mature glyphs are quite close to the social life of our ancestors, and have strong realistic characteristics. At the same time, the content described by these glyphs involves all aspects of human and nature, so it also has the characteristics of a wide range of sources of configuration.
Interesting homophony:
Mom’s sisters – suspicious (aunt)
The crenel on the stage – not (Putrajaya)
The whip on the stage - added weight (fake horse)
A fire in Guanyin Hall - wonderful (temple disaster)
Sun Hou sits in the Golden Palace - not like Ren (人)君
The birthday boy plays target - old tune (gun)
The birthday girl plays the pipa - a cliché (plays)
Blows the fire from the wheat straw - stingy (Use)
Horse racing in the alley - the question (hooves) is difficult to come up with
Pulling the beard to cross the river - modesty (pulling the beard) over (crossing)
Pulling the bell into the air - fantasy (ring)
Catching bees and eating honey - Tian (sweet) shameless (thorn)
Buying a camel at Huguo Temple - nothing like that Things (City)
Sichuan peppercorns fall into the rice - trouble (rice)
Flies fly into the eyes of cows - look for tiredness (tears) to eat
Bean dregs stuck on the door god--non-stick (sticky)
Bean dregs on firewood--anxious (skip)
Dried tofu and boiled meat--some portions (vegetarian)
Cooking with fermented bean curd--no need for words (salt)
A couple hoeing the ground--ignoring (employing) people
Two hundred dollars of peanuts-- You have to refute (peel)
Holding longevity peaches in both hands - justified (ceremony)
Two trumpets are blown to the same tune - I want to (sound) together
Dry magic worships Yaksha - see ghosts with all your spirit
Bamboo shoots outside the garden - nephew (birth)
Men don't beat their wives - good luck (couple)
p>The scholar writes poems - has two hands (poem)
The bald man takes off his hat - the first name (Ming Dynasty)
The girl from the He family gives it to the Zheng family - just right ( Zheng Heshi)
Pulling a boat in the belly - expert (navigation)
Measuring rice with a tortoise cover - what sound (liter)
The rice pot boils Smoke - it's so confusing (rice)
Light mosquito coils under the bed - nothing (mosquito)
Frozen tofu - difficult (mix)
Stir-frying hot beans in a cold pot - the more noisy (frying), the colder it becomes
The kitchen god sticks to the door god--there are words (paintings) in the words (paintings)
Sand and stone hitting bluestone-- Real (stone) beat solid (stone)
A boat on the beach - it is grounded (raised) shallow
An ox without horns - fake scolding (horse)
Not rushing to the temple fair--don't be anxious (crowded)
A coffin without a bottom--not a prosperous person
No money to buy conches--save some (suck)
Crossing the single-plank bridge with your mother-in-law in your arms - holding on bravely and taking risks
Carrying a horse spoon in your arms - a sincere (full) heart
Carrying in your arms Cotton - soft (warm) heart
Carrying grizzly in the arms - soothing (combing) the heart
Poor people buy rice - a (rising) head
The poor carpenter opens his business - only one sentence (saw)
The tinker makes a somersault - sticks upside down (iron)
Zhang Tianshi goes into the sea - don't (touch) monsters
Zhang Tianshi kneels in the muddy water - begging for mercy (clear)
Zhang Guolao's donkey - Bu Bianqi (riding)
The rooster wears a hat - the official (crown) is added Official (crown)
Knocking soot on the chicken's head - a few (chicken) heads are angry
Chicken pecking at ants - just right (food)
Nacking the soles of shoes No need for an awl - really (needle) good
Paper railings - can't lean on
Paper stools - can't sit on
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Stove - it won't work if you pass it over (pot)
Pipa made of paper - you can't talk (play)
Donkey skin on the wall - it won't make sense (painting)
The kidnapper enters the hospital - consciously (for foot treatment)
The frog jumps on the big drum - understand (dong dong)
Goes down to the coal mine on crutches - step by step Unlucky (coal)
Crossing the street with a beard - modesty (pulling the beard)
The horse in the painting - Buqi (riding)
Jujube stone cut Board--a few words (sawing)
Selling cloth without a ruler--bad intentions (quantity)
Selling shrimp without a scale--catching the blind (shrimp)
The butt of the campfire bug--not a lot (bright)
The monk holding an umbrella--lawless
The monk separated the family--troublesome (temple)
The monk sat in the cave - nothing happened (temple)
The monk dragged the wood - something happened (temple)
The monk's house - wonderful (temple)
The monk's head - unable to (send)
The ax breaks the bamboo - anxious (cutting the knot)
Loading the net in the fish pond - excess (fish)
Foxes quarreling - a bunch of nonsense
Fox riding a tiger - the fox fakes (driving) the power of the tiger
Dog has horns - foreign (sheep) ) gas
The dog eats tofu brain--no time (title)
The dog eats green grass--pretends (sheep)
The dog eats cucumber--wrong Time (food)
The blind man makes fried dough sticks - blind man (fried dough sticks)
The blind man wears glasses - smart (full of) intelligence
Herding cattle Eating crabs - needless to say (with salt)
Sauteing pickles and adding salt - too leisurely (salty)
Putting a pot on the kang - renovation (stove)
Washing yellow lotus by the river - why (river) is bitter
Growing vegetables in the river - not burnt (pouring)
Pouring candles with oil - a heart (wick)
The plasterer has no ash - he is waiting for the (brick)
The plasterer is waving - he wants you ( Clay)
Mason's tile knife - smooth (coated) surface
Grass growing on the body of the Clay Bodhisattva - panic (famine)
Loach playing drums -- Talk nonsense (play)
Cowardly carpenter -- just one sentence (saw)
Hang a lantern in the air -- Xuan (hang)
The empty shuttle makes up Net - no law to govern (weaving)
Empty coffin for funeral - no one in the eyes (wood)
Empty steamer on the pot table - fighting for (steam) steam
Put a drying basket on your shoulders - to annoy (brain) fire
The needles on the thread board - to hold back (don't)
The orchard in spring - makes sense (peach and plum)
Wang Tiantou in the Spring and Autumn Period--Specially looking for a messenger (cha)
Glass Bodhisattva--the man of understanding (god)
Zhao Kuangyin sells buns--the imperial driver personally conquers ( Steamed)
Zhao Kuangyin's nosebleed - Zheng (I) Zaihong
The judge who dug out his eyes - Blind Guan (ghost)
The drum of the City God's Temple - - Ghost Look (Knock)
City God's Horse - Bubuqi (Ride)
City God's Hudou - Ghost Noise (Fry)
City God Master Dai Xiao - running for nothing (robe)
Licorice in the drugstore - an indispensable one (taste)
Opening the drawer in the drugstore - looking for fun (pills)
There was a fire in the tea shop - Sure enough (burning)
The teahouse waved - Hu (pot) came
>The straw hat is used as a lamp - carelessness (wick)
Foaming in the grass mud pond - laughing (fermentation)
The straw hat is used as a gong - not thinking (ringing)
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Fire on the grass beach - mercy (green)
Buckwheat hulls beaten into paste - neither stick (sticky)
Hung soles from vitex trees - pull (thorn) Leather
Sitting in the lobby with a toilet - dirty official
Small tree with little shade - no care (shadow)
The tree fell - - No shadow (shade)
Under the salty meat soup - no need to say (salt)
Eat too much salt - even if it is free (salty) thing
Braised tofu with pickled vegetables - something to say (salt) first
Boiled tofu with pickled vegetables - no need to say more (salt)
Dip pickled vegetables in soybean paste - too heavy (salt)
The monk with a tilted head bowed and confessed - something was wrong (neck)
Lighting the noodles - not eating (rice)
Riddle:
Desire Speechless, listen to the running water, guess one word
Light up the campfire and shine on the riverside, guess one word
Have bad intentions, and have a hard time guessing one word
It's two o'clock, it's two o'clock, guess one word is cautious
The sun is setting in the west, the moon is hanging in the east, guess one word is clear
Where is Madam going to guess one word two
I can’t stop guessing the word four
Every day has more than enough, but the moon and the moon are not enough to guess the word door
Write a white cross with black pen and guess the word ya
Thousand words Guessing one word for ten thousand words is enough
Whether it is valuable or not depends on these two points. Guessing one word is gold
The girl from Baodao starts by guessing one word
Guess when you meet thousands of miles away One word is heavy
Tian Ding's entrance can guess one word
Guess one word "ya" with me
Guess one word and recognize it
Second Miss, guess the word posture
Guess the word Luo for etiquette, justice and integrity
Guess the word Shantou based on mountains and rivers
Add two dots for the word Eyes, don’t do it Guess the word congratulations
Fifteen days (half a month) Guess the word fat
Ninety-nine (one less makes a hundred) Guess the word white
p>Guess the word Cao in the sunset with a high song
The two mountains are opposite and connected, with dangerous peaks in the middle. Guess the word "Cao" in the sunset.
If the rising sun does not rise, guess the word nine
If you cut the weeds without removing the roots, guess the word early
Gold, wood, water, and fire (lack of earth) guess the word kan
p>Spring and Autumn are not hot, guess the word Qin
Wave goodbye to the guessing army
Guess the word surname for the joy of Nongwa
Guess the word "nephew" for "Zhangzhixi"
You can't guess the word "Zha" from yesterday
One horizontal word is missing from the straight word, don't guess the word "Zhazhi"
After a long thunder and no rain, guess the word field
Guess the word if you are not prepared
Guess the word if the person is not in his position
Guess the word at nine o'clock Pill
Twelve o’clock, guess a word, dou
Thirteen o’clock, guess a word juice
Sixteen o’clock, a little more, guess a word, rebuke
A tree walks through the middle of the field and guesses the word east
Dwarf winter melon guesses the word shoot
One-eyed dragon guesses the word province
One acre without head or tail Tian guesses the word "fish"
This character has eight horizontal lines and eight openings. Confucius even asked ten questions and did not know how to guess the word "dumb"
A fool guesses the word "fish"
Half of the result What's not to guess about Yizixian
Talking and talking ----- ordering
Being consistent ----- always
These computers You can search it on
Just enter the word riddle on the computer and you can search for it. There are many!