To help tourists and pupils recognize the inscriptions on oracles, the museum invited two famous experts Wang Yuxin and Yang Shengnan They chose thirty pieces of oracles and carved some tablets according to the magnified oracles. These tablets have inscriptions on oracle bones on its obverse side and Chinese characters on its reverse side. Their content covers a lot of ground of Yin dynasty, such as politics, military affairs, agriculture, astronomy, calendar, sacrificing and so on.

Oracle bone inscriptions, the origin of Chinese characters and the earliest mature Chinese characters, were records of auguries in the Yin Dynasty, known as the earliest “archive” in ancient China. The 4,500 single Chinese characters recorded on 150,000 bones and tortoise shells found reveal social practices involving politics, military affairs, cultures, customs as well as science and techniques including astronomy, calendar, medicine and others. Judging from the 1,500 single Chinese characters decoded, oracle bone inscriptions of the Yin Dynasty have learned to create characters by “pictograph, associative compounds, echoism, self-explanation, mutual explanation and phonetic loan”, manifesting the unique charm of Chinese characters.

The majestic Palace of Yin Ruins, one of the most famous classic cities of ancient civilizations of the world, falls into three catalogues: palaces, temples and altars. Large amount of culture relics have been found here, including the ruins of the cast brass, the bones and tortoise shells with inscriptions, bronze wares, jade and stone wares and others, among which are the top ones of China, or even the world. They are the manifestation of the unusual power of creation, wisdom and techniques of ancient Chinese. According to archeologists, “we are excavating a slavery society”. The Yin (Shang) Culture of “three key factors of cities, characters and bronze wares” is “a glorious ancient Chinese civilization”. Guo Moruo, a famous Chinese historian, once wrote poems to show his admiration and commented that the Yin Ruins are the starting point of Chinese civilization on the central plain and touring here is more enlightening than reading ancient books.

Simuwu Quadripod unearthed in the mausoleum area of the Yin Ruins, the largest and the most famous bronze sacrificial vessel in the world, is 875kg in weight, 133cm in height with an opening as long as 79.2cm. Standing on the open plaza in front of the great hall is an enlarged copy of the original one for the convenience of touring and appreciation, with the original one cherished in the Museum of Chinese History. With its unusual air of majesty, together with its delicate decorative patterns, it is considered a treasure in the bronze culture of China as well as a glorious pearl shining on the peak of the world art. The superior cast techniques and scientific choice ingredients have even won the admiration of modern metallurgy experts. To cast such a significant vessel carrying such a great weight, advanced techniques and experiences in organization of laborers are necessary. As many scholars have pointed out, this huge bronze quadripod reflects the advanced slavery system of the Yin (Shang) Dynasty and the unusual power of creation of the people.

The Fuhao Jade Statue standing in front of Fuhao Temple, is carved according to the concerned materials. Look, with shining eyes, and buckle on armour, it shows us the heroic bearing and charm of the first female general of the ancient China. The dragon-veined copper Yue, which she is holding, is the weapon she used, and it is 8.5 kgram weight. The other tiger-veined Yue is 9 kgram weight. Seen from the heavy weapons she used, we can say that Fuhao must be bold and brave. Axes and Yue were mainly used in the army in ancient times, and Yue symbolized military commanding stand and monarchical power.