What is the origin and development of Chinese characters in China traditional culture?

China people probably noticed the origin of their own characters during the Warring States Period. Some people think that knotting is the origin of Chinese characters. But many people don't agree that tying knots is an ancient method of taking notes, which was used by almost all primitive people. Even a note is not a word after all. Some people think that China's literature originated from gossip. In addition, there is a saying that "the river map and Luo Shu evolved into words." The most popular saying in ancient China was that Cangjie created characters, which had been circulated among scholars at least at the end of the Warring States Period.

Process. Therefore, many people have suggested that China's writing was created by the working people collectively and developed through "witchcraft" and "history". As for "witch" and "history", who are they? There are different guesses. At present, China historians generally believe that the source of China characters began in Shang Dynasty. However, there are also many people who disagree a little. According to some people, Oracle Bone Inscriptions was very mature in Shang Dynasty. And everything has a mature process from occurrence to development. Therefore, the starting year of Chinese characters can be pushed forward. As for how many years? Some advocate pushing for at least a thousand years; Some advocate pushing it to the end of summer; Others believe that they have their own opinions before promoting Zhixia.

According to archaeologists, the source of China characters has split again. Among them, Guo Moruo is the most outstanding one. He pointed out in the article "Dialectical Development of Ancient Chinese Characters": "When did the origin of Chinese characters begin? I think this can be seen from the age of Xi' an banpo village site. " "Banpo site is about 6000 years old." "Banpo site is a typical Yangshao culture in Neolithic age", "Banpo painted pottery often has some simple descriptions with similar words, which are quite different from the patterns on the utensils." "Although the meaning of the description is not clear, it is undoubtedly a literal symbol." "Absolutely can be said to be the origin of China characters, or the Jie legacy of China's original characters. "

Accordingly, Chinese civilization should be counted as nearly 6000 years. When did China's writing begin? When did the oldest writing appear? What do they mean? Still in the contention of a hundred schools of thought, it seems that a lot of materials are needed to prove it! At present, the earliest recognized characters in the world are cuneiform characters that appeared in the ancient Middle East, 5000-6000 years ago. However, some symbols carved on tortoise shells found in Jia Hu, Henan Province can be traced back to 8,000 years ago.