Four Cultural Heritage in China

The four major cultural heritages are: Ming and Qing archives, Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Yin Ruins, Han bamboo slips in Juyan and Dunhuang Scriptures.

1, Ming and Qing archives

Archives in Ming and Qing Dynasties are divided into cabinet files, Ministry of War files, internal affairs files, Zongren files, National History Museum files, files in various places in the Qing Palace, and files in government offices of various ministries and institutes in Qing Dynasty. Among them, most of them are in Chinese, and there are old Manchu archives and diplomatic archives in Britain, France and Germany.

2. Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Yin Ruins

The tortoise shell and animal bones unearthed from the Yin Ruins in Xiaotun, Anyang, Henan Province, the capital of China in the late Yin and Shang Dynasties (from the late 4th century BC165438th century BC+the middle of the 0th century BC), include tortoise shells, crustaceans and shoulder blades that have been corrected, drilled, fired and carved. Because it is carved on Oracle bones, it is called Oracle Bone Inscriptions.

3. Juyan Han bamboo slips

In the 20th century, Chinese and foreign scholars discovered a large number of Han bamboo slips in Juyan and other areas in the northwest of China, namely "Juyan Han bamboo slips". Stone is one of the four major discoveries in China's archival field in the 20th century, which is of great historical value to the study of the document archival system and political system in the Han Dynasty.

4. Dunhuang Scriptures

Dunhuang manuscripts, also known as Dunhuang documents, Dunhuang suicide notes and Dunhuang suicide notes, refer to ancient manuscripts in 4- 1 1 century language unearthed in Mogao Grottoes (commonly known as Thousand Buddha Cave) in Dunhuang County, Gansu Province, China.

Classification of cultural heritage

Cultural heritage is the wealth left by history to mankind. From the form of existence, it can be divided into material cultural heritage (tangible cultural heritage) and intangible cultural heritage (intangible cultural heritage).

Material and cultural heritage is a cultural relic with historical, artistic and scientific value; Intangible cultural heritage refers to various traditional cultures that exist in intangible forms, are closely related to people's lives and are passed down from generation to generation.