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China Culture Journey: Yin Ruins Museum

Xinhua | Updated: 2011-06-17 09:48
China Culture Journey: Yin Ruins Museum

Gate to Yin Ruins Museum[Photo/CRIENGLISH.com]

BEIJING-- Yin Ruins is the remains of the last capital of China's Shang Dynasty (1766 BC - 1050 BC).

It is known as the earliest remains of an ancient Chinese capital in written record and the original source of oracle bones with script.

Yin Ruins Museum at Anyang, Henan Province, accommodates oracle bones, bronze vessels and other unearthed cultural relics as well as their replicas.