《龟壳甲骨文》甲骨文，是中国的一种古老文字，又称“契文”、“甲骨卜辞”、“殷墟文字”或“龟甲兽骨文”。是目前我们能见到的最早的成熟汉字，主要指中国商朝晚期王室用于占卜记事而在龟甲或兽骨上契刻的文字，是中国及东亚已知最早的成体系的商代文字的一种载体。甲骨文，是中华道统的文字之一。

最早被河南安阳小屯村的村民们找到，当时他们还不知道这是古代的遗物，只当做包治百病的药材“龙骨”使用，把许多刻着甲骨文的龟甲兽骨磨成粉末，浪费了许多极为有价值的文物，后来，晚清官员、金石学家王懿荣于光绪二十五年（1899年）治病时从来自河南安阳的甲骨上发现了甲骨文所在地。百余年来，当地通过考古发掘及其他途径出土的甲骨已超过154600块。此外，在河南、陕西其他地区也有甲骨文出现，年代从商晚期（约前1300年）延续到春秋。

甲骨文，具有对称、稳定的格局。具备书法的三个要素，即用笔、结字、章法。从字体的数量和结构方式来看，甲骨文已经是发展到了有较严密系统的文字了。汉字的“六书”原则，在甲骨文中都有所体现。但是原始图画文字的痕迹还是比较明显，象形意义也比较明显。

2017年11月24日，甲骨文顺利通过联合国教科文组织世界记忆工程国际咨询委员会的评审，成功入选《世界记忆名录》，古代的人一直认为龟是非常长寿的东西，当然今天也是这样证实了他们带有点仙人的色彩，把文字刻在上面占卜，就能得到神的指示因为一开始文字就是多用于占卜祭祀所以，除了一方面保存的原因外，神化的龟形象也是很重要的一方面，具有极高的观赏价值，收藏价值。

Tortoise shell inscriptions on bones and tortoise shells is an ancient Chinese character, also known as "Qiwen", "oracle bone inscriptions", "Yin Ruins characters" or "tortoise shells and animal bones". It is the earliest mature Chinese character that we can see at present. It mainly refers to the characters carved on tortoise shells or animal bones by the royal family in the late Shang Dynasty. It is a carrier of the earliest systematic characters of the Shang Dynasty in China and East Asia. Oracle bone inscriptions are one of the traditional Chinese characters.

It was first found by villagers in Xiaotun village, Anyang, Henan Province. At that time, they did not know that it was an ancient relic. It was only used as a medicinal material "keel" to cure all kinds of diseases. Many tortoise shells and animal bones engraved with oracle bone inscriptions were ground into powder, which wasted a lot of valuable cultural relics. Later, Wang Yirong, an official of the late Qing Dynasty and a metallurgist, came from Henan Province in 1899 The location of oracle bone inscriptions was found on the oracle bones in Anyang. Over the past hundred years, more than 154600 pieces of oracle bones have been unearthed through archaeological excavation and other means. In addition, oracle bone inscriptions also appeared in other areas of Henan and Shaanxi, which lasted from the late Shang Dynasty (about 1300 BC) to the spring and Autumn period.

Oracle bone inscriptions have a symmetrical and stable pattern. It has three elements of calligraphy, namely, the use of brush, the conclusion of characters and the method of composition. Judging from the number and structure of fonts, oracle bone inscriptions have developed to a more rigorous and systematic text. The "six characters" principle of Chinese characters is embodied in oracle bone inscriptions. But the traces of the original pictures and characters are still obvious, and the pictographic meaning is also obvious.

On November 24, 2017, oracle bone inscriptions successfully passed the evaluation of UNESCO International Advisory Committee on World Memory Project and was successfully selected into the world memory list. Ancient people always believed that turtles were very long-lived things. Of course, today, it is also confirmed that they have the color of immortals. If you engrave the words on them, you can get the instructions of the gods Chinese characters are often used for divination and sacrifice. Therefore, in addition to the reasons for preservation, the deified turtle image is also very important. It has high ornamental value and collection value.