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Introducing Ānyáng
Ānyáng, north of the Yellow River near the Hénán–Héběi border, is the site of Yīn, last capital of the antediluvian Shang dynasty.
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In the late 19th century, peasants unearthed fragments of polished bone inscribed with an elemental form of Chinese writing. Further etchings on tortoise shells and bronze objects fuelled speculation that this was the site of the Shang capital. Modern Chinese writing derives from these very first pictographs.
Beyond its small scattering of history, modern Ānyáng is a city of limited interest to travellers of a nonarchaeological bent.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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