Learning About Oracle Bones at the Anyang Museum & National Archaeological Site Park, China

For our last day in Anyang, an ancient capital city in China, we went to visit the National Archeological Site Park the tomb of a famous female warrior and the Archaeological Museum. Thank goodness, we were able to visit all there of these important sites in Anyang!

Of the three, I liked the Archaeological Museum the best as I like architecture.

The Archaeological Museum is a beautiful building with a green colour exterior symbolizing the ancient relics uncovered from the sites nearby. It is a massive building built with white marbel stones from floor to ceiling, absolutely magnificent!

The main reason we were in Anyang was to view and learn about the Oracle bones and the inscriptions written on them. There were various comprehensive exhibitions with detail explanations.

Therefore we learned a lot about the oracle bone inscriptions, and how these symbols had evolved and developed into the traditional Chinese characters. It was enlightening and educational indeed. We had lunch at the museum restaurant didn't make it to the 4D show too bad. But we could only fit a limited number of activities in a half day.

For dinner, we had a Hunan food at a very nice restaurant. We were blessed to have J. finding and booking us the nice hotels and restaurants while we were in China. We odered lemon butterfly shrimps, lamb stew with vermicelli, garlic green veggies and roasted chicken, all were cooked in Hunan style. The food was excellent!

More than food, what we enjoyed the most was the conversation with our loved ones. J. told us about his desire and his future plan and the decisions he would need to make etc. We really treasured these times of sincere and deep level sharing and conversations. After we got back to the hotel. J. went out with his new friends he made on this trip. When I awoke at 5 am, I didn’t see him in bed downstairs therefore I was worried. I texted him twice but with no reply. I kept praying hard for his safety.

Without us knowing, he was already home earlier and sitting downstairs working on his computer. Thank God for him being back at the hotel and was safe, also we were grateful that China was quite safe during our travel there. RT, Anyang/ Zhengzhou China 022025