WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Oracle Bones are animal bones that were used for divination (predicting the future) by people from the Shang Dynasty. People carved these bones with questions about the future and the cracks that formed on the bones after they had been heated would give them an answer, called a “prophesy”.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Shang people used oracle bones to communicate with ancestors and deities, who were believed to have the power to bestow fortune, disasters and guidance on the living world.

Detailed explanation-3: -These ancient texts were used primarily in predicting future events on behalf of the ruler. Archaeologists in the early twentieth century discovered and deciphered oracle-bone script, and modern scholars and artists have recently added it to China’s tradition of calligraphic arts.

Detailed explanation-4: -The oracle bones were used in divination practices during the Shang dynasty. The Shang people believed that they could communicate with their ancestors through the bones. They would ask questions about the future, such as whether a crop would be successful or whether a battle would be won.

Detailed explanation-5: -Oracle bones were used to practice a specific form of divination, fortune-telling, known as pyro-osteomancy. Osteomancy is when shamans (religious specialists) divine the future from the pattern of the natural bumps, cracks, and discolorations in animal bone and turtle shell.