"Oracle Bone Inscriptions usually looks upright and bends his head 90 degrees to the right," Han Zhiqiang said. This stems from the ancient tradition of tying a rope to remember things. "Everything is from top to bottom." Except the word "mouse", other words 1 1 are also very vivid.
mouse
flocks and herds
The biggest feature of a cow is its two horns. The word "cow" in Oracle Bone Inscriptions (left) highlights the horn on the head of the cow, and the two points in the word are the eyes of the cow. In order to distinguish cattle from sheep, the corner (right) of the word "sheep" in Oracle Bone Inscriptions is bent inward. ?
Rabbits and monkeys
The word "rabbit" in Oracle Bone Inscriptions (left) is "jumping up" except that the proportion of rabbit's ear and face in the upper part of the word is close to 1: 1, which is a metaphor for the jumping characteristics of rabbits. The same is true of the word "monkey" in Oracle Bone Inscriptions (right). "The word' monkey' is even a bit like a person, but monkeys in animals are really similar to people."
Tigers, horses, dogs and pigs
Oracle Bone Inscriptions also symbolizes it in a special way: the tiger has patterns, and the word "tiger" in Oracle Bone Inscriptions (upper left) uses several lines to represent the patterns on the tiger. "If you change the line into a circle, it is a leopard." The biggest feature of a horse is its mane. Oracle Bone Inscriptions's word "horse" (upper right) highlights the three strokes of the horse's head; Pigs are similar to dogs, the biggest difference is the stomach and mouth. Therefore, in Oracle Bone Inscriptions, the belly of the word "dog" (lower left) is relatively flat and small, and the belly of the word "pig" (lower right) is relatively round. On the mouth, the dog's mouth is open, but the pig's mouth is upturned.
Snake and chicken
The biggest feature of a chicken is its comb and tail. Therefore, in Oracle Bone Inscriptions, the word "chicken" (right) is especially "hold your head up and hold your chest high", the three strokes on the far right represent chicken feathers, and the lines on the far left symbolize chicken feet; The triangle (left) above the word "snake" symbolizes the head of the snake, and the curled strokes symbolize the body of the snake.
dragon
The expression of the word "dragon" in Oracle Bone Inscriptions lies in its curly and long body and horns. "Dragon is the most admired animal in China and the king of all animals, so the whole word is the word' king' in Oracle Bone Inscriptions." ?