许愿,原来是中国人延续三千多年的浪漫
开箱中国·安阳
你认得出这几个是什么字吗?它们好像是汉字,又像是什么有趣的图形——《开箱中国》记者孔闻峥(Nancy)与法国博主魏无瑕(Cleo)的安阳探索之旅,正是从这几个甲骨文字开始的。
“穿越”回到三千年前
Yinxu, or the Yinxu Ruins, boasts the remnants of the ancient city of Yin, the capital of the late Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC) and the first capital site that has been documented and substantiated by archeological findings in Chinese history.
“这文化如此悠久,但现代的我们仍能与其共鸣,并不断地去发现和理解它们。发现祖先们的生活与我们的相似和不同之处真的很有趣,”无瑕说。
The culture is so old, but we still made a link and we still tried to decipher it. And we just found out that they actually lived a life pretty similar to ours. It's really interesting to see how different and how similar we are to our ancestors.
An official's chariot broke its axle and hit a rock, then crashed into the king's chariot. A man named Zi Yang fell off the king's chariot.
我们从甲骨上看到什么
殷墟博物馆中的“子何人哉”特展,就用一片片甲骨,为我们还原了一个商朝小王子的日常。
研究花园庄东地甲骨多年的香港浸会大学教授史亚当(Adam Schwartz)告诉我们,花园庄东地甲骨的特殊之处在于,让我们从一位儿子的视角看到了事情的经过,也让我们看到了商朝时的一段亲子关系。
"This presented a completely different perspective than we're used to seeing. It's from the perspective of a son. This idea of the relationship with your parents became very important," said Schwartz.
"In oracle bone (inscriptions), one of the answers that you want to hear is that, for something you're going to do, it's going to go smoothly for you. That's going to lead you to feel blessed or happy. That process is a very part of the Chinese spirit in some ways," he added.
"Many of the oracle bone inscriptions from Yinxu talk explicitly about political connections, conflict, control, access of resources."
"We don't see bones used in this very peculiar and particular way anywhere else in the world… This specific combination… is something that is limited to the East," said Flad.
"It becomes the line of evidence that is really interesting to think about in relation to local and regional politics and civilization, more broad," he said.
"Oracle bones are part of a world's heritage that everybody in the world, when we're talking about ancient civilizations and origins, should be aware of," said Schwartz. "When you start to think about world heritage, it's similar to the Pyramid Texts in Egypt, these types of foundational things."
文脉自此流传不绝
"Chinese is one of the earliest scripts. What makes it different is that it's continuous. It never ended, unlike Egyptian or some of these other types of scripts; Chinese is just always continued. So, you can study its origin and development systematically and scientifically," said Schwartz.
文字博物馆的讲解员徐耀告诉我们,“中华文明源远流长,没有间断,很大一部分原因是文字的传承。”
"Chinese civilization has a long, unbroken history, largely thanks to the continuous lineage of writing," said Xu Yao.
无瑕眼中的古代汉字,是一种十分美丽的“艺术品”。而它们,也是中国人独特思想与哲学的载体。
"There is the character ren (human). And another ren turned upside down. One interpretation is that it denotes a change in position. Another explanation interprets it as representing transformation between life and death," said Xu.
有文化 必安阳
在安阳,这种文脉的延续,不只在博物馆,也体现在城市空间中。车站、公交、餐厅……随处可见甲骨体的元素。甲骨文字早已走出展柜,融入生活,成为城市气质的一部分。
"Next time, maybe for a longer time, because one day is not enough, two days might not be enough. Maybe one week or more would be better," said Cleo.
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