Question

Where did the earliest Chinese writing appear?

on silk cloth
on jade animal sculptures
on oracle bones
on loess

Answer 1

The answer is on oracle bones

Answer 2

The earliest Chinese writinf appeared on oracle bones. Option C is correct.

The earliest form of Chinese writing was utilized from the Middle to Late Shang dynasty (approximately 1500 BCE to 1000 BCE). This script was etched onto turtle shells and animals bones, which were later utilized for divination in the royal Shang court. Thta is why it received the name "oracle bones".

Oracle bones are pieces of ox scapula or turtle plastron, which were employed for a form of divination known as pyromancy in ancient China, mainly during the late Shang dynasty.