Some people say that the Chinese nation is like a circle, the circumference can be large or small, the center of the circle is everywhere, and the radius is the Chinese character, and the Chinese character is the centripetal force of the Chinese nation.%Every Chinese relies on the culture created by Chinese characters for their existence.

The documentary includes - Dawn of Civilization -, - Dust-covered Oracle Bones -, - Standing in the Nine Provinces -, - Traveling the World -, - A Thousand Years -, - A Hundred Years of Ups and Downs -, - FounderLong flow - seven parts, with the evolution of fonts running through it, looking for events and characters related to the evolution and development of characters in the vast history, and using Chinese character stories to tell the history of Chinese civilization.

This program is the first episode of the series “Shi Shuo Chinese characters”, which introduces the world archaeological community’s use of writing as one of the important criteria for human beings to enter a civilized society.Most ancient characters in the world have been lost in history, and have even been forgotten by people for more than ten centuries. However, Eastern Chinese characters have followed the ups and downs of history and have been inherited from the same origin.

The discovery of oracle bone inscriptions has awakened an ancient civilization that had been lost for more than three thousand years. An era of infinite respect for ghosts and gods left behind ancient engravings, revealing the mystery of Chinese characters.Wang Yuxin, a researcher at the Institute of History of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and others will tell you the history of oracle bone inscriptions starting from the demise of the Shang Dynasty.

It introduces the history of my country's bronze inscriptions, the writing characteristics of bronze inscriptions, and the level of civilization of society at that time.

In 2002, 36,000 Qin bamboo slips were unearthed from a huge ancient well in Liye, Hunan.After cleaning, writings from more than 2,000 years ago appeared on it.From these texts, we can analyze the popularity of Qin Li at that time.

This program tells the story of the development of Chinese character writing caused by the emergence of paper. In the process of the evolution of fonts, calligraphers mostly played a pioneering role, and the true maturity of fonts was promoted and standardized through the performance of calligraphy.

Chinese characters are more difficult to write and remember than Western characters. If we want to popularize education and rejuvenate the country through science and education, some people have proposed that Chinese characters need to be simplified and reformed.Lu Xunzhang first set off a wave of Chinese character reform. He advocated using Chinese pinyin to replace Chinese characters.Lu Xun, Chen Duxiu and others launched the New Culture Movement, which once again set off a wave of Chinese character reform.In order to adapt to the needs of informatization, Chinese characters have been reformed to a certain extent.

Chinese characters bear witness to the survival of an ancient and long civilization. They write the history of China with its vastness and breadth, and influence the world with its unique charm.The Khitan characters on Wu Zetian's wordless monument, the creation of Xixia characters, and the creation of Japanese hiragana, etc., reflect the global influence of Chinese characters spreading everywhere.