The gate of the Museum of Yin Ruins in Anyang city of Henan province. The museum was built to display the uncovered 11 major Yin royal tombs and there are foundations of palaces and ritual sites. Weapons and remains of human and animal sacrifices during the Shang Dynasty can be found here. [Photo by Li Chunlin]

The oracle bone scripts are on display in the museum in Anyang city. The inscriptions were incised on animal bones or turtle shells to record the divinations of the royal family in the late Shang Dynasty. The characters on the oracle bones have been confirmed as the earliest written words in China. [Photo by Li Chunlin]

Visitors view a replica of the Simuwu Rectangle Ding (110 cm long and 78cm wide) in Anyang. The bronze, unearthed in the city in 1939, is the largest and heaviest relic of its kind and is dubbed as a "state treasure" in China. The original one now is preserved in the National Museum of China in Beijing. [Photo by Li Chunlin]

A jade figure from the Shang Dynasty displays in the museum of Yin Ruins, Anyang city of Central China's Henan province. [Photo by Li Chunlin]

The remains of the sacrifice of horses and carriages are displayed in the Museum of the Yin Ruins, Anyang city of Henan province. [Photo by Li Chunlin]