【高一英语必修一课件】Unit 5 The Chinese Writing System P62
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Unit 5 Languages around the World
The Chinese Writing System:
Connecting the Past and the Present (P62)
Unit 5 Reading and Thinking 3
China is widely known for its ancient civilisation which has continued all the way through into
modem times,
despite
the many ups and downs in its history. There are many reasons why this
has been possible, but one of the main
factors
has been the Chinese writing system.
At the beginning, written Chinese was a picture-
based
language. It dates back several thousand
years to the use of
longgu
—
animal
bones
and shells on which symbols were
carved
by ancient
Chinese people. Some of the ancient symbols can still be seen in today’s
hanzi
.
By the Shang
Dynasty
(around 1600-1046 BCE), these symbols had become a well-developed
writing system. Over the years, the system developed into different forms, as it was a time when
people were divided geographically, leading to many
varieties
of dialects and characters. This,
however, changed under Emperor Qinshihuang of the Qin Dynasty (221-207 BCE).
Emperor
Qinshihuang
united
the
seven
major
states
into
one
unified
country
where
the
Chinese writing system began to develop in one direction. That writing system was of great