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Oracle bone with result of a divining


According to the exhibit caption, this oracle bone fragment was a divining asking about going out, it's not raining tonight.


This picture was taken in July 2004 from an exhibit at Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland, California.

The caption for the exhibit read:
Oracle Bones
Shang Dynasty (c. 16th - 11th century BCE)
Over 3,000 years ago, the Chinese used animal bones to help make important decisions. To use an oracle bone, a diviner made two statements, one positive and one negative. Each oracle bone had two halves, a positive one and a negative one, with holes bored in each half. When the holes were heated with a burning stick, the bone cracked. The king would read the cracks to find the answers. No one knows exactly how the cracks were interpreted. Afterwards, information about the oracle was carved onto the bone.


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