Postscript: China Opens School Dedicated to Ancient Chinese Writing

Written in bone: China bets on ancient scripts for modern soft power

New institute dedicated to preserving rare and endangered historical disciplines advances Beijing’s push to elevate traditional culture.

Postscript: China Opens School Dedicated to Ancient Chinese Writing

The Beijing-based school will offer dedicated bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral programs in oracle bone, bamboo and silk, and classical studies, as well as training in more than 10 ancient scripts.

China Opens First University School for Rare, Endangered Disciplines

For decades, Chinese scholar Chen Nianfu worked to turn ancient inscriptions carved on bones and turtle shells more than 3,000 years ago into searchable digital texts. Now, a younger generation is helping carry his work forward. The post China Opens First University School for Rare, Endangered Disciplines appeared first on iChongqing.