The full range and history of Chinese characters, one of the world's oldest continuously used writing systems, came together on November 16 when China's first museum for sinograms opened.

Li Changchun, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee,attends the opening ceremony of the National Museum of Chinese Written Language in Anyang, central Henan Province

The Chinese Character Museum is located in Anyang City of central Henan Province, where the oracle script, the country's earliest inscriptions on bones and tortoise shells dating back more than 3,000 years, was discovered in 1899.

The National Museum of Chinese Written Language

The museum shows the evolution of Chinese characters since ancient times, showcasing cultural relics, including rubbed stone inscriptions, bronze vessels of the Shang (1600 B.C.- about 1046 B.C.) and Zhou (1066 B.C. - 256 B.C.) dynasties, Chinese seal engraving, ancient coins, writing bamboo and silk, and calligraphy work from different dynasties.