Who is Fu Hao? Grade 4 N.Curran Fu Hao Was a consort of King Wu Ding of the Shang Dynasty and served as a military general and high priestess. She was also considered a warrior Legend says Fu Hao was a first commander of the Shang Dynasty and controlled around 13,000 troops. Chinas first known dynasty dates back from 1766-1050 BCE
The Shang Dynasty Chinas first known dynasty dates back from BCE Specialized in bronze making and known for building tall complex statues. They were the first Chinese to create a writing system. Examples of Bronze Artifacts
Examples of some bronze artifacts Examples of Bronze Artifacts
Shang Dynasty Bronze Wine Server Left picture is a Shang Dynasty BronzeWine Server. Right picture is a Shang Dynasty BronzeRitual Vessel. The Shang are known for their animal sacrifices for religious purposes. Shang Dynasty Bronze Ritual Vessel Writing system Its is said that the Shang were responsible for the origin of the Chinese writing system we know today. The writing system was originally pictographic, that is, words were represented by pictures that fairly closely resembled the meaning of the word. The picture for "sun," for instance, looked much like the sun. This pictographic writing eventually developed into the more complex ideographic writing that we are more familiar with. Chinese writing is one of the only contemporary writing systems that still prominently bears traces of its pictographic origins. Picture - The material they commonly used to write on were oracle bones or animal bones, mainly skulls.
Burial Pit at the Tomb of Fu Hao
TheTomb of Lady Fu Hao is an archaeological site at the ruins of the ancientShang Dynastycapital ofYin. It was discovered in 1976. One of the best-preserved Shang royal tombs it was excavated by the Anyang Working Team of the Archaeological Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences,extensively restored, and open to the public in 1999. King Tut Tomb of China
More than 700 jade wares were unearthed, most of which are intact or only slightly broken. They are in a large diversity, including not only ritual wares such as rectangular jades, holed jades, and semi-circular jades etc, but also articles for guards of honor, like daggers, battle-axes, and spears. Also there are tools and ornaments. The latter represent the largest number, exceeding 420 in total. Weapons Found in Royal Tombs
Theses are some of the weapons found in the royal tombs of the Shang dynasty including Fu Haos. Also found in Fu Haos tomb was 16 human skulls. T These 16 people were know as human sacrifice when an important person died. This was a common tradition in the Shang Dynasty.