@chinagk_dus: 3,000-Year-Old Oracle Bone Characters Look Like Doodles—Can You Read Them? Over 3,000 years ago, ancient Chinese people sketched the animals and objects around them into oracle bone script, creating early pictographic writing. From oracle bone script to today's simplified characters, Chinese characters have traveled a long and fascinating journey. Looking at these ancient glyphs today, they read like a series of vivid little doodles. Can you spot these "walking" oracle bone characters?