Riding the Subway Traversing 3600 Years of History, Return 'Home'!

了不起的甲骨文乘着穿越3600年的地铁，回 '家'！

Riding the Subway Traversing 3600 Years of History, Return 'Home'!

腊月二十三，农历小年，雪花漫天飘洒，回家脚步急切。在郑州地铁紫荆山站负二层换乘区，一面 “甲骨文” 百家姓文化墙让行色匆匆的人们不约而同驻足。 “了不起的甲骨文——老家河南‘字敬’世界” 春节主题活动在这一天开启。身披 “甲骨”的郑州地铁1号线主题专列，宛若一条游龙，穿行在这座拥有3600年历史的古都地下，从2月2日至25日，为乘客的回家之旅增添一份吉祥与温暖。

On the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month, the Little New Year (Festival of the Kitchen God), snowflakes fill the sky as people eagerly hurry home. At the transfer area on Sublevel 2 of the Zijingshan Subway Station in Zhengzhou, a cultural wall featuring "Oracle Bone Script" of the Hundred Family Surnames catches the attention of passersby, prompting them to pause. The Spring Festival theme event of "Embrace the World in Henan · Hometown of Oracle Bone Scripts" kicked off on this day. TheZhengzhou Metro Line 1, adorned with "Oracle Bone Script," resembles a roaming dragon traveling beneath this ancient capital with a history of 3600years. From February 2nd to the 25th, it adds an auspicious and warm touch to passengers' journeys home.

地铁“串”起两座古城

Subways Connecting Two Ancient Cities

仿佛跨越数千年时光，郑州、安阳两座古城携手构筑美妙的地下“甲骨新世界”。幼儿国风诵读、甲骨文广播体操、甲骨文红包和春联派发等多场主题快闪活动在地铁站内接连上演。“武丁”“妇好”惊喜现身，穿着商朝传统服饰翩然起舞，并现场发放殷墟宫殿宗庙遗址门票和甲骨文文创纪念品，邀请群众同赴安阳过大年，感受家的温馨与浪漫。

Spanning thousands of years, the two ancient cities of Zhengzhou and Anyang have joined hands to build a new wonderful underground world of Oracle Bones. Various themed flash mob activities, such as children reciting ancient Chinese poetry, broadcasting exercises inspired by Oracle Bone Script, distributing red envelopes and couplets featuring Oracle Bone Script, and more, take place successively inside the subway stations. "Wu Ding" (the 23rd King of the Shang Dynasty) and "Fu Hao" (the First Female General of Chinese history) dressed in traditional Shang Dynasty attire and gracefully danced. They also distribute tickets for the Yin Ruins Palace and Temple Site in Anyang and Oracle Bone Script creative souvenirs, inviting the public to celebrate the Lunar New Year in Anyang and experience the warmth and romance of home.

红色喜庆的“甲骨文”百家姓文化墙上，104个不同的甲骨文字块是先民与今人跨越时空对话的“密码”。在深圳打拼多年的张先生在此拍下回家的第一张照片，他说：“看到甲骨文这独具特色的家乡符号，一下就有了到家的真实感。”

On the vibrant red "Oracle Bone Script" cultural wall featuring the Hundred Family Surnames, 104 distinct Oracle Bone characters become a "code" for dialogue across time between ancestors and contemporary people. Mr. Zhang, who has been working in Shenzhen for many years, took the first photo on his way home. He said: "seeing the unique cultural symbol of my hometown, I immediately felt a sense of returning home."

古老文字引爆潮流

Ancient Characters Setting off a Trend

“人生若只如初见”，回到3600年前，我们将如何用甲骨文传递“我爱你”？在地铁1号线甲骨文专列上就能找到答案。6节创意车厢将“沉睡”的甲骨文从博物馆里“搬”到人们身边，用潮流用语、土味情话串联起河南的美食、美景与方言，带给乘客沉浸式的甲骨文时尚新体验。

"If life were just like the first encounter," how would we express "I love you" in oracle bone inscriptions, which date back 3600 years? The answer can be found on the Oracle Bone Script-themed train on Subway Line 1. Across six creatively designed carriages, the "sleeping" Oracle Bone Script is "transported" from museums to people's daily lives. It links Henan cuisine, scenery, and dialects with trendy language and cheesy love phrases, offering passengers an immersive and fashionable experience of Oracle Bone Script.

“很难接触到的甲骨文出现在日常生活中，让人印象深刻。”郑州市民李晓平时很关注传统文化，她说：“文化只有与生活密切相关，才能潜移默化走入人们心里，更好地展现城市人文魅力，提升民众文化自信。”

"The oracle bone inscriptions, which we usually have little exposure to, have entered our daily lives, leaving a deep impression on me," said Li Xiao, a passenger lover of traditional Chinese culture. She also said: "Only when culture is closely related to people's life can it be imprinted on people's minds and better show the humanistic charm of the city and enhance people's cultural confidence."

一位旅客专程赶来打卡甲骨文专列，她认为，甲骨文已不再是“难懂的天书”，动画、表情包、潮玩等各种产品赋予甲骨文鲜活的生命，“它正逐渐成为中国文化的超级IP”。

A visitor specifically came to check in at the Oracle Script special train. She believes that oracle bone inscriptions are not "an incomprehensible book" anymore because the cultural products of the ancient Chinese characters, such as animation, emojis, and other fashionable products, make oracle bone inscriptions more popular. "It is gradually becoming a super IP of Chinese culture," She said.

中华文化圈粉海外

Chinese Culture Gaining Fans Overseas

全世界都在过中国年，全世界都在学中国话。地铁1号线甲骨文专列上，甲骨文组成的世界地标图案将中华文明与世界文明“年”在一起，送出“老家河南”特有的新春祝福，吸引不同肤色的外籍友人前来亲身体验。

The Chinese New Year and Chinese languages have attracted worldwide attention. On the Oracle Bone Scripts-themed train, the world landmarks composed of oracle bone inscriptions link up the Chinese civilization with the civilizations of other countries, sending unique New Year blessings of Henan and attracting international friends to experience it.

来自越南的郑州大学文学院博士生冯氏娥，从小就喜欢中国文化，这趟充满惊喜的地铁之旅激发了她学习甲骨文的兴趣。她表示一定要去趟安阳殷墟，“看看真的甲骨文，了解汉字的源头和发展”。

THI NGA PHUNG (Feng Shie), a doctoral student from Vietnam who studies at the School of Chinese Language and Literature at Zhengzhou University, has loved Chinese culture since childhood. This event sparked her interest in learning oracle bone scripts. She said she would visit the Yin Ruins of Anyang to "see the real oracle bone inscriptions and understand the origin and development of Chinese characters."

文字是了解一个国家最好的钥匙。“我选择汉语国际教育这个专业，就是希望通过了解汉字更深入地了解中国文化，并分享给世界。”郑州大学坦桑尼亚留学生王一山说，河南文化深厚，人们热情友好，在这里感受到了家的温暖。

Writing is the best key to understanding a country." I choose to study Chinese Language and Literature because I hope to have a deeper understanding of Chinese culture to introduce the Chinese culture to the rest of the world," said HENRY ERNEST CHOTISENGA (Wang Yishan), a Tanzanian student at Zhengzhou University. He added that Henan has a profound culture, and the people there are friendly and hospitable. He feels the warmth of Home here.

世界再大，都要回家。从数千年前走来，“家”这个字，寄托着百姓人家的希望、河南老家的归属、华夏一家的和睦，更承载着“天下一家”这个全人类共同的期盼。

No matter how big the world is, we must go home eventually. For thousands of years, the Chinese character "家" (home) carries people's hope for the family, a sense of belonging to Henan Province, and the harmony of the Chinese nation, and it also bears the common expectation of all humans -- "One World, One Family.".

过年了！乘着甲骨文专列，一起寻找3600年前“家”的印记吧！

The Chinese New Year is approaching. Let's take the Oracle Bone Script-themed subway together and search for the marks of "home" from 3,600 years ago! （中文来源/河南日报 记者/李晓舒 童林 王曼迪 编译/童林 李云娇 审校/温晓梅）