甲骨文是距今有三千余年历史的东西,它的产生和消失是历史发展的必然结果。商王朝统治者极其迷信,凡事都要通过占卜来作决定,所以才产生了甲骨文,并有大量的遗存。而占卜时用动物骨头做为材料原因无非有二。一是占卜时需经火烧,而骨头正好易出现裂纹,以些来判断吉凶;二是来源方便、充足。随着时代的进步,生产力的发展,生产工具的改进及金属冶炼铸造技术的不断提高,大量的出现了青铜器。故甲骨文也就失去了其时代对它的需求,而 Oracle is more than 3,000 years old today, its birth and disappearance of the inevitable result of historical development. Shang dynasty rulers are extremely superstitious, everything must be decided through divination, so it produced the Oracle, and a large number of remains. The divination with animal bones as the material is nothing more than two. First, divination requires burning, and the bones just easy to crack, in order to determine good and bad; Second, the source is convenient and adequate. With the progress of the times, the development of the productive forces, the improvement of production tools, and the continuous improvement of metal smelting and casting technology, a great number of bronzes appeared. Oracle also lost its needs of its time, however