With oracle bone inscriptions unearthed, it shocked the world. It is the oldest form of Chinese writing in my country. Turtle has also entered people's field of vision. Oracle bone inscriptions are characters written on tortoise shells, and are the most important characters for studying the social history of the Shang and Zhou dynasties. Of course, the history of turtles is not so short, as early as the beginning of the earth's existence, turtles also began to exist at that time. What is the history of the development of the tortoise?

The turtle is a contemporary of the dinosaurs. During the Jurassic period, turtles and other animals lived in a historical environment with dinosaurs, the behemoths that dominated the animal kingdom. Later, the environment changed drastically, the dinosaurs went extinct, but the turtles escaped this catastrophe.

The ancients have always regarded the turtle as a symbol of auspiciousness. Many clans and tribes regard the turtle as the emblem of their own clan, and believe that the turtle is the ancestor and protector of the clan, so the turtle has become the supreme sacred symbol in people's minds. The turtle pattern has also become one of the most auspicious patterns. During the Yin and Shang Dynasties, the Shang Dynasty cast tortoise patterns on bronze ware. Before the Song Dynasty, all the folk festive occasions such as marriage, childbirth, birthday celebration, house building, etc., there were turtle handicrafts placed in the hall. The ancient currency was called turtle coins; the flags of the generals in the Warring States Period were decorated with turtles; the gold seals used by the Han Dynasty officials were all turtle-shaped; Wu Zetian in the Tang Dynasty specially made the officials' bags by fishThe shape is changed to the shape of a turtle, and the orders of the dispatching generals are also in the shape of a bronze turtle. Turtle shells are also used for divination by the ancients. Among them, Book of Rites, Qu Li Shang said: Turtles are for divination, and strategies are for divination, which is an indispensable thing in the life of ancient people.

Shan Hai Jing records rotating turtle, its shape is like a turtle with a bird's head and a tail, its sound is like a sentence of wood, it is not deaf when worn, and it can be used as the bottom. However, human consumption The history of the turtle can be traced back to the Book of Songs era at least two thousand years ago. Xiaoya·June once mentioned: Drinking friends, turtles, turtles and carp. Who is waiting for you? Zhang Zhongxiaoyou; Daya·Han Yi also contains: What is the food? The turtles and turtles are fresh. Fish; what are the dimensions of its scorpion? Bamboo shoots and Pu. Except for tortoiseshell, almost all turtles can be eaten, among which tortoises, three-line box turtles, yellow-throated water turtles, and Chinese turtles are the most common. In particular, the medicinal value of turtles has attracted people's attention. In the folk, turtles are used as medicine, and various Chinese herbal medicines are used in combination, which not only enhances the physical fitness of the human body, but also cures many diseases, even intractable diseases. It became a major feature of the folk turtle culture at that time.

Li Shizhen highlighted the edible and medicinal value of turtles in the medical masterpiece Compendium of Materia Medica. It is written in the book: There are three hundred and sixty worms, and the tortoise is the longest. The turtle and deer are both spiritual and have longevity. The turtle's head is often hidden to the abdomen and can pass through the Ren channel, so its armor is used to nourish the heart. , kidney, blood, all to nourish yin. Later, Materia Medica Yanyi Supplement, Materia Medica Daoyan, Materia Medica Names, Materia Medica Authentic and Materia Medica Seeking Truth successively recorded the efficacy of turtles.

After the Shen Nong's Materia Medica in the Qin and Han Dynasties and the Compendium of Materia Medica in the Ming Dynasty set a precedent for the research on the medicinal effects of turtles, later generations continued to forge ahead. The Records of Famous Doctors, Theory of Medicine Properties, Medical Cases of Clinical Guideline... all have monographs on turtles and turtles.