Former US president Richard Nixon was surprised when Chinese folk artist Meng Xin performed rhythmic storytelling with a pair of ox scapulas when the former US leader visited Beijing in 1993.

24, 2019. Boasting a history of more than 3,000 years, oracle bone script, the earliest Chinese writing inscriptions carved on tortoise shells and animal scapulas, has been given modern meanings ...

Ox-bone shulaibao, which refers to rhythmic storytelling with a pair of ox scapulas, is one of the folk treasures in Datong. [Photo by Zhang Xingjian/chinadaily.com.cn] If you're tired after a day ...

"He's got skull fractures, face fractures, spine fractures, rib fractures, and even his scapula - both scapulas - are fractured, which is an unusual injury," said Jurkovich, chief of trauma at ...