From the surviving oracle bones, we have primary evidence for just how prosperous the Shang Dynasty was and how people, mostly the elite, spent their time.
The Shang Dynasty (1600 BC-1046 BC) relics distributed in the sacrificial area are all related to sacrificial activities, covering an area of nearly 13,000 square meters.
At some point during the years after the Shang Dynasty, the owl appears to have fallen from grace, thereafter, it was seen as an ominous sinister bird.