What is the history of Chinese characters? Did they evolve from an earlier form of writing or have they always existed in their current form?

The Chinese characters have a history of at least 8000 years, when on many unearthed objectes, characters appeared.

Many changes of Chinese characters were made in the long histroy of China, but the main forms of strokes have been maintained.

The current forms of Chinese characters, especially those 2237 characters which were simplified, are not real Chinese characters. Traditional Chinese characters are authentic Chinese words, and their significance should be greatly emphasized because they are the medium to pass down the Chinese publications which included the highest widsom of Chinese people in terms of technological development or cultural cultivation for more than 2000 years.

Simplified Chinese characters were a major mistake because the original purpose was to change the Chinese characters which expressed meanings and used stokes into a language made of letters. Chinese people must return to emphasize tranditional Chinese characters so as to value traditional Chinese culture.