Yanshi
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English
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 偃師／偃师 (Yǎnshī).
Proper noun
Yanshi
- A district of Luoyang, Henan, China, formerly a county-level city.
- , volume XXIV, number 11, China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 40, column 2:
- Continued excavation at the Shang dynasty site at Erlitou in Yenshih county, Honan province, has yielded more finds of importance.]
- , Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 168:
- Another small plant in Yenshih County, Honan, reportedly raised daily output of vertical kilns from 80 to 140 tons while cutting its work force in half, through lengthening air-blast pipe and installing simple mechanical discharging devices.]
- 1987, Jessica Rawson, “Introduction”, in Chinese Bronzes: Art and Ritual, British Museum Publications, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 9:
- At present the direct antecedents of the sophisticated cast vessels from Erlitou-period tombs excavated at Yanshi near Luoyang remain undiscovered. Traces of earlier metal-working at Yanshi are hinted at in remains of crucibles and metal fragments, but much more information is still required.
Translations
References
- ^ “Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China, Cambridge University Press, 1982, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 476, 487: “The glossary includes a selection of names and terms from the text in the Wade-Giles transliteration, followed by Pinyin, […] Yen-shih (Yanshi) 偃師”
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Yanshi”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3515, column 2