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Yanshi District (simplified Chinese: 偃师区; traditional Chinese: 偃師區; pinyin: Yǎnshī Qū) is a district in the prefecture-level city of Luoyang in western Henan province, China. Yanshi lies on the Luo River and is the easternmost county-level division of Luoyang.
After the Zhou conquest of Shang in mid-11th century BC, King Wu of Zhou founded a garrison town to the east of modern Yanshi to accommodate some of the campaigning troops. When Qin annexed Zhou in 256 BC, Yanshi County was established. The county's borders underwent several changes over the course of history.
In 1993, Yanshi County became the county-level Yanshi City.
In 2021, it became Yanshi District of Luoyang City.
As of 2012, Yanshi is divided to 11 towns and 3 townships.
There are two important archaeological sites in this area.
Erlitou, the type site of the Erlitou culture (1900–1500 BC), was discovered in Yanshi in 1959. Erlitou is the name of the modern village nearby; the traditional name of the settlement was Zhenxun (斟鄩, Zhēnxún).
The Yanshi site is close to the Zhengzhou site, but it is much smaller. As the Erlitou culture is theorized to be the material culture of the Xia dynasty, the Yanshi site was theorized to be a Shang stronghold before the fall of the Xia.
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Yanshi, Luoyang
Yanshi District (simplified Chinese: 偃师区; traditional Chinese: 偃師區; pinyin: Yǎnshī Qū) is a district in the prefecture-level city of Luoyang in western Henan province, China. Yanshi lies on the Luo River and is the easternmost county-level division of Luoyang.
After the Zhou conquest of Shang in mid-11th century BC, King Wu of Zhou founded a garrison town to the east of modern Yanshi to accommodate some of the campaigning troops. When Qin annexed Zhou in 256 BC, Yanshi County was established. The county's borders underwent several changes over the course of history.
In 1993, Yanshi County became the county-level Yanshi City.
In 2021, it became Yanshi District of Luoyang City.
As of 2012, Yanshi is divided to 11 towns and 3 townships.
There are two important archaeological sites in this area.
Erlitou, the type site of the Erlitou culture (1900–1500 BC), was discovered in Yanshi in 1959. Erlitou is the name of the modern village nearby; the traditional name of the settlement was Zhenxun (斟鄩, Zhēnxún).
The Yanshi site is close to the Zhengzhou site, but it is much smaller. As the Erlitou culture is theorized to be the material culture of the Xia dynasty, the Yanshi site was theorized to be a Shang stronghold before the fall of the Xia.
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