Yanshi, Luoyang
Template:Short description Template:Infobox settlement Yanshi District<ref name=henan202103 /> (Template:Zh) 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.
History
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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In 2021, it became Yanshi District of Luoyang City.<ref name=henan202103>Template:Cite web</ref>
Administrative divisions
As of 2012, Yanshi is divided to 11 towns and 3 townships.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Towns
- Townships
Climate
Archaeological sites
There are two important archaeological sites in this area.
Erlitou site
Erlitou, the type site of the Erlitou culture (1900–1500 BC), was discovered in Yanshi in 1959.<ref name="Liu Xu">Template:Cite journal</ref> Erlitou is the name of the modern village nearby; the traditional name of the settlement was Zhenxun (Template:Linktext, 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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Yanshi Shang City
In 1983, a walled city dating from 1600 BC was found Template:Convert north-east of the Erlitou site in Yanshi's Shixianggou Township.<ref name="Liu Xu"/> This city, now known as Yanshi Shang City (Template:Lang, Yǎnshī Shāngchéng), had an area of nearly Template:Convert and featured pottery characteristic of the Erligang culture.<ref name="Lee">Template:Cite journal</ref> Some scholarsTemplate:Mdashincluding the Xia–Shang–Zhou Chronology Project<ref name="Lee"/>Template:Mdashidentify it with the first Shang dynasty capital, Western Bo (Template:Lang, Xībó) which was traditionally credited to King Tang after his defeat of the Xia dynasty.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Famous people from Yanshi
- Xuanzang (602 - 664), Buddhist monk, traveler and translator