Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Yanshi.
Continued excavation at the Shang dynasty site at Erlitou in Yenshih county, Honan province, has yielded more finds of importance.
1975 November, Nai Hsia, “The Slaves Were the Makers of History—New archaeological finds on ancient Chinese slave society”, in China Reconstructs, volume XXIV, number 11, China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 40, column 22 more examples
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.
1977, K. P. Wang, Mineral Resources and Basic Industries in the People's Republic of China, Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 168Through comparison with the remnants of mud walls on the foundations of the large early Shang palace found in Erhlitou, Yenshih County,⁴ Honan Province, it may be assumed that between the main wooden columns there were smaller wooden posts set close together with weeds and ropes thrust between them, and straw-reinforced mud plastered on top to form "mud walls reinforced with timber rods."
1978, Panlungcheng Excavation Team, “Panlungcheng, the Remains of a Shang City”, in New Archaeological Friends in China (II) More Discoveries During the Cultural Revolution, 1st edition, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, pages 26, 31
Origin
- Mandarin偃師 /偃师
- EnglishYenshih
From Mandarin 偃師 /偃师 (Yǎnshī) Wade–Giles romanization: Yen³-shih¹.
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