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Yangshao Culture was typical of the national culture in the Yellow
River valley. Yangshao Cultural Ruins was named after Yangshao because
it was discovered in Yangshao Village, Mianchi County, Sanmenxia City
in 1921. Yangshao Cultural Ruins is encircled by the Yinniu River
on the eastern, western and southern sides and the Mt. Shaoshan on
the northern side, and covers an area of 300 thousand square meters
with its cultural layer being up to 4 meters deep.
In 1951, the Archaeological Research Institute of China Academy
of Sciences conducted a small excavation of the Ruins, and found
that there are four laminated cultural layers, which are the Middle
Yangshao Culture-Late Yangshao Culture-Early Longshan-Middle Longshan
Culture from bottom to top. The cultural phenomena characterized
by ceramics decorated with colored drawings was first discovered
in Yangshao Village, after which it is named "Yangshao Culture",
making Yangshao Cultural Ruins well known at home and abroad. The
State Council designated Yangshao Cultural Ruins as a key state
relic unit under protection in March 1961. The Museum of Chinese
History organized Chinese, American, English and Japanese archaeologists
to carry out an international field cultural relic investigation
in 1994, when they discovered numerous precious cultural relics
in Bancun Village near Yangshao Village, including the most valuable
tens of jin of millet dating back to 5000 years ago, indicating
China's long history of agricultural development. |
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