Yanshi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 偃師／偃师 (Yǎnshī).

Yanshi

1. A district of Luoyang, Henan, China, formerly a county-level city.
   • 1987, Rawson, Jessica, “Introduction”, in Chinese Bronzes: Art and Ritual‎, British Museum Publications, →ISBN, OCLC 1183919119, 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.

   • 2021 April 10, “Across China: Smart irrigation saves water, increases yield”, in huaxia, editor, Xinhua News Agency‎, archived from the original on 13 July 2022:

     In the 1950s, farmers in Dongsizhuang Village in the city of Yanshi started using a rubber ball to control the water outlet of the underground earthenware waterway.

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