| 仰韶文化 |
Yǎng sháo wén huà |
(archaeology) Yangshao culture, a Neolithic culture (c. 5000–3000 BC) in the central Yellow River basin, known for painted pottery, millet farming and village settlements |
| 仰 |
Yǎng |
surname Yang |
| 仰 |
yǎng |
to face upward / to look up / to admire / to rely on |
| 仰韶 |
Yǎng sháo |
Yangshao, a village in Henan Province where the first site of the Yangshao culture 仰韶文化 was excavated, used metonymically to refer to the culture itself |
| 韶 |
Sháo |
surname Shao |
| 韶 |
sháo |
(literary) splendid; glorious |
| 文 |
Wén |
surname Wen |
| 文 |
wén |
language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67 |
| 文化 |
wén huà |
culture / civilization / cultural / CL:个,种 |
| 化 |
huā |
variant of 花 |
| 化 |
huà |
to make into / to change into / -ization / to ... -ize / to transform / abbr. for 化学 |