Yanshi District () 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.
In 1993, Yanshi County became the county-level Yanshi City. In 2021, it became Yanshi District of Luoyang City.
Administrative divisions As of 2012, Yanshi is divided to 11 towns and 3 townships. Towns
Chengguan () Shouyangshan () Dianzhuang () Zhaizhen () Yuetan () Guxian () Goushi () Fudian () Gaolong () Koudian () Pangcun ()
Townships
Shanhua Township () Mangling Township () Dakou Township ()
Climate
Archaeological sites Erlitou Erlitou, the type site of the Erlitou culture (1900–1500 BC), was discovered in Yanshi in 1959. 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.
Yanshi Shang City In 1983, a walled city dating from 1600 BC was found north-east of the Erlitou site in Yanshi's Shixianggou Township. This city, later known as Yanshi Shang City (, Yǎnshī Shāngchéng), had an area of nearly and featured pottery characteristic of the Erligang culture. Some scholarsincluding the Xia–Shang–Zhou Chronology Projectidentify it with the first Shang dynasty capital, Western Bo (, Xībó) which was traditionally credited to King Tang after his defeat of the Xia dynasty.
During the 11th century BC, new city fortifications were constructed to "settle down the Rong armies" (息偃戎师, Yanshi in short) after the King Wu of Zhou and his Rong allies defeated the Shang.
See also Battle of Yanshi
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