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Anyang (än-yäng), city (1994 est. pop. 458,400), N Henan prov., China, on the Beijing-Guangzhou RR, in a cotton-growing area. It is an agricultural and trade center with textile mills, coal mines, and a medium-sized iron and steel complex. Anyang was once a capital of the Shang dynasty and one of the earliest centers of Chinese civilization. Excavations, begun there in 1928 by archaeologist Li Chi, have revealed a rich collection of artifacts from the Shang dynasty. Unearthed articles include pottery, oracle bones, stone and jade, chariots, bronzes, and building foundations. Anyang a town in E China, in Henan province: archaeological site and capital of the Shang dynasty. Pop.: 808 000 (2005 est.) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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[dagger]) HPAI, highly pathogenic avian influenza; WD, wood duck; LG, laughing gull; Anyang, A/Duck Meat/Anyang/01; Mongolia, A/Whooper Swan/Mongolia/244/05. Peter Hessler's rich and varied new study of China takes its title from the discovery, in 1899, around the ancient city of Anyang, of so-called oracle bones, three thousand years old. Three massive ritual wine containers from the Anyang period (about 1300-1050 BC) of the Shang dynasty, a bronze bell of late Western Zhou pedigree (about 1050-771 BC), archaic weapons dating from between the fifth and third centuries BC, and a western Han crossbow trigger with gold and silver inlay are among the other gifts. |
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