仰韶

Traditional form:

仰韶

Pinyin (reading):

Yǎngsháo

Definitions:

• Yangshao, a village in Henan Province where the first site of the Yangshao culture 仰韶文化 ( Yǎngsháowénhuà) was excavated, used metonymically to refer to the culture itself

Characters:

• 仰 - raise the head to look; look up to, rely on, admire
• 韶 - beautiful, excellent, harmonious; music from the Shun dynasty

Traditional characters:

• 仰 - raise the head to look; look up to, rely on, admire
• 韶 - beautiful, excellent, harmonious; music from the Shun dynasty