Hung-shan

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 紅山／红山 (Hóngshān) Wade–Giles romanization: Hung²-shan¹.

Proper noun

Hung-shan

1. Alternative form of Hongshan
   • 1971, William Watson, “Neolithic Frontiers in East Asia”, in Cultural Frontiers in Ancient East Asia‎^[1], Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 28:

     If the existence of a plough of some kind is questioned, some distinction must still be made between the tools interpreted as ploughshares and other implements, smaller and more roughly shaped, which have all the appearance of hoes. This ample evidence for agriculture in the Hung-shan neolithic of Manchuria is supplemented by the bones of cattle, sheep, pig and horse, excavated at Hung-shan itself, which attest the advanced animal farming which the geographical environment so clearly favoured.

   • 2001, Chün-fang Yü, “Feminine Forms of Kuan-yin in Late Imperial China”, in Kuan-yin: The Chinese Transformation of Avalokiteśvara‎^[2], New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 409:

     One of the most exciting finds made by Chinese archaeologists within the last twenty years are the sites located in Inner Mongolia and Liaoning Province, particularly the Neolithic Hung-shan culture (c. 3500-2500 B.C.E.).

   • 2011, Ralph D. Sawyer, Ancient Chinese Warfare‎^[3], Basic Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 491:

     Useful reports include[...]Chang Shao-ch'ing and Hsu Chih-kuo, KK 1992:1, 1-10, reporting on the earlier Hung-shan culture in which the t'ing is yet to appear, including some unusual examples with thicker blade edges that taper to give the appearance of double diamonds stuck together, and a number that display upward indentation or notching.

Translations

Hongshan — see Hongshan

Further reading

• Hongshan culture, also spelled Hung-shan culture, in Encyclopædia Britannica