Longshan

See also: Lóngshān and Lǒngshān

English

Alternative forms

• Lung-shan (all senses)
• Lung Shan (mountains)
• Mount Long (mountains)
• Mount Lung (mountains)

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 龍山／龙山 (Lóngshān) (Lóngshān, lit. "Dragon Mountain")

Proper noun

Longshan

1. A neolithic culture along the Yellow River in China, named for its type site
   • 2004, Xiaoneng Yang, “Introduction”, in New Perspectives on China's Past: Chinese Archaeology in the Twentieth Century‎^[2], volume 1, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 44, column 2:

     Many identified the Yangshao culture, or the Painted Pottery culture, as the remains of the Xia nation; and the Longshan culture, or the Black Pottery culture, as the remains of the Shang nation.

   • 2020 June 5, Stephen Chen, “Prehistoric ancestors of modern-day Chinese favoured rice over millet, study says”, in South China Morning Post‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 June 2020, Science‎^[4]:

     Han Chinese, who make up more than 90 per cent of the population of China, are genetically closer to the Longshan people, who are known to have farmed rice, the study said.

   • [n.d., “Longshan black pottery stem cup”, in Digital Taiwan - Culture & Nature‎^[5], archived from the original on March 12, 2024‎^[6]:

     The Lungshan culture of Shantong^{[sic – meaning Shantung]} was spread around the middle and east of Shantong^{[sic – meaning Shantung]} Province, and the Huaibei area in Jiangsu Province, 4,500 to 4,000 years ago. […] From archaeological information we know that society in the Lungshan culture period had a clear hierarchy, and a special craftsman was in charge of pottery making.]

2. Various mountains in China
3. Various placenames in China and Taiwan
   • [2015 October 2, “"Friendly Taiwan - foreign student homestay development program" is full of goodwill: 26 students travelled to explore the beauty of Langshan in Chiku District.”, in Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology‎^[7], archived from the original on 15 October 2022‎^[8]:

     Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, sponsored by the Ministry of Education organized "Friendly Taiwan - foreign student homestay development program," in cooperation with Longsan community in Chiku District, Tainan.]

   1. A county of Xiangxi, Hunan, China.

Translations

culture; locations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 龍山／龙山 (zh) (Lóngshān)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Etymology 2

From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 隴山／陇山 (Lǒngshān).

Proper noun

Longshan

1. A mountain in China
2. Various placenames in Gansu, named for the mountain

Translations

locations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 隴山／陇山 (Lǒngshān)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can