Meaning of Hung-shan | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

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“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.”

“A similar case could be advanced concerning dragon decorations of the late-neolithic Hung-shan (4000-3000 B.C.) culture in the northeastern province of Liaoning. On both artistic and epigraphic grounds, the dragon design⟳ from this culture is seen as having a strong affinity with the later dragon motif of the Shang period.¹⁸ This suggests that aspects of dragon worship⟳ in the later era may have⟳ existed earlier.¹⁹ It remains, however, only a possibility, as the distance in time and space between Hung-shan culture and Shang is very great.”

“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.).”

“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.”

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