Anyang

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archaeological site city county-level city

Anyang is an ancient city in northern China renowned as one of the historical capitals of the Shang dynasty and a major archaeological site.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Anyang canonical 18
Anyang City Government 1
Anyang area 1

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
city ⓘ
county-level city ⓘ
archaeologicalSignificance evidence of earliest mature Chinese writing ⓘ
large royal tombs of Shang kings ⓘ
remains of palaces and workshops ⓘ
associatedDynasty Shang dynasty ⓘ
associatedKing King Wu Ding ⓘ
country China ⓘ
culturalHeritageStatus key cultural relics protection unit of China ⓘ
discoveryPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
industry ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
governingBody Henan Provincial People’s Government ⓘ
surface form: Henan provincial authorities
hasAdministrativeStatus prefecture-level city (through Anyang prefecture) ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite Yinxu ⓘ
hasMuseum Anyang Museum ⓘ
Yinxu ⓘ
surface form: Yinxu Museum
hasRiver Anyang River ⓘ
historicalName Yin ⓘ
historicalPeriod Shang dynasty ⓘ
historicalRole capital of the late Shang dynasty ⓘ
major center of early Chinese civilization ⓘ
knownFor Yinxu ⓘ
surface form: Yinxu archaeological site

bronze artifacts of the Shang dynasty ⓘ
oracle bone inscriptions ⓘ
languageOfInscriptions early Chinese script ⓘ
locatedIn Henan Province ⓘ
North China ⓘ
surface form: northern China
majorExcavationsBegan 1920s ⓘ
nearRiver Luo River ⓘ
surface form: Huan River
partOf China ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of China
region North China Plain ⓘ
transportInfrastructure highways linking to other North China cities ⓘ
railway connections in northern Henan ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Yinxu ⓘ
writingSystemFound oracle bone script ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

North China Plain → contains → Anyang ⓘ
Henan Province → hasMajorCity → Anyang ⓘ
Henan Province → hasAncientCapital → Anyang ⓘ
Shang dynasty → capital → Anyang ⓘ
China National Highway 106 → passesThroughCity → Anyang ⓘ
Zhang Huan → placeOfBirth → Anyang ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anyang, Henan, China
Yinxu → locatedIn → Anyang ⓘ
Yin → locatedIn → Anyang ⓘ
state of Wei → capital → Anyang ⓘ
subject surface form: State of Wei
Ancient China → hasCapital → Anyang ⓘ
Simuwu Ding → discoveredIn → Anyang ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anyang area
Anyang → governingBody → Anyang ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anyang City Government
Central Plains region → hasMajorCity → Anyang ⓘ
Central Plains region → containsAncientCapital → Anyang ⓘ
served by Beijing–Kowloon Railway → serves → Anyang ⓘ
subject surface form: Beijing–Kowloon Railway
Beijing–Kowloon Railway → connectsCity → Anyang ⓘ
Hebi → borders → Anyang ⓘ
Anyang Museum → locatedIn → Anyang ⓘ
Anyang Museum → mainTerritoryOfActivity → Anyang ⓘ
King Wu Ding → burialPlace → Anyang ⓘ
subject surface form: Wu Ding
King Wu Ding → governedFrom → Anyang ⓘ
subject surface form: Wu Ding
this entity surface form: Anyang region
Anyang River → flowsThrough → Anyang ⓘ
Anyang River → associatedWith → Anyang ⓘ
this entity surface form: city of Anyang