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Yangshao, a village in Henan Province where the first site of the Yangshao culture 仰韶文化[Yǎng sháo wén huà] was excavated, used metonymically to refer to the culture itself
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仰韶 仰韶 [Yang3 shao2] /Yangshao, a village in Henan Province where the first site of the Yangshao culture 仰韶文化[Yang3 shao2 wen2 hua4] was excavated, used metonymically to refer to the culture itself/

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