Search the dictionary A Chinese word or character, or English Search 2 entries. yǎngsháo 仰韶 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 yǎngsháowénhuà 仰韶文化 Yangshao culture, a Neolithic culture (c. 5000–3000 BC) in the central Yellow River basin, known for painted pottery, millet farming and village settlements