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	Hongshan culture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Hongshan culture (红山文化) was a Neolithic culture in northeastern China.
		Hongshan sites have been found in an area stretching from Inner Mongolia to Liaoning and Hebei, and dated from about 4700 BC to 2900 BC [1].
		Hongshan grave goods include some of the earliest known examples of Chinese jade working; the Hongshan culture is known for its jade pig dragons.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hongshan_culture (200 words)

	UFO Area - Jade Bear-Dragons Corroborate Yellow Emperor Legend (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Hongshan was a regional culture in north and northeast China characterized by fishing and hunting.
		The Neolithic Hongshan Culture, dating back some 5,500 to 6,000 years extended from the Liaohe River valley in the east to the Yanshan Mountains in the west.
		The Hongshan Culture is known not only for its jade but also for its red pottery with fl patterns and pottery decorated with Z-shaped designs.
	www.ufoarea.com /aas_jade_dragons.html (927 words)

	Hong Shan Culture
		Hong Shan Culture is one of the ancient Chinese civilizations.
		Hongshan Culture, dated five to six thousands years and last for two thousands years, covers the areas of south-eastern of Inner Mongolia and western Liaoning Province of China.
		It is generally recognized that the dragon and phoenix motifs of Hongshan Culture are the ancestors of those motifs for later periods in the Chinese jade artifacts history.
	www.hongshanculture.com (2323 words)

	NEOLIITHIC CULTURE\| NEOLITHIC CHINA \|THE JADE ROAD ltd
		Recently, a Hongshan "pyramid" (three- storied stone building) with the bottom layer being more than 30 meters long and 15 meters wide was discovered on a mountain ridge one kilometer north of Sijiazi Township.
		Many of the Hongshan Jade artifacts are well persevered due to the fact that Hongshan culture utilized slab burial tombs and because of the dry arid climate of Inner Mongolia.
		The Liangzhu culture is roughly contemporary with the Longshan and Hongshan cultures to the north.
	www.thejaderoad.com /neolithic.html (1111 words)

	HONGSHAN CULTURE\| NEOLITHIC CHINA \|THE JADE ROAD ltd
		Many Hongshan artifacts express the use of saw blades and drill instruments reflecting the fact that they were a highly technologically advanced civilization.
		Hongshan Jade ritual and art objects were created for a period of more than 2,000 years.
		It is obvious from the study of Hongshan artifacts that a highly sophisticated knowledge of mathematics and Astronomy become evident.
	www.thejaderoad.com /hongshan.html (923 words)

	China Northern Culture Propagating (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Hongshan Culture, named after Hongshan Mountain in the rear of which the Cuture was first discovered, came into being about 5,000 years ago and lasted for as long as 2,ooo years.
		At the time of Hongshan Culture the society was on its top of matriarchy, a kind of racial group tied by maternal consaguinity.
		In the ruin sites of Hongshan Culture archaeologists found special painted pottery as well as"S"-curved ones, chipped stone and fine stoneimplements so that the culture is also considered to include something from Microlithic Culture.
	www.zgbfwh.com /en/shownews.asp?c_id=21 (149 words)

	The Jade Trade Ltd
		The Bird is perhaps one of the most common of the Hongshan motifs and it could possible contribute to the influence of Shang Dynasty bird motifs found at a much latter period in Chinese history.
		The Hongshan Neolithic culture was a very advanced civilization that reverenced death and accepted it as a gateway to eternal life of the superior soul or “Ki”.
		HONGSHAN CULTURE: The Hongshan Neolithic Culture dating from 4500-2250 B.C. is one of the earliest and most advanced civilizations discovered.
	www.thejadetrade.com /ian/images/amulets/4a.html (946 words)

	HongShan culture - China History Forum, chinese history forum
		Other cultures from those times are clearly linked and follow one another but Hong Shan doesnt seem to have left an impression on the central plains early dynasties in the same way LongShan or Liangzhu culture did.
		There are some interesting charactoristics the Hongshan culture has in common with their southern cousins.
		The oldest dragon totem, jade culture, Siberian-style shamanism of Hong Shan culture all indicate its Non-Chinese, North-Eastern ethnic ties.
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=4243&mode=linearplus (2717 words)

	Hongshan Bi Disc- 3207
		Jade seems to have had a particularly important role in Hongshan culture as jade objects constituted the sole status burial material, a characteristic unknown in other Neolithic cultures.
		From the complexity of Hongshan rituals and artifacts, scholars have concluded that this culture had developed a highly stratified society, with elites, division of labor, and advanced administration over resources.
		A circular pendant from the Hongshan culture, with a beveled central hole, elliptical in cross section, and of similar thickness (0.2 in) is illustrated in
	www.bernsteinjadeart.com /nt_01.htm (606 words)

	Neolithic 3.6" Hongshan Culture Nephrite Jade (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		One of my personal motivations that moved me to build an extensive collection of ancient jade was the fact that each jade artifact from the ancient times is a small window that allows the now living to get a glimpse of the ancient past.
		Beginning in the Neolithic period, the stone was carved into shapes such as discs (bi) or square tubes (cong) and placed on the body of the deceased within the tomb.
		It is theorized that the Hong Shan culture used animal bones and powdered abrasives to carve and smooth their jade.
	www.goantiques.com /detail,neolithic-hongshan-culture,1079717.html (477 words)

	Teaching Chinese Archaeology, object 1 - NGA
		Hongshan cultures flourished in the hills of the Manchurian plain, in what is now Liaoning province and Inner Mongolia.
		The stone altar areas and figurines suggest that the Hongshan built some of the earliest temple structures in China.
		Although we do not know its exact function, we can assume that the Hongshan culture placed a high value on jade, so this is likely to have been a high-status object reserved for the elite.
	www.nga.gov /education/chinatp_sl01.htm (315 words)

	The Bible of Jade Hongshan Carving (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		During the Hongshan age, the carving of insects were so very popular.
		From my Rare "ALIEN" NEOLITHIC Collection---Long ago in the forgotten ancient past of China a jade gemstone was carved into the shape of an extremely ancient Dwarf Alien creature that may have been inspired by a nightmare, a legend or a Close encounter of the third kind.
		This stunning Neolithic Hongshan Culture dragon humanoid was carved from a piece of semi-translucent Hemo Nephrite jade gemstone more than 5000 years ago.
	www.ljade.net /servlet/the-Hongshan-Carving/Categories (1204 words)

	Hongshan culture - China-related Topics HM-HP - China-Related Topics
		Hongshan sites have been found in an area stretching from Inner Mongolia to Liaoning and Hebei, and date from c.
		The culture is named after Hongshanhou (?????????), a site in Hongshan District, ChifengHongshan District, Chifeng.
		The archaeological site at Niuheliang is an unique ritual complex associated with the Hongshan culture.
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Hongshan_culture (242 words)

	Jade - Selling Leads for Jade - Manufacturers, Exporters, Suppliers, Traders, Companies, Factories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The pig dragon is a type of jade artifact from the Hongshan culture of China.The iterm...
		This artware is a piece of porcelain deep green jade pendant unearthed from neolithic Qijia Culture of China.It have an abstract human face and curl pattern.Jade has always held a special place in Chinese culture.
		This artware is a piece of porcelain deep green jade pendant unearthed from neolithic Qijia Culture of China.Jade has always held a special place in Chinese culture.
	www.ec21.com /offers/qiguoying/Jade.html?country=49 (794 words)

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	3 Neolithic Hongshan Culture Alien Humanoids (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Description: From my Rare "ALIEN" NEOLITHIC Collection---Long ago in the forgotten ancient past of China a jade gemstone was carved into the shape of an extremely ancient Alien humanoid creature that may have been inspired by a nightmare, a legend or a Close encounter of the third kind.
		Believed to have special protective powers, jade was thought to preserve the body from decomposition as well as to protect it from evil spirits.
		This artifact is a creation of the late period HONGSHAN culture when Liangzhu influence becomes superior and eventually conquers.
	www.goantiques.com /detail,neolithic-hongshan-culture,1095796.html (925 words)

	Niuheliang Site of the late Neolithic Age, Hongshan Culture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Niuheliang Site belongs to the Neolithic Hongshan Culture, which was created by tribes living in the west of the Liaohe River Valley about 5,000-6, 000 years ago.
		The Hongshan Culture was a culture of the late Neolithic Age centered in today's Southeastern
		The Hongshan Culutre was named in 1935 after the first site was discovered in Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia.
	www.chinaculture.org /gb/en_artqa/2004-04/23/content_46834_3.htm (145 words)

	China, Hongshan Culture, Neolithic Period / Pendant / 3000-2000 BC
		China, Hongshan Culture, Neolithic Period / Pendant / 3000-2000 BC China, Hongshan Culture, Neolithic Period
		This image is one of over 118,000 from The Art Museum Image Consortium Library (The AMICO Library™), a growing online collection of high-quality, digital art images from 39 museums around the world.
		Cultures and time periods represented range from contemporary art, to ancient Greek, Roman, and Egyptian works.
	www.davidrumsey.com /amica/amico1160464-35143.html (262 words)

	Mongolia, Siberia's Southern Neighbor
		Culture and History of Mongolia: the nation's history including the rise and fall of the Mongol Empire and independence, democracy since 1990, with a look at Mongol history in the 20th century
		Hake Culture of Inner Mongolia: Neolithic culture of 4,000-6,000 years ago with jade ware, microliths, bow and arrows, pottery and rich graves
		Hongshan Culture of Inner Mongolia: dated to 5,000 years ago, this culture is known for jade artifacts, including jade bear-dragons, linked by some to bear worship among hunting and fishing peoples
	www.workingdogweb.com /Mongolia.htm (1080 words)

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		Ancient Chinese hongshan culture jade carve Coin 8.10ZD
		Ancient Chinese hongshan culture jade carve Seal 8.10ZG
		Ancient Chinese hongshan culture jade carve Seal 8.10ZB
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	Prehistoric village restored at Hongshan culture site
		Sources with the Chifeng municipal government said the restoration of the village aims to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the naming of the Neolithic Hongshan culture which dated back 5,500 to 6,000 years.
		The primeval culture site, distributed in the juncture areas between the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and the provinces of Liaoning and Hebei, was excavated in 1935 and was formally named in 1954, by noted historian and archeologist Yin Da in his book entitled "Neolithic Age in China."
		The culture was once believed to have developed in the
	www.chinaculture.org /gb/en_newupdate/2004-07/19/content_56864.htm (190 words)

	China History Forum, chinese history forum > HongShan culture
		May 9 2005, 09:36 AM People wrote that Hongshan culture can be linked to the myth about HuangDi.
		May 10 2005, 11:55 AM there are articles about relation between HongShan culture and Yellow Emperor.
		May 10 2005, 05:45 PM Hong Shan culture is not the earliest civilisation in China BY any definition you care to give it.
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /lofiversion/index.php/t4243.html (3426 words)

	Chinese Neolithic 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Nice Jade Elephant which is a pretty rare item for this culture.
		This is a very rare jade piece for this culture and was strictly a ceremonial piece.
		This is only one of two that I have been able to obtain.
	www.mpkenterprises.com /chinese_neolithic_2.htm (99 words)

	Chifeng Tour Guide,Inner Mongolia Hongshan Culture tours (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Chifeng City, situated in the eastern part of Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region and bordering on Hebei Province, is one of the important birthplaces of China's ancient northern minority ethnic groups.
		The well-known "Hongshan Culture" and "Liao Culture" originated in the region, providing the region with rich historical, cultural and folkway resources.
		In addition to abundant natural resources, the reserve is also rich in historical and cultural resources, including the ruins of the capital of Lu Kingdom built in 1271.
	www.achinatravel.com /travel_China/city/inner_mongolia/chifeng/chifeng.asp (579 words)

	China Venus
		The Hongshan Neolithic Culture dates from 4500-2250 B.C. The Hongshan were mainly located in the area between Inner Mongolia and present day Liaoning and Hebei provinces (new evidence reveals possible settlements in the Yangtze River area).
		Many Hongshan artefacts show evidence of the use of saw blades and drill instruments, reflecting the fact that they were a highly technologically advanced civilization.
		Currently there is no known artefact evidence from other Neolithic cultures that show evidence of metal tools usage to shape jade during this very early period.
	donsmaps.com /chinavenus.html (312 words)

	Hongshan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Chinese Jades of the Hongshan Culture ca 4700 - 2920 BCE
		The Hongshan culture is a relatively new discovery in the field of Chinese archaeology, and there is still much research to be done.
		We gratefully acknowledge Professor Zhou Nanquan, the former Senior Jade Researcher at the Palace Museum in Beijing, for his help in curating the collection for the exhibition as well as contributing the essay for the catalogue.
	www.throckmorton-nyc.com /Publications/pages/Hongshan.htm (82 words)

	5.9 Inch Hongshan Culture Hemo Jade Holy Bird (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Description: The Bird Veneration of Neolithic tribes: The Hongshan tribes were an agricultural society but (did not rely) on irrigation they relied on the yearly monsoon rains to grow crops like millet and rice.
		(this is why domesticated animals became so important because pigs sustained them through times of drought) These Neolithic cultures/ as well as some today/ rely on rain to water the crops.
		This bird behavior related to reproduction or a food source was used by the ancient cultures and timed the planting of crops according to the birds.
	www.antiqnet.com /detail,inch-hongshan-culture,1079743.html (413 words)

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