Yinxu
Yinxu is a Chinese archeological site corresponding to Yin, the final capital of the Shang dynasty. Located in present-day Anyang, Henan, Yin served as the capital during the Late Shang period which spanned the reigns of 12 Shang kings and saw the emergence of oracle bone script, the earliest known Chinese writing.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archeological site of the last capital of China’s Shang dynasty
- Also known as: “archaeological site of Yin Xu”, “Jin Sü”, “Ruins of Yin”, “Yanshi”, “Yin”, “Yin Ruins”, “Yin-hsü”, “Аньян”, “यिंग्शू”, “यिन के खंडहर”, “安阳殷墟”, “殷墟宫殿宗庙遗址”, “殷墟文化”, “殷墟遗址”, “殷虚”, and “殷虚遗址”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Tomb of Fu Hao and Anyang, Henan Northeast Airport.
Tomb of Fu Hao
Archaeological site
Anyang, Henan Northeast Airport
Aerodrome
Anyang Airport is a military airport in the city of Anyang in Henan Province, China. Anyang, Henan Northeast Airport is situated 3½ km east of Yinxu.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Xijiao and Meiyuanzhuang Subdistrict.
Meiyuanzhuang Subdistrict
Suburb
Meiyuanzhuang Subdstrict is a subdistrict of Yindu District, Anyang, Henan, China. Meiyuanzhuang Subdistrict is situated 3 km south of Yinxu.
Yinxu
- Categories: city, Chinese AAAAA-rated tourist attraction, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Anyang, North Henan, Henan, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
36.1409° or 36° 8′ 27″ north
Longitude
114.30343° or 114° 18′ 12″ east
Elevation
83 metres (272 feet)
Open location code
8P8P48R3+99
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Yue Chinese—“Yinxu” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Յինսյուն, Յինի ավերակներ”
- Asturian: “Yin Xu”
- Basque: “Yinxu”
- Bulgarian: “Инсю”
- Catalan: “Yin Xu”
- Central Kurdish: “ینسو”
- Chinese: “殷墟”
- Croatian: “Yin Xu”
- Czech: “Jin-sü”
- Dutch: “Yinxu”
- Finnish: “Yinxu”
- French: “Yin Xu”
- Galician: “Yin Xu”
- Georgian: “ინსიუ”
- German: “Yinxu”
- Greek: “Γινσού”
- Hebrew: “יין שו”
- Hindi: “यिन्क्सू”
- Indonesian: “Yinxu”
- Italian: “Yin Xu”
- Japanese: “殷墟”
- Kannada: “ಯಿನ್ಕ್ಸು”
- Kazakh: “Йіншүй”
- Korean: “은허”
- Literary Chinese: “殷墟”
- Lithuanian: “Insu”
- Macedonian: “Јиншју”
- Malagasy: “Yinxu”
- Malayalam: “യിൻക്ഷു”
- Maltese: “Yin Xu”
- Mingrelian: “ინსიუ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Yinxu”
- Norwegian: “Yinxu”
- Panjabi: “ਯਿੰਕਸੂ”
- Persian: “یین”
- Polish: “Yinxu”
- Portuguese: “Yin Xu”
- Romanian: “Yin Xu”
- Russian: “Иньсюй”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Yinxu”
- Slovak: “Jin-sü”
- Slovenian: “Jinšu”
- Spanish: “Yin Xu”
- Swedish: “Yin Xu”
- Swedish: “Yinxu”
- Thai: “อินซฺวี”
- Turkish: “Yinxu”
- Ukrainian: “Іньсюй”
- Ukrainian: “Їньсюй”
- Urdu: “ینشو”
- Vietnamese: “Ân Khư”
- Yue Chinese: “殷墟”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Xiaoyingcun and Houzhuangcun.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Jinjiang Inn (Wenfeng Avenue Anyang) and Ibis Anyang Jiefang Ave.
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Worth a closer look: Longmen National Park and Dengfeng.
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