Wangcheng Gang - Wangcheng Gang

Japanese: 王城崗 - おうじょうこう
Wangcheng Gang - Wangcheng Gang

…The remains of a large palace building were discovered in Erlitou, Yanshi County, south of Zhengzhou, and confirmed to be from the early Shang period. The remains of the legendary Xia Dynasty were also thought to be in the vicinity, but a recent theory has suggested that they correspond to Wangchenggang in Dengfeng County, between Zhengzhou and Luoyang. The Zhou dynasty originated in what is now the Xi'an region of Shaanxi Province, and after destroying the Shang dynasty, they built Luoyi as their new political capital in Luoyang and made it the base for governing the east, and built Chengzhou to the east to house the remnants of the Shang dynasty. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Wangchenggang" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…鄭州の南に当たる偃師(えんし)県の二里頭では,大規模な宮殿建築のあとが発見され,殷代前期の遺跡であることが確認された。伝説上の夏王朝の遺跡もまたこの付近にあると考えられていたが,近時,鄭州と洛陽の中間,登封(とうほう)県の王城崗に比定する説が出されている。 周は今日の陝西省の西安地方から起こり,殷を滅ぼすと,洛陽に新しい政治的首都として洛邑を建設して東方統治の基地とし,その東には別に殷の遺民を住まわせるために成周を築いた。…

※「王城崗」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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