中英雙語話史記 第5期:仰韶文化
The Yangshao Culture
仰韶文化
The Yangshao culture was a Neolithic culture that existed extensively along the central Yellow River in China.
仰韶文化是在中國廣泛存在黃河中部的一種新石器文化。
The Yangshao people lived in round or rectangular houses in the mountainous regions that were below ground level and surrounded by little walls of earth.
仰韶人生活在圓形的或矩形的房子裏，這些房子建在地平面以下的山區並被土質的小圍牆所包圍。
They cultivated millet extensively, some villages also cultivated wheat or rice.
仰韶人大量種植粟，一些村莊也會種小麥和水稻。
They kept such animals as pigs and dogs, as well as sheep, goats, and cattle, but much of their meat came from hunting and fishing.
他們既養豬和狗，也養綿羊、山羊和牛，但是他們獲取肉的主要來源是打獵和捕魚。
Their stone tools were polished and highly specialized.
他們的石頭工具是經過打磨而且高度專業化的。
The Yangshao people may also have practiced an early form of silkworm cultivation.
仰韶人可能還進行了早期形式的蠶養殖。
Especially note worthy was their gray or red pottery, so the Yangshao Culture, also referred to as the “Painted Pottery” Culture.
