Yanshi District () is a district in the prefecture-level city of Luoyang in western Henan province, China. Yanshi lies on the Luo River and is the easternmost county-level division of Luoyang.
In 1993, Yanshi County became the county-level Yanshi City. In 2021, it became Yanshi District of Luoyang City.
As of 2012, Yanshi is divided to 11 towns and 3 townships.
Erlitou, the type site of the Erlitou culture (1900âÂÂ1500 BC), was discovered in Yanshi in 1959. As the Erlitou culture is theorized to be the material culture of the Xia dynasty, the Yanshi site was theorized to be a Shang stronghold before the fall of the Xia.
In 1983, a walled city dating from 1600 BC was found north-east of the Erlitou site in Yanshi's Shixianggou Township. This city, later known as Yanshi Shang City (, YÃÂnshë ShÃÂngchéng), had an area of nearly and featured pottery characteristic of the Erligang culture. Some scholarsincluding the XiaâÂÂShangâÂÂZhou Chronology Projectidentify it with the first Shang dynasty capital, Western Bo (, Xëbó) which was traditionally credited to King Tang after his defeat of the Xia dynasty.