Yang Yang is a renowned Chinese short-track speed skater who at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah, won China’s first-ever Winter Olympic gold medals and was the first short-track speed skater from any country to win multiple gold medals at one Winter Games. Yang, born in

Yang Yang is a renowned Chinese short-track speed skater who at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah, won China’s first-ever Winter Olympic gold medals and was the first short-track speed skater from any country to win multiple gold medals at one Winter Games. Yang, born in

Yang Yan was a minister to the Tang emperor Dezong (reigned 779–805). Yang introduced a new system of taxation into China that helped reduce the power of the aristocratic classes and eliminate their large tax-free estates. Yang abolished the various land, labour, produce, and other taxes to which

Yangdi was the second and penultimate emperor (604–617/618) of the Sui dynasty (581–618). Under Yangdi, canals were built and great palaces erected. He acceded to the throne in 604, and it is generally agreed that he did so after assassinating his father (the Wendi emperor) and his elder brother.

Xinjiang: History of Xinjiang: …the Chinese Revolution of 1911–12, Yang Zengxin, a Han commander of native Turkic troops, seized control of Xinjiang and later was appointed governor by the Beijing government. He maintained control until his assassination in 1928, which was followed by a series of rulers and shifting allegiances, mainly under Jin Shuren…

Yang Zhu was a Chinese philosopher traditionally associated with extreme egoism but better understood as an advocate of naturalism. He may also have been the first Chinese philosopher to discuss human nature (xing; literally “natural tendencies”). When asked whether he would surrender merely one

Yang Xiong was a Chinese poet and philosopher best known for his poetry written in the form known as fu. As a quiet and studious young man, Yang Xiong came to admire and practice the fu form. When he was past age 40, he went to live in the imperial capital, Chang’an, where his reputation as a poet

United States presidential election of 2020: Primaries: …activist Tom Steyer, technology entrepreneur Andrew Yang, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado, former U.S. secretary of housing Julián Castro, author and spiritualist Marianne Williamson, and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio

Chen Ning Yang is a Chinese-born American theoretical physicist whose research with Tsung-Dao Lee showed that parity—the symmetry between physical phenomena occurring in right-handed and left-handed coordinate systems—is violated when certain elementary particles decay. Until this discovery it had

Chen Ning Yang is a Chinese-born American theoretical physicist whose research with Tsung-Dao Lee showed that parity—the symmetry between physical phenomena occurring in right-handed and left-handed coordinate systems—is violated when certain elementary particles decay. Until this discovery it had

Yahoo!: …was founded in 1994 by Jerry Yang and David Filo, graduate students at Stanford University in California. Yahoo! provides users with online utilities, information, and access to other websites.

yangqin, Chinese stringed instrument of the dulcimer, or struck zither, family. The yangqin is played with bamboo beaters having rubber or leather heads. Its trapezoidal wooden body is strung with several courses (from 7 to 18 sets) of strings on four or five bridges. The sets of strings on each

Yangzhou, city, southwest-central Jiangsu province (sheng), eastern China. It lies to the north of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) at the southern terminus of the section of the Grand Canal that joins the Huai River to the Yangtze. Pop. (2002 est.) 548,204. In the 4th and 3rd centuries bce,

Yang-Mills theory, in physics, a generalization of Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell’s unified theory of electromagnetism, also known as Maxwell’s equations, used to describe the weak force and the strong force in subatomic particles in terms of a geometric structure, or quantum field theory.

Taipei: The contemporary city: …nearby recreation areas is Mount Yang-ming (Yangming), which is only 6 miles (10 km) north of the central city. Both the mountain and the town of Pei-t’ou (Beituo) at its base are known for their hot springs. Pi (Bi) Lake has boating and water sports. There are ocean beaches not…

yangbanxi, form of Chinese entertainment that flourished during the Cultural Revolution (1966–76). The works combined elements of traditional Chinese dramas, particularly jingxi (Beijing opera or Peking opera), with modern Western drama to treat contemporary topics and feature proletarian

Yangshao culture, (5000–3000 bce) prehistoric culture of China’s Huang He (Yellow River) basin, represented by several sites at which painted pottery has been uncovered. In Yangshao culture, millet was cultivated, some animals were domesticated, chipped and polished stone tools were used, silk was

yangsheng, in Chinese medicine and religion (particularly Daoism), various self-cultivation practices aimed at personal health and longevity. A person’s life (sheng) is sustained by three “treasures,” or principles: jing (“essence”), qi (“vital breath”), and shen (“spirit”). Jing is associated with

Yangdi was the second and penultimate emperor (604–617/618) of the Sui dynasty (581–618). Under Yangdi, canals were built and great palaces erected. He acceded to the throne in 604, and it is generally agreed that he did so after assassinating his father (the Wendi emperor) and his elder brother.

enamelwork: Painted enamels: …are termed by the Chinese yangci (“foreign porcelain”), the palette of colours used being the same as with enamelled porcelain, whose decoration under foreign influence is called yangcai (“foreign colours”). A ground of opaque enamel, generally white, is laid on the copper, and on this the colours are superimposed and…

slave rebellions: …Spain (present-day Mexico), in 1570, Gaspar Yanga led the escape of his fellow slaves into nearby mountains. There they lived for nearly 40 years, arming and supplying themselves by means of raids on Spanish colonists. The Spanish colonial powers were aware of the community’s existence but made little progress against…

slave rebellions: …de Los Negros (now called Yanga), the first settlement of freed African slaves in North America.

slave rebellions: …Spain (present-day Mexico), in 1570, Gaspar Yanga led the escape of his fellow slaves into nearby mountains. There they lived for nearly 40 years, arming and supplying themselves by means of raids on Spanish colonists. The Spanish colonial powers were aware of the community’s existence but made little progress against…

Silurian Period: Evaporites: …parts of the Upper Silurian Yangadin and Holuhan formations of Siberia, as well as in comparable formations in Latvia and Lithuania. Upper Silurian evaporites from the Pridoli Epoch are characteristic of three different basins in Western Australia. Minor amounts of halite and anhydrite occur in the Dirk Hartog Formation in…

Congo River: Climate: …Congo flows is that of Yangambi, a town situated on the river’s right bank slightly north of the Equator and a little downstream of Kisangani. Humidity is high throughout the year, and annual rainfall amounts to 67 inches (1,700 mm) and occurs fairly regularly; even in the driest month the…

yangban, (Korean: “two groups”), the highest social class of the Chosŏn (Yi) dynasty (1392–1910) of Korea. It consisted of both munban, or civilian officials, and muban, or military officials. The term yangban originated in the Koryŏ dynasty (935–1392), when civil service examinations were held

Korean literature: Later Chosŏn: 1598–1894: Pak Chi-Wŏn’s “Yangban chŏn” (“Tale of a Yangban”) and “Hŏ Saeng chŏn” (“Tale of Mr. Hŏ”), each a short narrative in Chinese with a carefully arranged structure and distinct themes, give voice to social criticism. Both take as their focus members of the yangban, the highest social…

yangbanxi, form of Chinese entertainment that flourished during the Cultural Revolution (1966–76). The works combined elements of traditional Chinese dramas, particularly jingxi (Beijing opera or Peking opera), with modern Western drama to treat contemporary topics and feature proletarian

famille rose: …known to the Chinese as yangcai (“foreign colours”) because they were first introduced from Europe (about 1685). By the time of the reign of Yongzheng (1722–35) in the Qing dynasty (1644–1911/12), these shades were favoured over the translucent famille verte overglaze colours that were previously used and famille rose wares…

Yangquan, city, eastern Shanxi province (sheng), northeast-central China. It is a prefecture-level municipality (shi) located in the western portion of the Taihang Mountains at the eastern end of a route through the mountains via Niangzi Pass. Its site was of major strategic importance throughout

Yangdi was the second and penultimate emperor (604–617/618) of the Sui dynasty (581–618). Under Yangdi, canals were built and great palaces erected. He acceded to the throne in 604, and it is generally agreed that he did so after assassinating his father (the Wendi emperor) and his elder brother.

Shaanxi: Cultural life: The yangge is a local form of musical folk dance with comic themes. Shaanxi-style Qinqiang opera is also popular, as are shadow plays using local leather puppets.

kava, nonalcoholic euphoria-producing beverage made from the root of the pepper plant, principally Piper methysticum, in most of the South Pacific islands. It is yellow-green in colour and somewhat bitter. The primary active ingredients of kava are known as kavalactones; other substances, including

Pascal’s triangle, in algebra, a triangular arrangement of numbers that gives the coefficients in the expansion of any binomial expression, such as (x + y)n. It is named for the 17th-century French mathematician Blaise Pascal, but it is far older. Chinese mathematician Jia Xian devised a triangular

Yangiyul, city, Uzbekistan. The city lies in the middle of the Tashkent oasis. Formerly a village on the site of the ancient settlement of Kaunchi-Tepe, it developed between World Wars I and II because of its proximity to Tashkent and its situation on the Tashkent–Samarkand railway and Great Uzbek

Uzbekistan: Settlement patterns: also sited Yangiyul, Guliston, and Yangiyer in areas that produce and process cotton and fruit.

Yangiyul, city, Uzbekistan. The city lies in the middle of the Tashkent oasis. Formerly a village on the site of the ancient settlement of Kaunchi-Tepe, it developed between World Wars I and II because of its proximity to Tashkent and its situation on the Tashkent–Samarkand railway and Great Uzbek

Yangon, city, capital of independent Myanmar (Burma) from 1948 to 2006, when the government officially proclaimed the new city of Nay Pyi Taw (Naypyidaw) the capital of the country. Yangon is located in the southern part of the country on the east bank of the Yangon, or Hlaing, River (eastern mouth

Yangon River, marine estuary in southern Myanmar (Burma), formed at the city of Yangon (Rangoon) by the confluence of the Pegu and Myitmaka rivers. It empties into the Gulf of Martaban of the Andaman Sea, 25 miles (40 km) southeast. Linked west to the Irrawaddy River by the Twante Canal (first dug

yangqin, Chinese stringed instrument of the dulcimer, or struck zither, family. The yangqin is played with bamboo beaters having rubber or leather heads. Its trapezoidal wooden body is strung with several courses (from 7 to 18 sets) of strings on four or five bridges. The sets of strings on each

Taiyuan, city and capital of Shanxi sheng (province), China. One of the greatest industrial cities in China, it lies on the Fen River in the northern portion of the river’s fertile upper basin. Taiyuan commands the north-south route through Shanxi, as well as important natural lines of

Yangquan, city, eastern Shanxi province (sheng), northeast-central China. It is a prefecture-level municipality (shi) located in the western portion of the Taihang Mountains at the eastern end of a route through the mountains via Niangzi Pass. Its site was of major strategic importance throughout

Yangshao culture, (5000–3000 bce) prehistoric culture of China’s Huang He (Yellow River) basin, represented by several sites at which painted pottery has been uncovered. In Yangshao culture, millet was cultivated, some animals were domesticated, chipped and polished stone tools were used, silk was

yangsheng, in Chinese medicine and religion (particularly Daoism), various self-cultivation practices aimed at personal health and longevity. A person’s life (sheng) is sustained by three “treasures,” or principles: jing (“essence”), qi (“vital breath”), and shen (“spirit”). Jing is associated with

suspension bridge: History and uses: …bridges in the world: the Yangsigang Yangtze River Bridge, spanning 1,700 metres (5,577 feet) in Wuhan (Hubei), and the Nansha Bridge, spanning 1,688 metres (5,538 feet) in Dongguan (Guangdong).

Chinese alligator, (Alligator sinensis), species of alligator inhabiting the stream, pond, and wetland ecosystems in the lower Yangtze River basin of east-central China. Once widespread throughout the basin, the Chinese alligator’s geographic range has contracted to a handful of small habitats in

Yangtze River: The Yangtze delta: The Yangtze delta, which begins beyond Zhenjiang, consists of a large number of branches, tributaries, lakes, ancient riverbeds, and marshes that are connected with the main channel. During major floods the delta area is completely submerged. Lake Tai, with an area of about…

porpoise: …however, the population of the Yangtze finless porpoise (N. asiaeorientalis asiaeorientalis), a subspecies of narrow-ridged finless porpoise found only in the Yangtze River, has declined significantly since 1984. It was classified as a critically endangered species by the IUCN in 2013.

Asia: Chronological summary: The Yangtze paraplatform is younger, the oldest identified orogenic event being 2.5 billion years old. Its final consolidation took place some 800 million years ago. The Kontum block is poorly known. It contains Precambrian metamorphic rocks with minimum ages of about 2.3 billion years, although the…

Yangtze Plain, series of alluvial plains of uneven width along the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) and its major tributaries, beginning east of Yichang (Hubei province), east-central China. The middle Yangtze Plain covers parts of northeastern Hunan, southeastern Hubei, and north-central Jiangxi

Yangtze River, longest river in both China and Asia and third longest river in the world, with a length of 3,915 miles (6,300 km). Its basin, extending for some 2,000 miles (3,200 km) from west to east and for more than 600 miles (1,000 km) from north to south, drains an area of 698,265 square

Yangtze River floods, floods of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) in central and eastern China that have occurred periodically and often have caused considerable destruction of property and loss of life. Among the most recent major flood events are those of 1870, 1931, 1954, 1998, 2010, and 2020. The

Jiangsu: Climate of Jiangsu: …climate may be distinguished: the Yangtze valley climate, in central and southern Jiangsu, and the North China climate, to the north of the old Huai River. The former is humid subtropical, while the latter is cool, temperate continental, with greater extremes of temperature. Nanjing in the south has a mean…

Jiangsu: Drainage: …what Chinese geographers call the Yangtze (Jiang)-Huai plain, built by the alluvium of the two rivers. The centre of this plain is only 6.5 to 13 feet (2 to 4 metres) above sea level, while its periphery stands at about 16 to 33 feet (5 to 10 metres). It is…

Tibet: Drainage and soils: …lie two other large lakes, Yamzho Yun (Yangzho Yong) and Puma Yung (Pumo). In western Tibet two adjoining lakes are located near the Nepal border—Lake Mapam, sacred to both Buddhists and Hindus, and Lake La’nga.

Yangzhou, city, southwest-central Jiangsu province (sheng), eastern China. It lies to the north of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) at the southern terminus of the section of the Grand Canal that joins the Huai River to the Yangtze. Pop. (2002 est.) 548,204. In the 4th and 3rd centuries bce,

Battle of Yangzhou, (May 1645). The Fall of Beijing in 1644 was followed by years of costly warfare, as the newly victorious Manchu fought to extend their rule over all of China. The siege of the city of Yangzhou was among the bloodiest episodes in the large-scale conflicts that preceded the

Gibraltar: People: …an English dialect known as Yanito (Llanito), which is influenced by Spanish, Genoese, and Hebrew.

Yanji, city, eastern Jilin sheng (province), far northeastern China. It is a county-level shi (municipality) and the administrative seat of Yanbian Chaoxianzu (Korean) Autonomous Prefecture, which covers a mountainous area on the North Korean–Chinese border, more than half of whose inhabitants are

Beijing, city, province-level shi (municipality), and capital of the People’s Republic of China. Few cities in the world have served for so long as the political headquarters and cultural centre of an area as immense as China. The city has been an integral part of China’s history over the past

Norman Taurog: Musical comedies and Boys Town: …Taurog had another hit with A Yank at Eton (1942), which starred Rooney as an American in England who alienates his classmates until another student (Freddie Bartholomew) shows him the ropes. Presenting Lily Mars (1943) was an adaptation of a Booth Tarkington novel about a small-town girl (Judy Garland) who…

Henry King: Films of the 1940s: Next was the hugely popular A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941), a World War II drama about a callow American pilot (Power) in London who reunites with a former girlfriend (Betty Grable) and then joins the Royal Air Force to impress her. The sentimental Remember the Day (1941) centres on…

Yankari National Park, park in Bauchi state, east-central Nigeria, southeast of Bauchi town. It was established as a game reserve in 1956 and became a national park in 1991. It covers 870 square miles (2,254 square km). The park, at an elevation of about 1,600 feet (500 m), has characteristic

submarine: Strategic submarines: …of the Soviet Union’s 8,000-ton Yankee-class submarines were delivered, which carried 16 SS-N-6 missiles of 1,300-nautical-mile (2,400-km) range. These were followed a decade later by Delta-class vessels fitted with 16 SS-N-18 missiles. Each SS-N-18 had a range of 3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km). In 1982 the Soviet Union began to…

privateer: brig Yankee alone seized or destroyed $5,000,000 worth of English property. France used many privateers during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars.

Yankee, a native or citizen of the United States or, more narrowly, of the New England states of the United States (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut). The term Yankee is often associated with such characteristics as shrewdness, thrift, ingenuity, and

Joe DiMaggio was an American professional baseball player who was an outstanding hitter and fielder and one of the best all-around players in the history of the game. DiMaggio was the son of Italian immigrants who made their living by fishing. He quit school at 14 and at 17 joined his brother

American literature: Poets and poetry: …and songs such as “Yankee Doodle,” “Nathan Hale,” and “The Epilogue,” mostly set to popular British melodies and in manner resembling other British poems of the period.

Yankee Doodle Dandy, American biopic film, released in 1942, that focused on the life of vaudevillian, composer, and Broadway luminary George M. Cohan and featured an Academy Award-winning performance by James Cagney. This remarkable life story, though somewhat distorted and sanitized in this

biography: Interpretative biography: … (1937), and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Yankee from Olympus (1944). She molds her sources into a vivid narrative, worked up into dramatic scenes that always have some warranty of documentation—the dialogue, for example, is sometimes devised from the indirect discourse of letter or diary. She does not invent materials; but she…

Wilco: …making of the 2002 album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot proved to be a turning point, with the band transforming a series of disappointments into a triumphant release. Coomer had been ousted during the recording sessions (he was replaced by drummer Kotche), and Bennett was fired soon after the album was finished,…

Yankee Stadium, baseball stadium in the Bronx borough of New York City that was home to the New York Yankees from 1923 to 2008. It is famous not only as the site of legendary baseball feats but also as the venue for a host of other notable events, such as memorable boxing matches, American football

New York Yankees, American professional baseball team based in the borough of the Bronx in New York City. One of the most famous and successful franchises in all of sports, the Yankees have won a record 27 World Series titles and 40 American League (AL) pennants. The franchise began in 1901 in

“Weird Al” Yankovic is a musician and songwriter best known for his parodies of songs and music videos by other musicians. He gained national fame in 1984 with the song and music video for “Eat It,” a parody of Michael Jackson’s hit song “Beat It.” Whereas most novelty song artists have achieved

“Weird Al” Yankovic is a musician and songwriter best known for his parodies of songs and music videos by other musicians. He gained national fame in 1984 with the song and music video for “Eat It,” a parody of Michael Jackson’s hit song “Beat It.” Whereas most novelty song artists have achieved

John Schlesinger: Films of the late 1960s and ’70s: Yanks (1979) was a melodramatic World War II romance set in England, with Richard Gere and Lisa Eichhorn as lovers, whereas Honky Tonk Freeway (1981) was a broad satire of American culture. Better received were a pair of made-for-television films that featured Bates: An Englishman…

Yankton, city, seat (1862) of Yankton county, southeastern South Dakota, U.S. The city lies along the Missouri River near its confluence with the James River, on the Nebraska border, about 60 miles (100 km) southwest of Sioux Falls. Yankton is just east of Gavins Point Dam and Lewis and Clark Lake.

Yankton, a major division of the Sioux (q.v.), or Dakota, confederation of American

Shiwang: …first judge was held by Yanluo Wang (a Chinese form of the Indian lord of death, Yama), but he was demoted to the fifth court because of his leniency. The second king has jurisdiction over the region that punishes dishonest go-betweens, fraudulent trustees, and ignorant doctors. The third king punishes…

piyyut: …poetry were Yose ben Yose, Yannai, and his pupil Eleazar Kalir, none of whose dates can be fixed with certainty.

Yanni is a Greek-born American composer and keyboardist who was a leading figure in late 20th-century New Age music—a characteristically nonarousing genre of popular music, often entirely instrumental and used for relaxation or meditation. Yanni Chryssomallis was born into a middle-class family in

Ioánnina, city and dímos (municipality), periféreia (region) of Epirus (Modern Greek: Ípeiros), northwestern Greece. It is located on a plateau on the western side of Lake Ioánnina (ancient Pambotis), facing the gray limestone mass of Mount Mitsikéli. Ioánnina was first mentioned in ecclesiastical

Yanomami, South American Indians, speakers of a Xirianá language, who live in the remote forest of the Orinoco River basin in southern Venezuela and the northernmost reaches of the Amazon River basin in northern Brazil. In the early 21st century the Yanomami probably numbered about 32,000

Charles Yanofsky was an American geneticist who demonstrated the colinearity of gene and protein structures. Yanofsky was educated at the City College of New York and at Yale University (Ph.D., 1951), where he studied chemistry and microbiology. While at Yale he showed that a suppressor mutation

Yanomami, South American Indians, speakers of a Xirianá language, who live in the remote forest of the Orinoco River basin in southern Venezuela and the northernmost reaches of the Amazon River basin in northern Brazil. In the early 21st century the Yanomami probably numbered about 32,000

Yanomami, South American Indians, speakers of a Xirianá language, who live in the remote forest of the Orinoco River basin in southern Venezuela and the northernmost reaches of the Amazon River basin in northern Brazil. In the early 21st century the Yanomami probably numbered about 32,000

Nanping, city in north-central Fujian sheng (province), China. Nanping occupies an important position in the communications network of northern Fujian. It is situated on the northwest bank of the Min River at the place where that river is formed by the confluence of three major tributary

Nanping, city in north-central Fujian sheng (province), China. Nanping occupies an important position in the communications network of northern Fujian. It is situated on the northwest bank of the Min River at the place where that river is formed by the confluence of three major tributary

China: The Shang dynasty: …Erligang period, was found at Yanshi, about 3 miles (5 km) east of the Erlitou III palace foundations. These walls and palaces have been variously identified by modern scholars—the identification now favored is of Zhengzhou as Bo, the capital of the Shang dynasty during the reign of Tang, the dynasty’s…

Yantai, port city, northeastern Shandong sheng (province), northeast-central China. It is located on the northern coast of the Shandong Peninsula on the Yellow Sea, about 45 miles (70 km) west of Weihai. The city was traditionally known as Zhifu (Chefoo), which was the name of the island that

yantra, in Tantric Hinduism and Vajrayana, or Tantric Buddhism, a linear diagram used as a support for ritual. In its more elaborate and pictorial form it is called a mandala. Yantras range from those traced on the ground or on paper and disposed of after the rite, to those etched in stone and

Bulgaria: Drainage: Yantra. Overall, more than half of the runoff drains to the Black Sea, and the rest flows to the Aegean Sea.

Viktor Yanukovych is a Ukrainian politician who served as prime minister (2002–05, 2006–07) and president (2010–14) of Ukraine. Yanukovych was born to a poor family in the industrial Donets Basin, and his brushes with the law in his late teens and early twenties resulted in a pair of jail terms.

Viktor Yanukovych is a Ukrainian politician who served as prime minister (2002–05, 2006–07) and president (2010–14) of Ukraine. Yanukovych was born to a poor family in the industrial Donets Basin, and his brushes with the law in his late teens and early twenties resulted in a pair of jail terms.

qin: …called the “goose feet” (yanzhu). Each qin is given a unique name, which is engraved on the back side of the instrument, along with poems and the owner’s (or owners’) seals.

Yao, in Chinese mythology, a legendary emperor (c. 24th century bce) of the golden age of antiquity, exalted by Confucius as an inspiration and perennial model of virtue, righteousness, and unselfish devotion. His name is inseparable from that of his successor Shun, to whom he gave his two

Yao, various Bantu-speaking peoples inhabiting southernmost Tanzania, the region between the Rovuma and Lugenda rivers in Mozambique, and the southern part of Malaŵi. By 1800 the Yao had become known as traders plying between the inland tribes and the Arabs on the east coast. Much of this trade was

Mien, peoples of southern China and Southeast Asia. In the early 21st century they numbered some 2,700,000 in China, more than 350,000 in Vietnam, some 40,000 in Thailand, and approximately 20,000 in Laos. Several thousand Mien refugees from Laos have also settled in North America, Australia, and

Yao, city, Ōsaka fu (urban prefecture), Honshu, Japan, on the Nagase River. The city is situated on mountain slopes and a plain in Kongō-Ikoma Quasi-national Park. The central part of the city was a commercial centre during the Tokugawa period (1603–1867). Yao is now an industrial and residential

pottery: Coloured glazes: …the showy flambé glazes (yao bian) of the Qianlong period that are often vividly streaked with unreduced copper blue.