Definition of "Shanzhou"

Originating from the cave culture, the underground quadrangle dwellings, totaling more than 10,000, in the southern part of Shanzhou district, Sanmenxia city in Henan province, are recognized as a live fossil in the history of dwellings.

2018 January 23, “Bird's-eye view of underground dwellings in Central China”, in China Daily‎, archived from the original on 23 January 2018‎

This paper focuses on the sunken courtyard, a typical vernacular architecture that utilizes underground space, carries out field investigation and questionnaire survey in villages of Shanzhou District, China.

2022, Fang Wang, Shunyi Wang, Beijia Cheng, Wanjing Wang, “To inhabit, retain or abandon? Adaptive utilization of energy-efficient sunken buildings by rural households in Shanzhou, China”, in Energy and Buildings‎, volume 255, archived from the original on 2022-01-21‎