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Although the land is one of man-made "pleasure", there is a natural, "sacred" river that runs past it. The lines describing the river have a markedly different rhythm from the rest of the passage. [60] The land is constructed as a garden, but like Eden after Man's fall, Xanadu is isolated by walls.
In Xanadu traces the path taken by Marco Polo from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem to the site of Shangdu, famed as Xanadu in English literature, in Inner Mongolia, China. The book begins with William Dalrymple taking a vial of holy oil from the burning lamps of the Holy Sepulchre , which he is to transport to Shangdu , the summer ...
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. So twice five miles of fertile ground With walls and towers were girdled round: And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills, Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;
This river may haunt you but it's actually one of the most sacred places in the world
Weak River: One of the mythological rivers flowing near Kunlun, home of a Western Paradise. Shangdu (Xanadu) The summer capital of Kublai Khan's Yuan empire became a mythological place and a metaphor for splendor and opulence, popularised by the 1816 poem Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. (emphasis added) [2]
Site of Xanadu * Inner Mongolia: 2012 ii, iii, iv, vi An archaeological site that was once the summer capital of Kublai Khan's Yuan Dynasty. This site encompasses the ruins of the imperial city of Xanadu. The remains include palace foundations, city walls, and other structures that offer insight into the layout and architecture of the ancient city.
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