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Chang'an's layout influenced the city planning of several other Asian capitals for many years to come. Chang'an's walled and gated wards were much larger than conventional city blocks seen in modern cities, as the smallest ward had a surface area of 68 acres, and the largest ward had a surface area of 233 acres (0.94 km 2). [9]
This is a list of notable Chinese restaurants. A Chinese restaurant is an establishment that serves Chinese cuisine outside China . Some have distinctive styles, as with American Chinese cuisine and Canadian Chinese cuisine .
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places in downtown Houston, Texas. It is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the Downtown Houston neighborhood, defined as the area enclosed by Interstate 10 , Interstate 45 , and Interstate 69 .
Daming Palace (大明宮 - "Palace of the Great Brightness"), also known as the Eastern Apartments (東内), in (Tang) Chang'an (長安), now downtown Xi'an (西安), Shaanxi province: imperial palace of the Tang dynasty after A.D. 663 (it was briefly named Penglai Palace (蓬萊宮) between 663 and 705), but the Taiji Palace remained in use ...
A retail center in Chinatown in southwest Houston, where restaurants serving authentic Chinese food are located. The Southwest Management District (formerly Greater Sharpstown Management District) defines it as being roughly bounded by Redding Rd and Gessner Rd to the East, Westpark Dr to the North, Beltway 8 to the West, and Beechnut St to the South. [1]
It is the ruins of the largest palace in the capital city Chang'an of the Tang dynasty. According to archaeological researches, the palace had a trapezoidal flat plan: the east palace wall has 7,579 ft (2,310 m) in length, the west wall has 7,402 ft (2,256 m), the south wall has 5,492 ft (1,674 m), and the north wall has 3,724 ft (1,135 m).
Chang'an was the capital of several Chinese dynasties, located on the site of present-day Xi'an, Shaanxi. Chang'an or Changan may also refer to: Air Changan (长安航空), a Chinese airline that has been operating since 1993
This is an incomplete list of Chinese palaces. Xianyang Palace (咸陽宮), in (Qin) Xianyang (咸陽), now 15 km/9 miles east of modern Xianyang, Shaanxi province: this was the royal palace of the state of Qin before the Chinese unification, and then the palace of the First Emperor when China was unified.