Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
North of the Great Wall, the Site of Xanadu encompasses the remains of Kublai Khan’s legendary capital city, designed by the Mongol ruler’s Chinese advisor Liu Bingzhdong in 1256. Over a surface area of 25,000 ha, the site was a unique attempt to assimilate the nomadic Mongolian and Han Chinese cultures.
Xanadu (aka Shangdu, Shang-tu, and Kaiping) located in Inner Mongolia, northern China, was first the capital (1263-73) and then the summer capital (1274-1364) of the Mongol Empire. It came to prominence during the reign of Kublai Khan (r. 1260-1294) and was famous for its palaces, gardens and waterways.
Xanadu may refer to: Shangdu , the summer capital of Yuan dynasty ruled by Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan. a metaphor for opulence or an idyllic place, based upon Samuel Taylor Coleridge 's description of Shangdu in his poem Kubla Khan
The Real Xanadu. The real Xanadu served as the summer capital of the Mongol Empire from 1274 to 1364. The city is located in the present-day Shangdu town, in the Zhenglan province. This capital was situated almost 350 kilometers (217 miles) north of Beijing, in Inner Mongolia.
The Site of Xanadu (元上都遗址), the birthplace and the former capital of the Yuan Dynasty, is adjacent to the Shangdu River in the south and Longgang Mountain in the north, surrounded by the vast Jinlianchuan Grassland, forming a layered and radial distribution with the palace ruins as the center.
As a 'key cultural relic unit' of China, the site of Xanadu served as the summer capital of the Yuan Dynasty during the 13th and 14th centuries. Xanadu, or Shangdu, meaning 'Upper Capital', reflects a combination of the farming culture of China's Central Plains and the nomadic culture of north China. The Venetian explorer Marco Polo praised it ...
The Site of Xanadu, located in Zhenglan Banner of Xilingol, Inner Mongolia, is the site of the once prosperous capital Shangdu of the Mongol Empire during the Yuan Dynasty.
The Site of Xanadu encompasses the remains of Kublai Khan's legendary summer capital of the Yuan Dynasty. The grassland capital at the edge of the Mongolian plateau includes the former city with temples and palaces, water control works, tombs, and traditional ovoo (stone cairn) shrines of the Mongolian nomads.
North of the Great Wall, the Site of Xanadu encompasses the remains of Kublai Khan’s legendary capital city, designed by the Mongol ruler’s Chinese advisor Liu Bingzhdong in 1256. Over a surface area of 25,000 ha, the site was a unique attempt to assimilate the nomadic Mongolian and Han Chinese cultures.
Xanadu, also called Shangdu is an archaeological site and summer capital of the Yuan dynasty that ruled the Mongol Empire. Xanadu is located in the modern-day Zhenglan Banner in inner Mongolia on the southeastern edge of the Mongolian plateau.