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The former royal residence was the Taiji Palace (太極宮), built in the previous Sui dynasty.[10]In 632, chancellor Ma Zhou charged that the retired Emperor Gaozu was living in Da'an Palace (大安宮) to the west, which he considered an inhospitable place as it was built on low-lying lands of Chang'an that was plagued by dampness and heat during the summer. [11]
The site of Daming Palace is mostly located in Weiyang district with a small part extending into the Xincheng District. 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 ...
al-Jawabi trilith site; al-Moyassar multi-period graves, settlement, copper production; al-Nejd, Sultanate of Oman Late Iron Age fortified settlement; al-Raki settlement and copper production; al-Rustaq, al-multi-period settlement and burial area; al-Salayli, multi-period burial and metal-producing site; al-Saruj Late Iron Age grave; al-Shariq ...
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 ...
Within the West Park was a running stream and within the walled enclosure of the West Palace were two running streams, one connecting three ponds and another connecting two ponds. The small East Park had a pond the size of those in the West Palace. The Daming Palace and the Xingqing Palace (along the eastern wall of the city) had small lakes to ...
The reconstructed Danfeng Gate of the Daming Palace, a palatial complex built as a home for Emperor Taizong's father, the retired Emperor Gaozu In 632, Ma Zhou charged that the retired Emperor Gaozu had settled in the Da'an Palace, [ i ] which he considered an inhospitable place as it was built on low-lying lands at Chang'an that were plagued ...
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Statue of Xuanzang in front of Giant Wild Goose Pagoda. Giant Wild Goose Pagoda or Big Wild Goose Pagoda (Chinese: 大雁塔; pinyin: Dàyàn tǎ, lit. ' big swan goose pagoda '), is a monumental Buddhist pagoda located in southern Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.