Chang'an Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
- For the town in the Guangdong province of China, see Chang'an Town
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The city site was found 5 km away from Xi'an in the northwest. As the capital of the Western Han Dynasty, it was the centre of China's politics, economy and culture, the start of the Silk Road and an international metropolis which was comparable with the Rome city at that time.
The construction of the city can be divided into 3 periods over more than 90 years. The Emperor Gao of Han Liu Bang decided to build the palaces before the city walls. In 202 BC, he repaired the Xingle Palace (兴乐宫) of the Qin Dynasty and renamed it as Changle Palace (长乐宫). Two years later, a new palace called Weiyang (未央宫) was accomplished. In 195 BC, his son, Emperor Hui of Han begun to construct the walls of Chang'an and finished it in September of 191 BC. Emperor Hui, Emperor Wu of Han then built several palaces in the city. At that time, Zhang Qian went to the west as a diplomat of the Empire of Han. Chang'an city became a bridge between Asia and Europe as the eastern start of the famous Silk Road. In 2 AD, there were more than 240,000 people lived in Chang'an. After the Western Han, the Eastern Han government made Luoyang the capital and renamed Chang'anto Xijing (western capital). After the Eastern Han, many dynasties regarded Chang'an city as the capital. In 582, emperor of the Sui Dyansty selected a place in the southeast of it to build a new capital which called Daxing city (renamed as Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty). The Chang'an city of Han was abandoned.
...Beginning from November 12 764, Tibetan troops occupied the city for 15 days...Chang'an of Han Dynasty
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Daxing of Sui Dynasty
Chang'an of Tang Dynasty
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