Epang Palace 阿房宫遗址Ēpáng Gōng Yízhǐ

About Epang Palace

The site of the palace that Qin Shi Huang began in 212 BC and never finished: what survives is the rammed-earth platform of its front hall, more than 1 km long, about 400 m deep and 7–9 m high. Excavations since 2002 have found no trace of the fire said to have destroyed it, and a 2025 dig showed that it was raised over the bed of a former lake. The tree-covered terrace stands in an archaeological site park with lawns, paths and display boards, but there is no museum; the replica palace theme park built beside it in 2000 was demolished in 2013.

How to get to Epang Palace

In Fengdong New City on the western edge of Xi'an, just north of Fengdong Avenue and about 12 km west of the Bell Tower, roughly 30–40 minutes by taxi.

Nearby

• Muslim Quarter 回民街 10 km
  Halal street food and a temple-style mosque in the lanes north of the Drum Tower
• Small Wild Goose Pagoda 小雁塔 10 km
  A slender Tang brick pagoda, cracked by earthquakes, in the grounds of the Xi'an Museum
• Bell Tower and Drum Tower 钟楼·鼓楼 10 km
  Two Ming towers at the heart of the walled city, where bell and drum once marked the day
• Xi'an City Wall 西安城墙 10 km
  Cycle all 14 km of a Ming city wall, high above Xi'an's rooftops
• Forest of Stone Steles Museum 西安碑林博物馆 10 km
  Inscribed stone tablets of classics, calligraphy and Silk Road history by the south wall

Also within 20 km: Han Chang'an City and Weiyang Palace Site 汉长安城未央宫遗址 (under 10 km), Kunming Pool Qixi Park 昆明池·七夕公园 (under 10 km), Shijingli Town 诗经里 (under 10 km), Tang West Market 大唐西市 (under 10 km), Guangren Temple 广仁寺 (10 km), Hancheng Lake Park 汉城湖 (10 km).

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