Han Chang'an City and Weiyang Palace Site 汉长安城未央宫遗址Hàn Cháng'ān Chéng Wèiyāng Gōng Yízhǐ

About Han Chang'an City and Weiyang Palace Site

The site of Chang'an, capital of the Western Han dynasty, whose walled city of about 36 km² lies on the north-western edge of modern Xi'an. Its main palace, Weiyang Palace, first built in 200 BC, is now an open archaeological park where visitors walk over the great rammed-earth platform of the Front Hall and see the foundations of the empress's hall, archives and offices marked out on the ground. The palace site was inscribed in 2014 as part of the Silk Roads World Heritage site.

How to get to Han Chang'an City and Weiyang Palace Site

About 10 km north-west of the Bell Tower in Weiyang District, around 30 minutes by taxi.

Nearby

• Muslim Quarter 回民街 under 10 km
  Halal street food and a temple-style mosque in the lanes north of the Drum Tower
• Bell Tower and Drum Tower 钟楼·鼓楼 under 10 km
  Two Ming towers at the heart of the walled city, where bell and drum once marked the day
• Daming Palace National Heritage Park 大明宫国家遗址公园 under 10 km
  Earthen terraces and a rebuilt gatehouse marking out the lost palace of the Tang emperors
• Forest of Stone Steles Museum 西安碑林博物馆 under 10 km
  Inscribed stone tablets of classics, calligraphy and Silk Road history by the south wall
• 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

Also within 20 km: Hancheng Lake Park 汉城湖 (under 10 km), Epang Palace 阿房宫遗址 (under 10 km), Guangren Temple 广仁寺 (under 10 km), Tang West Market 大唐西市 (under 10 km), Xi'an City God Temple 西安都城隍庙 (under 10 km), Eighth Route Army Xi'an Office Memorial Hall 八路军西安办事处纪念馆 (under 10 km).

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Learn more

• Wikipedia
• UNESCO World Heritage
• Wikipedia (Chinese)