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Tang West Market 大唐西市Dà Táng Xīshì

4A scenic area · Xi'an, Shaanxi

Tang West Market (大唐西市)
Photo: 猫猫的日记本, CC BY-SA 4.0
Time needed
2–3 hours
Days to budget
Half a day
City
Xi'an
Region
Shaanxi
Type
Culture
Listed as
4A scenic area

About Tang West Market

A Tang-style shopping and cultural quarter built in the 2000s on the site of the West Market, the international market of Tang-dynasty Chang'an. Its Tang West Market Museum, opened in 2010, shows excavated remains of the market's crossroads, cart ruts, a stone bridge, shop foundations and drains where they were found, with galleries on Silk Road trade drawn from a collection of more than 20,000 objects.

How to get to Tang West Market

In Lianhu District about 4 km south-west of the Bell Tower, beside Datang Xishi station on Metro Line 6.

Nearby

Also within 20 km: Xi'an City God Temple 西安都城隍庙 (under 10 km), Guangren Temple 广仁寺 (under 10 km), Yisushe Theatre 易俗社剧场 (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), Revolution Park 革命公园 (under 10 km), Xi'an Incident Memorial Hall 西安事变纪念馆 (under 10 km).

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