Daming Palace

Daming Palace National Heritage Park
大明宫国家遗址公园
The reconstructed Danfeng Gate, housing and conserving the on-site ruins of the original gate of the Daming Palace [1]
Map
Established1 October 2010
LocationXi'an, Shaanxi, China
Coordinates34°17′45″N 108°57′30″E / 34.29583°N 108.95833°E / 34.29583; 108.95833
TypeArchaeological site and history museum
Daming Palace
Simplified Chinese大明宫
Traditional Chinese大明宮
Literal meaningPalace of Great Brilliance [2]
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDàmíng Gōng
Daming Palace National Heritage Park
Simplified Chinese大明宫国家遗址公园
Traditional Chinese大明宮國家遺址公園
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyindàmíng gōng guójiā yízhǐ gōngyuán

The Daming Palace was the imperial palace complex of the Tang dynasty, located in its capital Chang'an.[3][4] It served as the imperial residence of the Tang emperors for more than 220 years.[3] Today, it is designated as a national heritage site of China,[5] and part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor".[6] The area is located northeast of present-day Xi'an, Shaanxi Province.[7]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference danfeng-icomos was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Chung, Saehyang. "A Study of the Daming Palace: Documentary Sources and Recent Excavations". Artibus Asiae, Vol. 50, No. 1/2 (1990), pp. 23–72. Accessed 15 November 2013.
  3. ^ a b Yu, Weichao (1997). A Journey into China's antiquity. Beijing: Morning Glory Publishers. p. 56. ISBN 978-7-5054-0507-3.
  4. ^ "Stories of Daming Palace". China Daily. p. 2. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  5. ^ Wang, Tao; Shao, Lei (2010). "Eco-city: China's realities and challenges in urban planning and design". In Lye, Liang Fook; Chen, Gang (eds.). Towards a liveable and sustainable urban environment: Eco-cities in East Asia. Singapore: World Scientific. p. 149. ISBN 978-981-4287-76-0.
  6. ^ "Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  7. ^ Du, Xiaofan (2010). Agnew, Neville (ed.). Conservation of ancient sites on the Silk Road. Hellman, Naomi (trans.). Los Angeles: Getty Conservation Institute. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-60606-013-1.