MarketDaming Palace
Company Profile

Daming Palace

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

Name
The palace was originally known as ''Yong'an Palace but was renamed to Daming Palace in 635. In 662, after renovations to the palace, it was renamed Penglai Palace. In 670, it was renamed Hanyuan Palace or Yuan Palace. Eventually, in 701, the name was changed to Daming Palace'' again. ==History==
History
The former royal residence was the Taiji Palace (), built in the previous Sui dynasty. The palace was built in the middle of the "Forbidden Garden" and outside the capital city. The architecture centers on the audience hall and the imperial courtyard, both built on stepped terraces. According to him, ever since Emperor Taizong moved to the countryside during the summers, his retired father was left behind in Chang'an to suffer in the summer heat. He ordered the construction of the summer palace for his retired father, Emperor Gaozu, as an act of filial piety. In 663, the construction of the palace was completed under the reign of Emperor Gaozong. Emperor Gaozong had launched the extension of the palace with the construction of the Hanyuan Hall in 662, which was finished in 663. On 5 June 663, the imperial family began to relocate from the Taiji Palace into the yet to be completed Daming Palace, which became the new seat of the imperial court and political center of the empire. ==Layout and function==
Layout and function
Beginning from the south and ending in the north, on the central axis, stand the Hanyuan Hall, the Xuanzheng Hall, and the Zichen Hall. The gate consisted of five doorways. The present site covers more than 4,800 mu, making it 3.5 times more expansive than the Forbidden City, 3 times more than Versailles, and 13 times more than the Louvre. Outer court After passing through the Danfeng Gate, there is a square of long with at the end the Hanyuan Hall. The Hanyuan Hall was connected to pavilions by corridors, namely the Xiangluan Pavilion in the east and the Qifeng Pavilion in the west. The office of the secretariat was located to the west of the Xuanzheng Hall and the office of the chancellery was located to the east. From this area, structured in a Three Departments and Six Ministries system, the Department of State Affairs, the Chancellery, and the Secretariat handled the central management of the Tang empire. The Linde Hall is located to the west of the lake. It consisted of three halls—a front, middle, and rear hall—adjacent to each other. File:Model of Linde Hall 2.jpg|Model of the Linde Hall File:Site of Linde Hall.jpg|Linde Hall's platform Border The area around the palace complex grounds is currently planted with locust trees, willows, flowers, and bushes on all sides. ==Heritage==
Heritage
The site of the Daming Palace was discovered in 1957. Between 1959 and 1960, the earliest surveys and excavations of the Hanyuan Hall site were carried out by the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Preventive conservation measures of the Hanyuan Hall site began in 1993. Most of the conservation work concluded in 2003. There are many exhibition halls located throughout the site of the palace complex to showcase the excavated cultural relics of the site. ==Gallery==
Gallery
File:MET DP137402.jpg|Daming Palace, attributed to Wang Zhenpeng (fl. 1275-1330) but likely 15th century production File:MET DP137403.jpg File:MET DP137404.jpg File:MET DP137405.jpg File:MET DP137406.jpg File:MET DP137407.jpg File:MET DP137408.jpg File:MET DP137409.jpg File:MET DP137813.jpg ==See also==
tickerdossier.comtickerdossier.substack.com