Home>News Center>Life
             
     

    2000-year-old imperial palace unearthed in Xi'an
    (Xinhua)
    Updated: 2004-04-05 15:48

    After six months' excavation, archaeologists claim that the imperial palace site they discoveredlast October in Xi'an, capital of west China's Shaanxi Province is of great significance to the study of the imperial palaces of the Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-24).

    The unearthed ruins of the imperial palace, covering an area of2,000 square meters, is located in a northern suburb of Xi'an, once the capital of the Western Han Dynasty and known as Chang'an then. And it lies in the northwestern part of the palace group of the Changle Palace, the imperial palaces of the Western Han Dynasty.

    At the center of the terrace which did not exist any longer, an underground palace was discovered, the main body of which is 24 meters west-to-east and 10 meters wide north-to-south.

    "The palace was probably a two-story one comprising both the above ground and the underground part," said Liu Zhendong, a research member with the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences who leads the archaeological team investigating the Chang'an city site.

    Relics of the palace are over one meter from the earth's surface. More than 40 base stones of palace columns were orderly arranged with the space between adjacent columns only two meters.

    From signs of the palace relics, it can be judged that the mainhall was exquisitely furnished. The floorboard of the main hall and its northern and southern passages is made of wood and is 50 to 60 centimeters over the earth to prevent it being affected by dampness.

    At the eastern part of the terrace, there are six connected rooms. The largest room is a square one of more than 40 square meters, the floor of which was painted in bright red. To the northof the room, sidesteps whose surface was painted in bright red were discovered too.

    "It conforms to the historical record that the red-surface sidesteps is of the highest rank and only could be used by the emperor," said Liu.

    Over ten pieces of fresco fragments were discovered at the palace site. All of them are the size of a large palm with bright colors including red, cyan, purple, yellow and white, and the patterns are mostly of geometrical design.

    "This is the first time for us to discover frescos in the palace of the Han Dynasty, although we had read about them in the historical records before," Liu said.

    "This discovery filled the blank in the research of the frescos in the Han palace," Liu said.

    Wells, boundary walls and drains were discovered at the west of the site.

    According to Liu, the main hall is the place where the emperor and his officials handled the government affairs while houses at the east of the site are the residential region of the emperor andhis royal family.

    "The imperial palace was probably built in the early time of the Western Han Dynasty while destroyed in war at the end of the Western Han Dynasty," Liu said.

    "The discovery of the imperial palace will provide valuable clues for the research of the layout and architectural techniques of the imperial palaces of the Western Han Dynasty," said Liu.

     
      Today's Top News     Top Life News
     

    Tomb price is up and up: Let's squeeze the dead

     

       
     

    Taiwan top police resigns over Chen shooting

     

       
     

    President calls for sustainable development

     

       
     

    State of emergency law to set basic rights

     

       
     

    HK: Calls for reason amid strife concerns

     

       
     

    Four reasons why China will not revalue RMB

     

       
      2000-year-old imperial palace unearthed in Xi'an
       
      Toddler TV habits tied to attention deficit - study
       
      A boyhood home of former President Clinton burns
       
      Future male model is chosen
       
      Moment sex beast robbed father of his daughter
       
      Recording real life
       
     
      Go to Another Section  
     
     
      Story Tools  
       
      Feature  
      Eric Clapton plays the devil's music  
    Advertisement
             
    亚洲欧美精品一区久久中文字幕| A级毛片无码久久精品免费| 国产日韩精品中文字无码| 波多野结衣中文在线播放| 国产在线无码不卡影视影院| 日韩精品无码一区二区三区AV| 最新中文字幕AV无码不卡| 国产激情无码一区二区三区| 无码专区天天躁天天躁在线| 一级片无码中文字幕乱伦 | 免费A级毛片无码无遮挡内射| 精品久久久久久无码中文野结衣| 亚洲色中文字幕无码AV| 国产中文字幕乱人伦在线观看 | 2024最新热播日韩无码| 亚洲日韩国产二区无码| 日韩精品中文字幕第2页| 成人精品一区二区三区中文字幕 | 97无码免费人妻超| 无码伊人66久久大杳蕉网站谷歌| 天堂网www中文在线资源| 久久丝袜精品中文字幕| 最近免费最新高清中文字幕韩国| 日韩精品久久无码人妻中文字幕 | 日韩精品无码永久免费网站| av无码专区| 国产精品无码v在线观看| 国产精品亚洲а∨无码播放| 免费无码成人AV在线播放不卡| 亚洲精品无码久久千人斩| 亚洲自偷自偷偷色无码中文 | 综合久久久久久中文字幕亚洲国产国产综合一区首| 乱人伦中文无码视频在线观看| 亚洲国产av无码精品| 亚洲成在人线在线播放无码| 一区二区三区无码高清视频| 一本之道高清无码视频| 欧美日韩中文在线| 视频一区二区中文字幕| 久久亚洲AV无码精品色午夜麻豆| 中文有码vs无码人妻|