Chang’an in the Sui and Tang

By: Priya Pappu and Ruchi Shah

Buddhist Representation of Chang’an

Map of Chang’an on stone (1080)

Ancient map of Chang’an

Chang’an: Location

Plan of Chang’an

Organization of Chang’an’s Imperial City

Temples

Big Wild Goose Pagoda Small Wild Goose Pagoda

D’anguo Monastery

•Detail from a map of Chang’an which was engraved on a stone steel 1080

•Monastery located in North Eastern Corner of the City

Modern Interior of the Monastery

Chang’an and its “Six Streets”

•Six streets marked in gray

Map of Social Composition of Chang’an’s Wards

•Shows houses of officials and aristocrats

Layout of a Residential Ward

Modern-day Chang’an Market

Disasters

•City was not plagued by natural disasters like earthquakes (Lisbon, Portugal)

•Fires swept through the marketplace frequently

•An Lushan-Shi Siming Rebellion 755-763

•Huang Chao Rebellion 860

Bibliography

Kiang I:

Kiang, Heng C. "Kaifeng and Yangzhou:the Birth of the Commercial Street." Bryn Mawr College. 29 Mar. 2006 <https://blackboard.brynmawr.edu/webapps/portal/ rameset.jsp?tab=courses&url=/bin/common/course.pl?course_id=_29003_1>.

 

Kiang II:

Kiang, Heng C. Cities of Aristocrats and Bureaucrats: the Development of Medieval Chinese Cities. Honolulu: University of Hawaii P, 1999.

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