page_title: Chang'an
section_title: South Central Chang'an
hierarchical_section_title: Chang'an / Sui and Tang periods / Locations and events during the Tang dynasty / South Central Chang'an
caption_attribution_description: 鎏金zh:飞廉纹六曲银盘 本文物zh:1970年发现于zh:陕西zh:西安zh:何家村唐代窖藏，原藏于zh:陕西历史博物馆，藏品号七一44。器高1.4厘米，宽15.3厘米。 zh:User:Mountainzh:2004年zh:7月28日拍摄于zh:北京大学zh:赛克勒考古与艺术博物馆。拍摄者已授权依照GFDL协议发布该图像。
context_page_description: Chang'an was an ancient capital of more than ten dynasties in Chinese history, today known as Xi'an. Chang'an means "Perpetual Peace" in Classical Chinese since it was a capital that was repeatedly used by new Chinese rulers. During the short-lived Xin dynasty, the city was renamed "Constant Peace"; the old name was later restored. By the time of the Ming dynasty, a new walled city named Xi'an, meaning "Western Peace", was built at the Sui and Tang dynasty city's site, which has remained its name to the present day.
  Chang'an had been settled since Neolithic times, during which the Yangshao culture was established in Banpo in the city's suburb. Also in the northern vicinity of the modern Xi'an, Qin Shi Huang of the Qin dynasty held his imperial court, and constructed his massive mausoleum guarded by the famed Terracotta Army.
  From its capital at Xianyang, the Qin dynasty ruled a larger area than either of the preceding dynasties. The imperial city of Chang'an during the Han dynasty was located northwest of today's Xi'an.
context_section_description: Locations and events in the south central sector of the city included:
  20 walled and gated wards
  3 Buddhist monasteries
  7 Daoist abbeys
  11 Family shrines
  1 Inn
  An event in 815 where assassins murdered Chancellor Wu as he was leaving the eastern gate of the northeasternmost ward in south central Chang'an; the event took place just before dawn.
  An event in 849 where an imperial prince was impeached from his position by officials at court for erecting a building that obstructed a street in the northwesternmost ward in south central Chang'an.
  The infamous rebel An Lushan's garden
  A garden with a pavilion where graduate students of the Advanced Scholar's Exam could hold 'peony parties'.
  A walled ward with an empty field; in the 7th century it was originally a place where slaves, horses, cattle, and donkeys could be sold, but the entire ward was eventually transformed into a military training ground for crossbowmen to practice.
  A special garden that provided food for the imperial crown prince's household.
  A government garden that supplied pear-blossom honey, amongst other natural goods.
caption: A Tang era gilt hexagonal silver plate with a Fei Lian beast pattern, found from a 1970 excavation in Xi'an.
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