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Wikipedia: Chang'an listen is an ancient capital of more than ten dynasties in Chinese history. Chang'an literally means "Perpetual Peace" in Classical Chinese. During the short-lived Xin Dynasty, the city was renamed "Constant Peace"; yet after its fall in the year AD 23, the old name was restored.

[A Tang era gilt] [A terracotta horse head from the Han Dynasty.]
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[A Tang era gilt hexagonal silver plate with a Fei Lian beast pattern, found from a 1970 excavation in Xi'an] [A picture of Chang'an]
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[Que 闕 towers along the walls of Tang] [The bronze jingyun bell cast in the year 711 AD, measuring 247 cm high and weighing 6,500 kg, now located at the...]
[鎏金舞马衔杯纹仿皮囊银壶  器形仿中国北方游牧民族的皮囊壶,壶的两面各饰有一匹衔杯的舞马,旧说舞马始于:zh:唐明皇,但据考证舞马起于:zh:曹魏。 ...] [The Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, built in 652 AD, located in the southeast sector of Chang'an]
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