The excavation of the ruined Changhemen Gate of the Northern Wei palace-city in Han-Wei Luoyang City has great significance to studying the evolution of the form of palace-cities in ancient Chinese capitals. This gate...The excavation of the ruined Changhemen Gate of the Northern Wei palace-city in Han-Wei Luoyang City has great significance to studying the evolution of the form of palace-cities in ancient Chinese capitals. This gate was built in the Wei-Jin period, and its discovery provides important reference data for reconstructing the palace-city form in the Cao Wei and Han periods. Based on the resuits of previous researches and referring to other archaeological material and related textual records, the present paper makes a reconstructing study of the evolution of the palace-city form in ancient Luoyang City, the shape and boundaries of the Han period South and North palaces and Cao Wei period Luoyanggong Palace, and the location of the Gongyemen Gate, major pavilions and larger and smaller palaces. In this way the author reveals previously unknown aspects of Luoyang City's change from the Han Dynasty to the Wei-Jin period.展开更多
文摘The excavation of the ruined Changhemen Gate of the Northern Wei palace-city in Han-Wei Luoyang City has great significance to studying the evolution of the form of palace-cities in ancient Chinese capitals. This gate was built in the Wei-Jin period, and its discovery provides important reference data for reconstructing the palace-city form in the Cao Wei and Han periods. Based on the resuits of previous researches and referring to other archaeological material and related textual records, the present paper makes a reconstructing study of the evolution of the palace-city form in ancient Luoyang City, the shape and boundaries of the Han period South and North palaces and Cao Wei period Luoyanggong Palace, and the location of the Gongyemen Gate, major pavilions and larger and smaller palaces. In this way the author reveals previously unknown aspects of Luoyang City's change from the Han Dynasty to the Wei-Jin period.