Xian E Pang Palace Site
Situated in E Pang Village in the western suburb of Xi’an City, E Pang Gong was built by Emperor Qin, in 212 B.C. There are two legends about of the cause of the palace. One was said Yingzheng, the Emperor Qin loved a beautiful civilian girl named E Pang. However, the beautiful love ended with sadness. In order to commemorate her, he built the palace under the tremendous manpower as well as material resource. Another one is that because Emperor Qin was not satisfied with the size of Xian Yang Palace, so he drove 700 thousand civilian workers to make the expansion. He passed away when he completed only the front palace. The second Emperor kept on the construction. As for Overlord Xiangyu’s inbreak, E Pang Palace was set on fire.
Nowadays, two prominent architecture site are preserved well. One is located in the south of E Pang Village. With a girth of 310 meters and height of 20 meters, it is name “the stage for Shihuang went out to outer space” by the locals .The other is in southwest of the village. It is 26 square meters and namely “Mei Qu Rang”.After the review on the spot by UNESCO, E Pang Palace is listed as one of the wonder and famous sites in the world and was named “the First Palace in the world”.
Transport: Bus 302
Open Time: 9:00 am-18:00 pm
Admission: 30 Yuan
Tel: 029-4521134, 4524476
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