A.D. 742
Li Bai got up and went to Chang'an
This time, he was edicted
At the age of 40, he has been in ruin for half his life
Now he has finally raised his eyebrows
Throw down the next sentence
"Look up to the sky and laugh and go out, how can I be a Penghao person"
Chang'an that year
is like Li Bai that year
It's the highlight of your life
Endless wine, endless treasures
Endless poems, endless beautiful scenery
It was one of the few megacities in the world at that time
(Please watch it horizontally, the life of Chang'an City in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the above is from Li Bai's "Nanling Farewell Children Enter Beijing", drawing @ Du Rui & Gao Liqian / Planetary Research Institute)
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The prosperity of Chang'an seems to have penetrated time
Whistling from thousands of years ago
Evoking people's dreams thousands of years later
Why did Chang'an shock the world at that time?
And why is it so unforgettable?
I think
It was the order of the royal capital with a rainbow of momentum
and the endless flow of order
Intertwined with Chang'an
Interweaving together a city of dreams
01
A long rise
Chang'an is located in Guanzhong
There are Qinling Mountains in the south and the Loess Plateau in the north
The two merged in the west
It is guarded by layers of passes
It can be described as
"Defend on three sides, and control the princes in the east on one side"
And that's not all
It is unique in its connection to cultural areas
To the west, it can be connected to the Western Regions through the Hexi Corridor
To the east, you can go out of the letter valley and Tongguan directly into the Central Plains
To the north, you can reach the Mongolian Plateau through the Loess Plateau
To the south, you can reach Bashu by crossing the Qinling Mountains
So it can be connected to all directions
and can defend one side
It can be said that it has a unique location advantage
(Please watch it horizontally, a schematic map of the geographical location of the Guanzhong Plain, the above is from "Historical Records: Liuhou Family", mapping @ Gao Liqian & Chen Zhihao & Zhipeng & Du Rui / Planet Research Institute)
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furthermore
The largest tributary of the Yellow River, the Wei River
Traverse Guanzhong
Together with seven adjacent rivers
It will completely surround Chang'an
Known as "eight rivers around Chang'an"
The river nourishes the fertile fields for thousands of miles
The mountains are defensive, but they are not closed and isolated
So, for thousands of years
This land is blessed with a unique geographical environment
It attracted a number of dynasties to settle here
(Schematic diagram of the changes of the ancient capital city of Guanzhong, drawing @ Gao Liqian & Chen Zhihao & Du Rui / Planetary Research Institute)
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The capital of the Han Dynasty was Chang'an
Establish the city of Chang'an in the Han Dynasty
The word "Chang'an" was officially put on the stage of history
South of Chang'an
The lush Qinling Mountains
It provided abundant timber for the construction of the city
(Please watch horizontally, the lush Qinling Mountains, photographer @ Shooting Tiger)
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The capital city has a different attitude
It has a twist and turn
It resembles the South and Big Dipper
Hence the nickname "Doucheng"
(Schematic diagram of Han Chang'an's "Doucheng", drawing @ Zhipeng / Planetary Research Institute)
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Han Chang'an was prosperous for a while
But after all, the sun sets
Wang Mang's dictatorship and the rebel army rose everywhere
You sing and I'll appear
Each side wants to take this treasure in their pockets
But no party has ever been able to save Chang'an from fire and water
Chang'an at this time
Smoke rose everywhere, and hunger was everywhere
The treasure of feng shui has become devastated
(Please watch horizontally, the ruins of Weiyang Palace in Chang'an, Han Dynasty, photographer @ Gou Bingchen, cartography @ Du Rui / Planet Research Institute)
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afterwards
The Eastern Han Dynasty brought a rare respite to Chang'an
At this time, Chang'an was not a political center
But still with an excellent location
It has become a business link
Gained a brief boom
（汉朝金饼，摄影师@李文博）
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however
With the decline of the Eastern Han Dynasty
The war has once again ignited the land
Dong Zhuo's rebellion dealt a fatal blow to Chang'an
His subordinates will burn and loot everywhere
There was even a tragic phenomenon of cannibalism
Chang'an at that time
"When you go out, you can't see anything, and the plains are covered with bones"
The subsequent Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties periods
Chang'an continued to fall into chaos
(The above is from Wang Cang's "Three Seven Mourning Poems, One of Them", the picture below is a schematic diagram of the sharp decline in population during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, drawing @ Du Rui/Planetary Research Institute)
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Chang'an struggles in the whirlpool of history
There is an urgent need for a re-establishment of order
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The order of the royal capital
Sui Dynasty period
The Central Plains has finally ended the melee
But at this time, the foundation is not stable
A capital city is needed to restore order
The former Han Chang'an City was war-torn and difficult to take on the big responsibility
Then build another new city
The new city had to be large enough
Big enough to shock the Quartet
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Unprecedented scale
It was built by the Sui and Tang dynasties
This new city
with an area of 84 square kilometers
In one fell swoop, it became the largest capital city in the world at that time
It is 2.3 times that of Chang'an City in the former Han Dynasty
It is 1.4 times that of Beijing in the Ming and Qing dynasties
It is 1.86 times that of Luoyang City in the Sui and Tang dynasties in the same period
(Tang Chang'an City and area comparison, the northeast corner of the Daming Palace was built during the Tang Taizong period, and was built during the Tang Gaozong period, mapping @ Zhipeng / Planet Research Institute)
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In the well-organized Chang'an City
The palace city, the imperial city, and the outer Guo city are layered together
Six avenues connect it closely
At that time, it was called "Sixth Street"
(Schematic diagram of Chang'an City Sixth Street, drawing @ Zhipeng/Planetary Research Institute)
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Six streets are unimaginably large
In particular, Suzakumon Street, the north-south street in the middle
It is about 150 meters wide
Accommodates more than 100 horses
Known as the "Heavenly Street"
(Schematic diagram of the width of Suzakumen Street, drawing @ Zhipeng/Planetary Research Institute)
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Chang'an City is not only wide streets
The emperor's palace is even more magnificent
The northeast corner of Daming Palace
It covers an area of 3.3 square kilometers
It is 4.7 times the size of the Forbidden City in Beijing
(Miniature landscape in Daming Palace National Heritage Park, photographer @ Li Wenbo, drawing @ Du Rui/Planetary Institute)
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The main hall contains the Yuan Hall and the pedestal alone has 15.6 meters
At your feet is the dragon tail road that winds up
Bai Juyi sighed at its majestic magnificence
It makes people as small as geese
"The two dragons are opposite, and the thousands of officials and geese are in line"
It is here too
It has witnessed the prosperous Tang Dynasty of all nations
"Nine days to open the palace, all nations to worship the crown"
(Please watch it horizontally, with a schematic diagram of the Yuan Palace, the above is from Bai Juyi's "Early Dynasty" & Wang Wei's "The Work of the Daming Palace of the Early Dynasty with the Jiashe People", drawing @ Zhipeng / Planet Research Institute)
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Unprecedented scale alone is not enough
If there is an order that governs all things
Strict laws are also needed
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Strict laws
11-jo north-south highway in the castle
14 east-west streets
Intertwined and enclosed by each other
More than 100 miles
The walls of the village are about 3 meters thick
There are also streets in the square
Layer by layer, layer by layer
Bai Juyi vividly portrayed it as
"Hundreds of thousands of houses are like a game of Go, and the twelfth street is like a vegetable garden"
And people of different identities and classes in Chang'an City
They are all "stored" in a square
Independent of each other and easy to manage
(Please watch it horizontally, the model of Anchenglifang, the director of Xi'an Museum, the above is from Bai Juyi's "Ascending Guanyin Terrace and Looking at the City", photographer @ Li Wenbo, drawing @ Du Rui / Planet Research Institute)
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Whenever dusk is approaching
Drums rang out in Chang'an City
Take the drums as an order
The city gates and fang gates were closed one after another
The wide streets (qú) are deserted
Both residents and officials
None of them dared to break the ban
(Danfengmen and Xi'an City, photographer @ Feng Sheng)
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If you are still walking in the streets at this time
That's the "night"
Arrest, whipping, or even cane death are possible
And the morning drum beats
The doors of the stores are open
Everything is back to life
In addition, each gate of Chang'an City is not allowed to enter at will
Those who enter without a permit
It will vary depending on the level of the gate
Punished to varying degrees
The severity of punishment also varies according to the person's status
Numerous codes and decrees
It manages a huge metropolis
Guarding the safety of the Son of Heaven
(The picture below is a clear version of "Tang Law Shu Yi", which is a compilation of the Tang Dynasty law and its annotations, and is also the most complete existing Tang law in China, photographer @ Qin Nan/Planet Research Institute)
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The invisible law is with the visible city
Let Chang'an City operate in an orderly manner
But the scale is with the law
It is not yet possible to complete the restoration of order in the minds of the rulers
He needs to make people feel the emperor in every corner
Supreme authority
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Supreme authority
thereupon
Authority permeates every stage of the city's design
Integrate with the city
The north pillow of Chang'an City is the dragon's head
With the undulating topography, it forms six high slopes
Called "Six Slopes"
And these six high posts
It corresponds to the hexagram in the Book of Changes
It represents the heaven in heaven and earth, and the yang in yin and yang
It is the most suitable place for the emperor to live
(Please watch horizontally, today's Longshouyuan and Daming Palace, photographer @ Li Wenbo)
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The Taiji Palace corresponds to the Ziwei Palace in the sky
The Hundred Officials Office and the Lifang seem to be surrounded by stars
Depart from the Taiji Hall in the center of the Taiji Palace
All the way south leads to the Yuán hill
The central axis of the city coincides with the meridian in the sky
Chang'an City has become the capital of heaven and earth
It is to set up a capital for the heavens
(Schematic diagram of Chang'an City's "Xiangtian Capital", mapping @ Zhipeng & Du Rui / Planet Research Institute)
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This axis
In a visible form
Connecting the Son of Heaven with Heaven
Show it to the world
The emperor is above all things
Dominates the order of the world
(The ruins of the Tang Temple of Heaven mound are the altar of the emperor's sacrifice to the sky, photographer @ Li Wenbo & Wang Police)
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Except for the Temple of Heaven
There are also many ceremonial buildings in and around Chang'an City
will be abstract in order
The embodiment became the city's altar, temple, and Taoist temple
Gods and Buddhas adorn Chang'an
Theocracy underpins kingship
Ceremonial buildings were scattered throughout the city instead of the authority of the Son of Heaven
(Schematic diagram of ceremonial buildings in Chang'an City, drawing @Zhipeng/Planetary Research Institute)
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Unprecedented scale, strict law, supreme authority
Together, they constitute the royal capital order of Chang'an
But order is not confined to Chang'an City
Order is also re-established in the larger picture
A fertile ground in the middle of the pass
It is no longer able to meet the growing needs of Chang'an
The emperor's gaze was farther south
(Please watch horizontally, Weihe Plain at the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains, photographer @ Shooting Tiger)
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The Wei River that used to run fast
It has gradually been unable to bring long-term development to Chang'an
Chang'an's waterways are in urgent need of upgrading
The Grand Canal was born
This transportation network runs through the north and south of China
For a long time
It plays the role of the main artery of the country's economy
(Schematic diagram of the Grand Canal of the Sui Dynasty, drawing @ Gao Liqian & Chen Zhihao / Planetary Research Institute)
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Expand your field of view even further
The dynasty relied on its great military might
Fight off border threats step by step
Expand your empire, and expand it again
Order broke through Chang'an and radiated to all sides
(Schematic map of the territory of the Tang Dynasty, cartographic @ Gao Liqian/Planetary Research Institute)
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however
It's just a static, regular order
It is not enough to support Chang'an to the top of the world
The real charm of Chang'an lies in its continued vitality
Behind the order is a Chang'an where everything flows
03
Everything flows
With the rush of canal water
Grain from both the north and the south flowed into the capital
The country's Wuhua Tianbao also followed
Water transport brought not only food
It also brought business opportunities to businessmen along the way
They live on ships
Roam along the waterways in search of opportunities to make a fortune
"Jinling to the west of Jacoto, the ship grows happy turmoil"
After settling the unrest in the Northwest
The Silk Road, which had been closed for many years, was once again unblocked
Chang'an, which occupies an excellent location advantage
Once again, it has become a business link
(Please watch it horizontally, the schematic map of the Silk Road route, the above is from Zhang's "Jia Kele", drawing @ Gao Liqian & Chen Jingyi / Planetary Research Institute)
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Caravans began to flow
The mighty Tang caravan composed a prelude to Chang'an
You come and go, people shout and neigh
Chinese silk, tea, ceramics, lacquerware
Shipped along the Silk Road to the West
Gradually, the Silk Road became
The Road of Fine Wine, the Road of Ceramics, the Road of BMW
The road to everything
(Tang Sancai camel-carrying figurines, photographer @ Fu Hongchao, drawing @ Du Rui / Planetary Research Institute)
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Merchants traveled to various places to collect curiosities
Finally converged in Chang'an City
It can be described as yes
"Business all over the world, but to Chang'an City"
So in the market of Chang'an
The treasures of the nations fill their eyes
Famous horses, elephants, and five-colored parrots
Tortoiseshell, ivory, rhinoceros horn
Pearls, amber, gold and silverware
It's all over the place
(The above is from Yuan Zhen's "Xianghe Song Lyrics, Estimating Kele", the picture below is a schematic diagram of Sui and Tang Dynasty utensils influenced by Western Regions culture, photographer @ Fu Hongchao & Liu Ye Tritium & Xu Zhiwei & Su Lihuan, drawing @ Du Rui / Planet Research Institute)
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It's not just the economy that's starting to take off
Along the Silk Road
The culture of the Western Regions infiltrated Chang'an City
This in turn brought about a cultural fusion
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Culture is flowing
The Hu people set up shop in Chang'an City
Hu Shi conquered the taste buds of Chang'an people
Let's go to the wine shop in Chang'an to rest
Let's have a white house
"Sesame Oil Fragrance Furnace in Kyoto, Mask Brittle Oil Incense New Furnace"
Or to feel
"Yupan Chu 鲙 (kuài) carp, Jin Ding is cooking sheep"
Or maybe a glass of wine
One more sigh
"Life must be happy, don't make the gold bottle empty to the moon"
(The above is from Bai Juyi's "Sending Hu Cakes and Yang Wanzhou" & He Chao's "Giving Hotel Orchids" & Li Bai's "Will Enter the Wine", the picture below shows the Tang Dynasty gold and silver cups, photographer @ Fu Hongchao & Yuan Huanhuan, drawing @ Du Rui / Planet Research Institute)
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The wine seems to whisper to the brain
In the fog, I saw a handsome girl
It turned out to be a liquor store's Dang Orchid
Suddenly, the drum beats
The waist is light but can rise like the wind
"The strings and drums are raised with both sleeves, and the snow flutters (yáo) and turns to dance"
There are too many hierarchical rules for robes
The people gave rise to unfettered clothes
(The above is from Bai Juyi's "Hu Xuannu", the picture below is a painted wooden figurine in silk clothes in the Tang Dynasty, photographer @Artery Shadow & Yang Hu, drawing @ Du Rui / Planet Research Institute)
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Through the creation of women
Hu makeup has become a scenery in Chang'an City
(Please swipe to see more, Tang Dynasty women's makeup types, drawing @ Du Rui/Planet Research Institute)
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The wind blew all over Chang'an City
Gradually, in the footsteps of merchants
Monks, Messengers, International Students
All flow into Chang'an
After Buddhism was introduced from the Eastern Han Dynasty
It is constantly integrated with Chinese culture
Spread out in the land of Chang'an
Together with Taoism and many other religions
It enriches the spiritual world of the Tang people
The order of Chang'an shocked the surroundings
Chang'an's self-confidence is also inclusive of all countries
Chang'an has become an international metropolis
So the messengers poured in
Present some of the region's most valuable treasures
(Tang Duguan Seven Kingdoms Characters Silver Box, Photographer @ Luke See, Mapping @ Du Rui / Planet Research Institute)
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Chang'an has no scruples about absorbing foreign culture
It also generously conveys the local culture
So he came with the messenger
There are also international students from all over the world
They came from afar
Bring advanced science and culture back to their hometowns
The story of the peace between Tibet and the Tang Dynasty has been passed down to this day
Princess Wencheng's dowry
It was brought from Chang'an
Precious treasures, crop seeds
Classic books, skilled craftsmen
(Please watch it horizontally, step by step map, photographer @ Qin Nan / Planet Research Institute, drawing @ Du Rui / Planet Research Institute)
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Japan sent 15 groups of envoys to the Tang Dynasty
Xi institutional culture, science and technology
A copy of a Buddhist text
It is reshaping the spiritual world of the Japanese people
(Kiyomizudera Temple, Japan, photographer @ Jiao Xiaoxiang)
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According to statistics, there is a Tang generation
Northeast Asian countries have sent envoys to Tang 146 times
A total of 139 envoys were dispatched to Southeast Asian countries
A total of 582 missions were undertaken by some 71 countries
It can be said that all nations are coming
(Sixty-one statues of ministers in front of the Tang Qianling, the stone statues are the statues of 61 vassal monarchs and ministers from dozens of countries, and now the heads have been destroyed, the picture shows 32 on the west side, photographer @ Wang Police & Shooting Tiger)
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Mobility has brought infinite possibilities to Chang'an City
Infinite possibilities weave endless dreams
The improvement of the talent selection mechanism has given hope to realize the dream
A businessman may become a wealthy man
It is also possible to enter officialdom from a poor background
Even foreigners can make their dreams come true in Chang'an
Famous international students in Japan
Abe Nakamaro
After studying hard in Chang'an for several years, he was finally admitted to the Jinshi
He was even able to serve in front of the Imperial Palace
(Abe Nakamaro in a painting by Japanese painter Utagawa Kuniyoshi, collection of the British Museum, image source@wikimedia Commons)
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The imperial examination system is given to the world's talents
Offered to break the monopoly of official positions
Break the hope of family, region, and age
Chang'an's thousand-year-old flow of direct souls was born
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Talent is flowing
At that time
求取功名,入仕治国
It is the lifelong desire of a scholar
So this is a class-changing exam
It attracts scholars from all over the world to flow into Chang'an
They stopped in Chang'an
Tirelessly recommending his own poems
wrote a well-known dry poem
Eager to be recognized and recommended by people of insight
(Changsha kiln poetry porcelain, photographer @ Yuan Huanhuan & Liu Ye Tritium, drawing @ Du Rui / Planet Research Institute)
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But there is "the spring breeze is proud, and you can see all the Chang'an flowers in one day"
There is "sideburns like snow and heart like death, as if he was the first person under Chang'an"
Rushed to Chang'an year after year
Returning home again and again
and the triumph and the frustration of the fall
It fills every spring in Chang'an
(The above is from Meng Jiao's "After Dengke" & Wen Xian's "Title Chongqing Temple Wall", the picture below shows the cherry blossoms in full bloom in Qinglong Temple, and in 2022, Qinglong Temple will be selected as one of the top ten cherry blossom places in the country, photographer @ Liu Shupei)
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Of course, being an official is not only the path of the imperial examination
Entering the curtain and establishing military merits are all pathways
thereupon
The footsteps of the scholars flowed into the wilderness and barren hills
It has been passed down through the ages
The Iron Horse Glacier has been dreaming since then
They write about the Tang Frontier
"But make the dragon city fly, don't teach Humadu Yin Mountain"
(Please watch horizontally, Daqing Mountain, Yinshan Mountain Range, the above is from Wang Changling's "Out of the Plug Two Songs, One of Them", photographer @ Shen Hao)
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Write about men's ambitions
"Yellow sand wears gold armor in a hundred battles, and Loulan will never be returned if it is not broken"
(The above is from Wang Changling's "Seven Songs from the Army: The Fourth", downstairs Loulan Ancient City Ruins, photographer @ Jiang Hong)
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Write down the enemy's determination
"Drunk and lying on the battlefield, don't smile, a few people from the ancient war back"
(The above is from Wang Han's "Liangzhou Words Two Songs, One of Them", the picture below shows the snow scene of the Taklamakan Desert in Xinjiang, photographer @ Wang Hanbing)
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Exams, joining the army
Departure and resignation
Passionate poets are always on the road
It flows between mountains, rivers, lakes and seas
The caravanserais is no longer a hurried stop
Here the poet meets and partes
Poetry spreads from here
Bai Juyi and Yuan Zhen borrowed the post station
Singing harmony to each other across time and space
"I went to Dongchuan to see the moon in the south and the clouds in the north"
(The above is from Yuan Zhen's "Make Dongchuan Luokouyi Two Songs", Yuan Zhi saw Bai Juyi's inscription poem in Luokouyi, and rose up to compose a poem in response, the picture below shows a full moon looking at the lake from afar, photographer @ Tang Shao)
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The post road in Li Bai's eyes is always heroic and open
"The mountains follow the plains, and the rivers flow into the wilderness"
(The above is from Li Bai's "Farewell to Jingmen", the picture below is Xiling Gorge, photographer @ Wang Zhengkun)
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Sometimes I am confused
"Haiyun Lost Post Road, Jiangyue Hidden Township Building"
(The above is from Li Bai's "Sending Huainan Friends", the picture below is the vast Anhui Ningguo Luoyushan, photographer @ Ding Jiayi)
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The landscape has emotions because of the poet
Accompanied by the footsteps of the poet
Poetry stirs in the earth
Through the time and space of the Chinese nation for thousands of years
Reverberates to this day
Chang'an at this time
It's full of spirit
It's majestic, it's confident
It stands proudly in the East
It spread the most advanced and splendid Chinese civilization at that time
At this time, everything in Chang'an flowed
It seems to carry a full dream
Meandering away
(Please watch horizontally, the twists and turns of the Wei River, photographer @ Feng Sheng)
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however
An undercurrent is quietly surging out in Chang'an
Increasing fighting
Ever-increasing military spending
An increasingly bloated bureaucracy
A crisis began in the finances of the empire
The virtuous are destroyed, the power is sidelined, and the traitorous ministers are in power
Power is back in the hands of the nobility
Order becomes chaotic
Encroachment followed
thereupon
The land was annexed piece by piece
（渭河平原麦田远眺，摄影师@射虎）
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A soldier returning from a battle
Without their own fields
Civilians who have lost their land have become displaced people
The elite who failed in the imperial examination were forced to leave Chang'an
The palace is still singing and dancing
Dreams can no longer be realized in Chang'an
Chang'an froze
Eventually, a riot brewed outside the city
The iron hooves of An Lushan
trampled the solidified Chang'an
(Ma Weiyi Scenic Area, now located in Xingping City, Shaanxi Province, photo source@Visual China, cartography@Du Rui/Planetary Institute)
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04
Swan song
The wheels of history run over Chang'an
The singing of the prosperous era came to an abrupt end
The Li Bai who looked up to the sky and laughed
I once changed the cup with the moon in Chang'an
"Raise a glass to invite the bright moon, and the shadow becomes a trio"
But he eventually left Chang'an
Watch the sunset over the river
“归心落何处，日没大江西”
(The above is from Li Bai's "Drinking Alone Under the Moon" and "Five Songs in the Road of Death", the picture below shows the sunset at the mouth of the Liaohe River, photographer @ Yan Jinglong)
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once
Chang'an was a haven for the emperor
It is the dream pursued by thousands of literati
It is the most glorious symbol of the prosperous Tang Dynasty
afterward
The emperor has passed away, the dream has not appeared, and the Tang Dynasty is gone
(Please watch horizontally, the northeast corner of the Xi'an city wall at night, photographer @ Yang Guang, cartography @ Du Rui / Planet Research Institute)
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再后来
The environment in Guanzhong has deteriorated and the water system has changed
The threat of border troubles moves eastward
The economic rise of the South
Chang'an was never able to become the capital again
It seems to have been forever stuck in history
"How far is Chang'an?"
"It's coming. Raise your eyes to see the sun, but not see Chang'an"
(From "The World Says New Words", which means: "Which is the distance between Chang'an and the sun?")
"The sun is near, you can see the sun when you look up, but you can't see Chang'an", the Chang'an mentioned is Han Chang'an. The picture below shows Tang Zhenling looking at Xi'an, photographer @ shooting tiger)
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however
When the babbling child recites it in a matter-of-fact manner
"The bright moonlight in front of the bed is suspected to be frost on the ground"
I woke up
Chang'an is still flowing in another dimension
And we are always in another time and space
Keep reuniting with it
(The above is from Li Bai's "Silent Night Thoughts", and the picture below shows the Tang Paradise and the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in the background of the modern city, photographer @ Shooting Tiger)
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There will always be a moment
Maybe it's when you walk through the fertile plains
Maybe it's time to touch the mottled ruins of the city
Maybe it's when you see the canal water still rushing
Maybe it's time to go to the temple and light an incense stick
Maybe it's when you're muttering poetry
We will penetrate time
Feel the order of the royal capital like a rainbow
Flowing with all things that are endless
How is Chang'an as far away?
The sun is far away
Raise your eyes to see the sun, and also see Chang'an
(Please watch it horizontally, the growing city of Xi'an at the foot of the Qinling Mountains, photographer @ Wang Police, mapping @ Borong / Planet Research Institute)
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