Chang 'an in its heyday can't be compared with modern times. Why can't it be restored after the decline of the Tang Dynasty?
Recently, The Longest Day In Chang'an has attracted a lot of attention. The play is well-made. It also invested heavily in restoring the living environment of the Tang Dynasty, especially Chang 'an City in Noda. The Tang Dynasty was the strongest and largest dynasty in the history of China. In its heyday, it became the center of the world, truly realizing that all countries came to North Korea. Many people still miss the prosperous Tang Dynasty. As the capital of the Tang Dynasty, Chang 'an must have been the largest city in the world at that time.
Later, we found the site of Daming Palace in Xi and other places. This is the palace of the Tang Dynasty. Its scale is much larger than the Forbidden City now. This shows the strength of the Tang Dynasty.
Chang 'an City was built in Tang Dynasty and Sui Dynasty. At that time, the Sui Dynasty unified the world and chose Chang 'an as its capital. After the dispute between the North and the South ended, the national strength of the Sui Dynasty reached its peak. Emperor Wendi of Sui invested a lot of resources to build Chang 'an City, but it was also called Daxing City at that time, and was later renamed Chang 'an City.
On the original site of Daxing City in Sui Dynasty, it was further built in Tang Dynasty, and eventually the capital city was built into what it looked like later. In this play, an important Fangcheng is mentioned.
This is an important system in Chang 'an. From the map, the whole Chang 'an City looks like a chessboard. Each lane is neatly distributed in a different position. Chang 'an has 108 hutongs and two cities. This constitutes the basic structure.
These workshops are a small town. A special seminar will be held every morning and a curfew will be imposed at night. But after closing at night, people can still move freely in the workshop. Therefore, people can continue to enjoy their nightlife in the workshop. In Chang 'an, many people from other places envy the prosperity of Datang and come here to live and study.
In which city in China is the peak of Chang 'an?
First of all, Chang 'an has 87 square kilometers. At that time, it could accommodate1100,000 people. The famous city of Rome is four times smaller. At present, its area is equivalent to Huludao, Jingzhou and Jinzhou. Huludao is the closest area to Chang 'an.
But the problem is that the permanent population of these cities is not as good as Chang 'an. As far as urban population is concerned, the closest thing is
Zhangjiakou
These cities can only be close to Chang 'an to a certain extent.
But generally speaking, there is no city near Chang 'an in China.
The main reason is that Chang 'an is also the first city in the world. Its city size and advanced degree were the first at that time. No city in the world can compare with it, but at present, no city in China can become the first in the world.
The first place in Asia is Tokyo. New york, a big city in the world, is better than any other city in China, especially new york, which has developed for a long time. There is still a big gap between our developed cities and them. The development of the city still has a great relationship with the strength of the country. Over the years, China has been catching up with these developed countries. These countries started early and their cities developed well.
It was the most powerful country in the Tang Dynasty. It's a bit like America now. China has not reached the level of the United States. So no city in China can compare with Chang 'an.
However, the heyday of the Tang Dynasty was short-lived. After the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty declined. Although the Tang Dynasty existed for more than 100 years, it never recovered to its heyday. Chang 'an City has also experienced many disasters. After the demise of the Tang Dynasty, Chang 'an City ushered in a catastrophe.
Now Chang 'an is still sleeping at the foot of Xi. How was Chang 'an City destroyed? Why is there no way to return to the top level?
Later, Chang 'an City appeared, accounting for about 20% of the original Chang 'an City. There is no comparison. Huang Chao should be responsible for the destruction of Chang 'an. During the uprising, Chang 'an was successfully occupied. Huang Chao once came to Chang 'an to take an exam. As a result, he failed the exam. He is also very reluctant. Later, he returned to Chang 'an and became the leader of the rebel army. Abandoned by Emperor Chang 'an, it became a city without owners. Huang Chao was very satisfied. He wants to run the country by himself. He wants to be emperor, so he needs someone to support him. Most of these officials in Chang 'an took refuge in him.
But some senior officials in Chang 'an did not choose to cooperate with Huang Chao, which made Huang Chao very angry. So he made countless bloody cases in Chang 'an, killed many officials and slaughtered the Tang royal family. His army was undisciplined, and all the way to Chang 'an was a terrible disaster. When they came to Chang 'an, they looted and destroyed Daming Palace, and then looted and burned Chang 'an City. In this way, Huang Chao completely destroyed Chang 'an. After his army retreated, Chang 'an was in ruins.
Most people in the city were killed by Huang Chao. Only a few people survived. After the Huang Chao Uprising, the Tang Dynasty quickly perished. Since then, Zhu Wen and others have built their capital with Luoyang and Kaifeng as the core, and no longer attach importance to Chang 'an. In addition, in the north, they fell into a long-term warlord melee. All the warlords are vying for power with each other. No political force can stabilize and build Chang 'an. On the contrary, Chang 'an was destroyed one by one in the war.
Since then, Chang 'an has completely disappeared in history. Later, Chang 'an never appeared as the capital, and the rebuilt city could not be compared with the original city.
In fact, Chang 'an is divided into different periods. Liu Bang first built Chang 'an, but it was also destroyed by the war. Later, Chang 'an, built in the Tang Dynasty, was the largest and most prosperous city, but it was destroyed by the war.
None of these factors will lead to the complete decline of Chang 'an. What really led to the decline of Chang 'an was the change of political center. The political center of the previous dynasty was in the northwest. As the capital, Chang 'an has a good external barrier and a vast Guanzhong Plain as its support. The capital of this dynasty established its own political power here. However, the opening of the canal made Luoyang and Kaifeng rise and began to replace Chang 'an.
With the convenience of water transportation, most of the capitals of these dynasties were built around the canal after the Tang Dynasty, and the western regions were gradually forgotten by the imperial court. Zhu Yuanzhang once thought of building a capital in Chang 'an, but later this idea didn't come true. It can be said that Chang 'an can only exist in the west as a big city, and it is not as important as it was at the beginning. Because it has lost its position, it is difficult to return to the level at that time.
Anyway, Chang 'an was once the largest city in the world. So far, no city in China has reached its level. Maybe in the future, there will be a city near Chang 'an in our country, but it needs the support of strong national strength. The rise of Chang 'an is the product of the prosperous times of Han and Tang Dynasties, and the decline of Chang 'an is also the product of the prosperous times of Han and Tang Dynasties. The two are closely related.