How big is Epang Palace? Sima Qian, a historian of the Western Han Dynasty, wrote in Historical Records? The Chronicle of the First Emperor says: The front hall of Epang Palace is 500 paces from east to west and 50 feet from north to south. Ten thousand people can sit in the hall, and your highness can raise a flag 50 feet high. Pavilion road around, from your highness to Nanshan. Palace valves and roads were built at the top of Nanshan Mountain. Cross the Weihe River from Epang Palace and go straight to Xianyang. In the Qin Dynasty, one step was six feet, three hundred steps were one mile, and the Qin foot was about 0.23 meters. In this way, the front hall of Epang Palace is 690 meters wide from east to west and 1 15 meters deep from north to south, covering an area of 80,000 square meters, which is more than enough to accommodate 1 10,000 people. According to legend, Epang Palace has more than 700 large and small halls. During the day, the climate in each hall is different. There are mountains of treasures in the palace and thousands of beautiful women. Qin Shihuang visited all the palaces all his life and lived in one place a day, but he never lived in all the palaces until his death. Hanshu? "Jia Shanzhuan" records that the overall scale of Epang Palace is "five miles from east to west and a thousand steps from north to south." Today, in the south of Sanqiao Town, the western suburb of Xi City, Shaanxi Province, from Jujiazhuang in the east to Gucheng Village in the west, the site of Epang Palace with an area of about 600,000 square meters is still preserved. It can be seen that Epang Palace, with its numerous palaces, wide construction area and large scale, is an unparalleled palace building in the history of world architecture.
From 65438 to 0994, UNESCO made a field trip, and confirmed that the construction scale and preservation integrity of Qin Afang Palace site ranked first among the ancient buildings in the world, and it was one of the wonders and places of interest in the world, and was known as "the first palace in the world".
Near the south of Afang village today, there is a large earth platform with a circumference of about 3 10 m and a height of about 20 m. It was built entirely of rammed earth, and the locals called it "the rooftop of the first emperor". Near the southwest of Afang Village, rammed earth keeps rolling, forming a rectangular platform with an area of about 260,000 square meters, which is called "Nanwuling" locally. These two places are the most remarkable architectural relics in the ruins of Epang Palace.
Where is the magnificent Epang Palace? Torture the existence of Epang Palace
When we finally wait for the first archaeological excavation of Epang Palace site, when we first discover the "well-preserved Qin Gong tile roof", especially when we are in full swing about whether Xiang Yu burned Epang Palace, did the poetic Epang Palace really exist?
Archaeologists talk about the right and wrong after the archaeological achievements of Epang Palace are released.
Li Yufang, a researcher at the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and head of the Epang Palace Archaeological Task Force, said that she was "hurt by some so-called experts in China" for several days. Talking about the right and wrong caused by the recent release of archaeological achievements at the Epang Palace site, she said: "I can definitely and categorically say that the site of the front hall of Epang Palace has not found any traces of being burned. Xiang Yu burned the building of Qin Xianyang Palace, not the main hall of Epang Palace! "
Archaeologist: "Xiang Yu did not burn Epang Palace" is correct.
Recently, some media published the news that "Xiang Yu didn't burn Epang Palace incorrectly", and the reporter interviewed experts from the archaeological team of Qin Epang Palace. From them, the reporter was once again confirmed: "It can be said with certainty that Xiang Yu did not burn Epang Palace, but should rehabilitate Xiang Yu."
Epang Palace and "Difficult Reform in History"
For thousands of years, people have always believed that Epang Palace, an important palace building in the Qin Dynasty, was burned by Xiang Yu, the overlord of the western Chu Dynasty. Until this day in 2003, archaeologists had not found any traces of charcoal ash from the excavation site of Epang Palace. They preliminarily concluded that Epang Palace was not destroyed by fire, thus ruling out Xiang Yu's suspicion of "arson". Then, why did Xiang Yu suffer such injustice?
Expert: Epang Palace is a half-baked project and has not been burned yet.
Experts believe that the foundation of Epang Palace may have been laid, but the palace is not completely covered. At that time, Epang Palace was built less than a year ago, and Qin Shihuang died, so he pulled the labor force to repair the Qin Mausoleum. Before the mausoleum was built, Qin Ershi collapsed, and the work of Epang Palace would be endless. This also proves that archaeology has not found anything stamped. On the other hand, if Epang Palace is not repaired, there is nothing to burn. "
The first scientific excavation in the history of Epang Palace will unveil the mystery (data from Huaxia Jingwei)
After a year's exploration and excavation by archaeologists in China, the scope of the world-famous rammed earth abutment in the front yard of Qin Epang Palace has been basically determined, and the structure of the north-south edge of the front yard site has also been preliminarily defined. At the same time, the slab tile roof of the affiliated palace of Qin Epang Palace, which has been sleeping for more than 2,000 years, was discovered for the first time, and the magnificent Epang Palace is unveiling its mystery to the world.
Described by Du Mu in the Tang Dynasty as "suppressing the Communist Party for more than 300 miles and being isolated from Japan", Qin Epang Palace is a magnificent palace complex and one of the largest buildings in the history of China. According to the exploration and excavation, only the rammed earth foundation of the front hall site of Afang Palace is 1.270 meters long from east to west, 426 meters wide from north to south, the existing maximum height is 1.2 meters, and the rammed earth area is 54 1.020 square meters, which is the largest rammed earth foundation toe in ancient history of China and even the world. According to the estimation of archaeological experts, the area and scale of the ruins of the front hall of Epang Palace are basically the same as those recorded in historical books, which are "500 steps long from east to west and tens of meters long, and the banquet in the hall can seat 10,000 people".
At the excavation site, the reporter saw that the north edge of the rammed earth bridge at the Qian Dian site of Epang Palace is a mesa structure, with a palace wall at the highest point, and a large number of collapsed tubular and plate tiles are piled up beside the wall. Archaeologists said that these unearthed tiles should be from the Qin Dynasty and the early Western Han Dynasty, indicating that the site was built in the Qin Dynasty and continued to be used as a part of Shanglin Garden in the Han Dynasty. The southern part of the rammed earth abutment of Qian Dian site is low and slightly inclined to the south. There is also an east-west trench on the southern edge of the platform. On the south side of the trench, traces of the roof paved with tiles were found. The area paved with the remaining tiles is 3.06 meters long from east to west and 3 meters wide from north to south. From west to east, there are 6 rows of pipe tiles and 5 rows of slab tiles. The pipe tile is 46-54cm long, 0/.2-2cm thick and 58-62cm wide.
It is reported that no trace of soil burning was found in the excavation in Qian Dian. So far, there is no evidence that Epang Palace was destroyed by fire. This is the first scientific exploration and excavation of Epang Palace in history. Afanggong site has experienced more than 2000 years of wind and rain erosion and man-made destruction, and the protection situation is becoming increasingly severe. In order to provide a comprehensive and accurate scientific basis for the protection of the site, the Archaeological Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Archaeological Research Institute of Cultural Relics Protection of Xi jointly established the Afanggong Archaeological Task Force from June 5438 to last year 10. Up to now, the exploration area is 200,000 square meters, and the trial excavation area is 1 10,000 square meters. Archaeological work continues.