The Tang Dynasty is known as the most prosperous period in Chinese feudal history, and the Daming Palace Complex, where Tang emperors lived and handled government affairs, has been restored to the way it looked 1,300 years ago based on archaeological findings and historical records. In addition, the rebuilt buildings are one-fifteenth their original sizes, according to a report from the Xi'an Evening News.

The Daming Palace Complex has various palaces, houses, walls and other structures. Although tiles on the roof of palaces cover only four square centimeters each, they were produced with the same techniques that ancient workers used when making tiles for the Daming Palace. Therefore, the buildings look exactly like the original ones even in terms of minor details.

The Daming Palace Complex Protection Project, launched in October 2007, is one of the major heritage site protection projects during the 11th Five-year Plan period. The Daming Palace National Heritage Park will be open to the public starting Oct. 1, 2010, and the park will have six attractive features.

The first one is the grand heritage site layout based on a central axis and made up of gates and palace walls 8 kilometers long in total. The second is the iconic ancient Chinese-style buildings. The third is the scientifically miniaturized landscape.

The fourth is the Heritage Site Center with integrated functions of archaeological research, scientific research, science education, recreation and sightseeing. The fifth is a guiding system consisting of 3-D videos, cultural relics, electronic devices, models of buildings and signs. The sixth is the night view of the park.

Editor: Xie Fang

Source: People's Daily Online