...Figure 1. Map of Han-dynasty Chang'an showing the north and east twin tower gates (circled) of the Weiyang Palace, and the ministerial residences. Adapted from Cheng and Xu, Zhongguo lishi ditu , 2:1. ...

.... 532–535 ce), fled west to Yuwen Tai in who were gaining power in the steppes.12 After Huan Chang’an, Gao, astutely perceiving the court as a sym- died in 547, his eldest son, Gao Cheng, succeeded him bol of unity and legitimacy, replaced Xiaowu on the as military leader and immediately set out...

... in Nelson, “Bronze ‘Ming-Ch'i’ Vessels with Painted Decoration.” 129. L. Cheng, Han, and Zhang, Chang'an Han mu , 699–703 , fig. 415.1, pl. 24, color pls. 26.1–26.3. 130. For the preliminary excavation report, see Qin and Lin, “Yangzhou Huchang Handai muzang,” 14 . For images...

..., Dorothy (Cat. 57). Excavated from the Anguo Temple at the Wong, and Zhou Xiuqin offer original scholarship, Tang capital of Chang’an (now Xi’an), the sculpture’s translated inscriptions, and intriguing interpretations. costly material was adroitly worked by a caliber of One of a pair of entries...

... Shangwang mudi, pl. 53.1. Starting in the early Western Han, this more pendant-shaped jade began to be included among grave holdings in the home territory of the first Han emperor, near modern Xuzhou in Jiangsu, and also in the capital, Chang'an (modern Xi'an). Tomb M3, excavated in 2001...

... is particularly apparent and Thousand-armed Avalokites´vara on the north and at Dunhuang. It is unclear whether there were earlier south walls of cave shrines to the location of their precedents in Chang’an The Lidai minghua ji earthly abodes of Mt. Wutai to the north and (Record of famous painters...

...- ritual circumambulation at temples in Luoyang and bulation also existed in the former Silla Kingdom (in Chang'an; ZhangYanyuan lists eight temples in Chang'an present-day South Korea). Besides the well-known and two in Luoyang specifically containing depictions mid-eighth—century grotto of Sokkuram...

... polit- reconstruction of the original arrangement of the Relic ical center of Chang’an and Luoyang. As Dorothy Wong Distribution tableau. Kenshin’s record of the Relic Dis- explains, although Dunhuang painting mostly developed tribution tableau mentions lay devotees of varying social in isolation...

... of the Early Eighth Century Arti- tomb style built during the late Tang. bus Asiae 35, no. 4 (1973): 307–334; Zhongguo shehui 42. Liu Haiwen et al., ‘‘Hebei Xuanhua jinian Tang kexueyuan kaogu yanjiusuo, Tang Chang’an chengjiao Sui mu fajue jianbao (Brief Excavation Report of the Dated Tang mu...

... the altars of Heaven and Earth in the suburbs of Chang'an 長安 might have influenced Daoxuan's ordination platform design. Intriguing as this speculation may be, what attracts more attention is his insight concerning the historical evolution of ordination platforms: that the place for ordination ceremonies...

... dynasty (265–316), following the sack of Luoyang 洛陽 Fig. 2. Cicada plaque from west chamber of Tomb 1 at in 311 and Chang’an 長安 in 316, the remainder of the Xiyanchi in Linyi, Shandong, 4th century. Gold with copper royal family fled south to present-day Nanjing 南京 backing plate, 4.2 cm. From Shandong...

..., it is these creative moments surrounding the figure of Lady Vaidehī that shaped the Western Pure Land transformation tableau as we know it today. Cave 209 is dated to the early half of the seventh century, a period when the Tang dynasty was officially established in Chang'an (618) but struggled to take full...

... to the academic circle, the historical, artistic, and scientific values of Kucha were not widely celebrated in China until the past decade. The successful listing of Kizil Caves as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014—as part of a serial transnational inscription titled “Silk Roads: Routes Network of Chang'an...

... Wenwu.8 ing the˙ Audience pp. 390–92). In my opinion, of which a (1972), pp. 39–51; and Zhu Jieyuan and Qin Bo, more detailed explanation will appear later in this article, ‘‘Shaanxi Chang’an he Yaoxian faxian de bosi shashan this view is not entirely correct. chao yinbi...

... 草堂寺 on Mt. Zhongnan 終南山, near the capital of Chang'an 長安. Although the popularity of Zongmi's rite does not seem to be extensively attested in the Tang-Song documentary record, a copy of the manual is recorded as having been held in the imperial library during the Song. Tuotuo et al., Song shi...

... is a great marvel. In recent years common edi- Chang'an, wrote: "Gathering chrysanthemums, the dew not yet dry tions all have "gaze at South Mountain"; the inspired air (shenqi) of the / Raising the head, catch sight of (jian) the autumn mountains." We piece is completely dispersed.The old master...

... . “ The Suburban Sacrifice Reforms and the Evolution of the Imperial Sacrifices .” In Chang'an 26 BCE: An Augustan Age in China , edited by Michael Nylan , 263 – 91 . Seattle : University of Washington Press , 2015 . Tseng, Lillian Lan-Ying . Picturing Heaven in Early China . Cambridge, MA...