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Zhao Royal City, Handan 赵邯郸故城Zhào Hándān Gùchéng
National heritage site · Handan, Hebei
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Handan
- Region
- Hebei
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- National heritage site
About Zhao Royal City, Handan
The remains of Handan, capital of the state of Zhao from 386 to 228 BC, in the south-west of the modern city, of which the visitable part is the Zhao Royal City, the palace quarter. It consists of three joined walled enclosures (west, east and north) with stretches of rammed-earth wall and large palace platforms, the biggest being the Dragon Terrace in the western enclosure. Since 2022 it has been presented as a national archaeological site park, with a site museum whose design echoes the terrace and a neighbouring Zhao-culture park, while the much larger commoners' city lies mostly buried under modern Handan.
How to get to Zhao Royal City, Handan
On the south ring road in the south-west of Handan, about 7 km south-west of the city centre, with the museum and culture park on the western side and the walls and platforms on the eastern side.
Nearby
- Yinxu 殷墟 50 km
The last Shang capital, where China's earliest writing and Fu Hao's tomb came to light
Also within 20 km: Jin-Ji-Lu-Yu Martyrs' Cemetery 晋冀鲁豫烈士陵园 (under 10 km), Handan Garden Expo Park 邯郸园博园 (under 10 km), Zhaoyuan Park 赵苑公园 (under 10 km), Congtai Park 丛台公园 (under 10 km), Huangliangmeng Lüxian Temple 黄粱梦吕仙祠 (10 km).
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