Tang West Market 大唐西市Dà Táng Xīshì

About Tang West Market

A Tang-style shopping and cultural quarter built in the 2000s on the site of the West Market, the international market of Tang-dynasty Chang'an. Its Tang West Market Museum, opened in 2010, shows excavated remains of the market's crossroads, cart ruts, a stone bridge, shop foundations and drains where they were found, with galleries on Silk Road trade drawn from a collection of more than 20,000 objects.

How to get to Tang West Market

In Lianhu District about 4 km south-west of the Bell Tower, beside Datang Xishi station on Metro Line 6.

Nearby

• Small Wild Goose Pagoda 小雁塔 under 10 km
  A slender Tang brick pagoda, cracked by earthquakes, in the grounds of the Xi'an Museum
• Muslim Quarter 回民街 under 10 km
  Halal street food and a temple-style mosque in the lanes north of the Drum Tower
• Bell Tower and Drum Tower 钟楼·鼓楼 under 10 km
  Two Ming towers at the heart of the walled city, where bell and drum once marked the day
• Xi'an City Wall 西安城墙 under 10 km
  Cycle all 14 km of a Ming city wall, high above Xi'an's rooftops
• Forest of Stone Steles Museum 西安碑林博物馆 under 10 km
  Inscribed stone tablets of classics, calligraphy and Silk Road history by the south wall

Also within 20 km: Xi'an City God Temple 西安都城隍庙 (under 10 km), Guangren Temple 广仁寺 (under 10 km), Yisushe Theatre 易俗社剧场 (under 10 km), Eighth Route Army Xi'an Office Memorial Hall 八路军西安办事处纪念馆 (under 10 km), Revolution Park 革命公园 (under 10 km), Xi'an Incident Memorial Hall 西安事变纪念馆 (under 10 km).

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