Chang'an
Appearance
Chang'an listen (help·info) (simplifeed Cheenese: 长安; traditeeonal Cheenese: 長安; pinyin: Cháng'ān; Wade–Giles: Ch'ang-an) is a auncient caipital o mair nor ten dynasties in Cheenese history, the day kent as Xi'an. Chang'an leeterally means "Perpetual Peace" in Clessical Cheenese. Durin the short-livit Xin Dynasty, the ceety wis renamit "Constant Peace" (Cheenese: 常安; pinyin: Cháng'ān); yet efter its faw in AD 23, the auld name wis restored. Bi the time o the Ming Dynasty, the name wis again chyngit tae Xi'an, meanin "Wastren Peace", which haes remained its name tae the present day.
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[eedit | eedit soorce]Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]Precedit bi Xianyang |
Caipital o Cheenae 206 BCE-25 CE |
Succeedit bi Luoyang |