Daming Palace — Local services in Xi'an

Visiting Daming Palace was a fascinating experience. I went there to follow the footsteps of Empress Wu Zetian, and while the original palace was sadly destroyed during the final wars of the Tang Dynasty, you can still feel the grandeur that once was.

What remains today are ruins and reconstructed areas, but Xi’an has done a great job restoring the site and turning it into a cultural park. It’s a peaceful place to walk around, with wide open spaces, beautiful landscaping, and lots of signs and exhibits that help you imagine what it used to be like.

It’s definitely worth visiting if you’re into Chinese history or just want to relax somewhere quiet. I’d recommend buying tickets in advance if you’re going during a weekend or holiday, as it can get a...

The palace you saw is a replica not the actual, it only replicate the outer structural work only.

There is no fully or partial actual remain as it had been razed to the ground. What remains is the building foundation layout.

Presently, it has become a huge park embracing the actual palace premises.

Your hope will be dashed if the palace is what you hopes to see.

Don't try to cover the site on foot, not many will survive the march as it is too huge.

Jump into the fare paying tramp car and travel the site, it bring you to all the historical place with audio introduction.

Lasty, the only take away is the audio introduction at the place of interest which really help me appreciate chinese...

nothing much left, it is a huge garden which used to be palace compound. but the only place within the compound that u should go is DanFeng men. there is a train going around compound for...