🌸🌺🌿🍃 Heijō Palace 🌸🌺🌿🍃

Also known as the Heijō-kyō ruins, it was the capital city during Japan's Nara period. 🌸🌺🌿🍃 The construction of Heijō-kyō "incorporated the best features of both Tang Chang'an and Luoyang," and was built to half the size of Chang'an's palace, with its east, south, 🌸🌺🌿🍃 west, and north palace walls each measuring 1km in length. 🏰 Today, on the site of Heijō Palace, there are not many reconstructed buildings. 🌸🌺🌿🍃 The reconstructed structures along the central axis are the Suzaku Gate, the Daigoku Gate, and the Daigoku Hall, which are equivalent to the Meridian Gate, 🌸🌺🌿🍃 the Taihe Gate, and the Taihe Hall of the Forbidden City in Beijing. 🌟 🌸🌺🌿🍃 #HeijoPalace #NaraPeriod #JapaneseHistory #AncientCapital 🌸🌺🌿🍃