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From the perspective of historical development, the urban planning of the capitals in the later stage of ancient China was more consistent with the urban planning thought stipulated in Kaogongji, The Rites of Zhou.
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The chongcheng-style urban layout means that within the city as a whole, smaller cities were surrounded by larger cities.
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Qianbulang was a gallery on the left and right sides of the Yujie (the avenue used by the emperor) in front of the imperial palace.
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Xiong Mengxiang (Yuan). Xijin Zhi (or The Record of Yuan Dadu). (The short passage was quoted from RixiaJiuwen Kao, Volume 38.)
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Taichangsi was a ministry in charge of etiquette, music, astronomy, mathematics and other affairs in ancient China.
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Jinyiwei refers to the ministry of public security in the Ming dynasty.
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Wang Qiong (Ming). Memorial Submission, Official Selected Memorials by Well-Known Subjects of Ming, Volume 15.
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Yujie means the avenue used by the emperor in ancient China.
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Huchi Yuan was a place.
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Each li was made up of 40–50 qu.
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Er means 2.
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San means 3.
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erfang were the small houses added on both sides of the main house.
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chuihua gate was a kind of exquisite gate within a courtyard compound of the Han people in ancient China, which served as a boundary between the inner courtyards (the middle courtyard and the back courtyard) and the front courtyard and the only passageway between them.
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Screen wall (or yingbi) was a wall built inside the gate for privacy in ancient China. Superstition holds that it also protects the house from evil spirits.
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Er means 2.
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San means 3.
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erfang were the small houses added on both sides of the main house.
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chuihua gate was a kind of exquisite gate within a courtyard compound of the Han people in ancient China, which served as a boundary between the inner courtyards (the middle courtyard and the back courtyard) and the front courtyard and the only passageway between them.
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Zhang Tingyu (Qing). On Army, Huangchao Wenxian Tongkao, Volume 179.
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Du Mu (Tang). Commemorating Mr. Han Chao of Yangzhou.
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Fu, C., Cao, W. (2019). Urban Habitation in Late Feudal Society. In: An Urban History of China. China Connections. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8211-6_5
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