漢代における長安と洛陽 : 新中國の考古學的調査を中心として

Abstract

The site of Ch'ang-an in the suburbs of present Si-an (西安) was the capital under Former Han, Sui (隋) and T'ang (唐), while that of Lo-yang outside of present Lo-yang was the capital under Later Han, Wei (魏), Chin (晉) and Northern Wei. These two ancient cities played a big role in the making of Chinese civilization after the Chou (周) period, and especially during the period of four hundred years of Former and Later Han they played a similar role in the East to that of Rome in the West. After the Revolution a branch of the Institute of Archeology have been set up at Si-an and Lo-yang, and they are making study of the sites which have been discovered in the process of construction work. With regard to the Ch'ang-an of Han its three gates, the Chih-ch'eng, (直城) the Pa-ch'eng (灞城) and the Si-an-ch'eng, have been excavated, while excavations at Honan-hsien-ch'eng, of Han, which is thought to have been the site of the Chou palace, have been made, and the plan of the Lo-yang of Han and Wei to the east of the present town has been identified. The result of the excavations coincide with the plan of Lo-yang during the period from Han to Northern Wei, which has been reconstructed by historical records.