Epang Palace

Epang Palace
阿房宫遗址
West side of the rammed earth platform of the front hall. Epang Palace
Established1961
LocationXi'an, Shaanxi, China
Coordinates34°15′54″N 108°48′28″E / 34.265004°N 108.807846°E / 34.265004; 108.807846
TypeArchaeological site and history museum
Epang Palace
Simplified Chinese阿房宫
Traditional Chinese阿房宮
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinĒpáng Gōng
Ēfáng Gōng
Wade–GilesO-pang Kung
O-fang Kung
IPA/ˀɤ⁵⁵ pʰɑŋ³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
/ˀɤ⁵⁵ fɑŋ³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
Epang Palace Ruins
Simplified Chinese阿房宫遗址
Traditional Chinese阿房宮遺址
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinĒpáng Gōng Yízhǐ
Ēfáng Gōng Yízhǐ
Wade–GilesO-pang Kung I-chih
O-fang Kung I-chih
IPA/ˀɤ⁵⁵ pʰɑŋ³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ i³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
/ˀɤ⁵⁵ fɑŋ³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ i³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

The Epang or Efang Palace was a Chinese palace complex built during the reign of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China and the founder of the short-lived Qin dynasty. It is located in western Xi’an, Shaanxi. Archaeologists believe that only the front hall was completed before the capital was sacked in 206 BC.