A Discussion of the Palace in Changmen Fu Being Zhaotai Palace
The description of the palace in Changmen Fu can be proven not to be the Changmen Palace to the east of Chang'an City in the Han Dynasty,both from geographical records and archaeo-logical discoveries.Looking at historical documents such as Records of the Grand Historian and Histo-ry of the Former Han Dynasty,there are not many records of empresses or concubines being deported to separate palaces,among which,whether it is about the type of palaces,the location of palaces,the size of palaces,or the period of concubines being deported,Zhaotai Palace is more in line with the char-acteristics of"the resort palace in the south of the city"in Changmen Fu than other palaces with the function of deportation,including Changmen Palace.
Changmen FuZhaotai Palaceempresses or concubines of the Western Han Dynastyresort palace