Daming Palace National Heritage Park

A huge park that used to be the Daming Palace complex but since those ancient buildings are long gone, now is mainly a nice place to take a walk and feed the ducks. No need to go out of your way to visit this park but if you do come here, there are some nice trails but be prepared to walk considerable distances (or take the internal tram but don't expect it to be cheap). A walking circuit of the park will likely take at least 2 hours. Pro-Tip: There are some beautiful murals on the wall of Daming Palace Subway Station that give a feel of the Silk Road days gone by. Worth a look

Very big area. Not much original to see. Use your imagination.

Do not expect to see grand palaces like the Forbidden City. The site is huge, like many of the parks and scenic site in China so get the tram ride ticket with the entrance ticket. The ride around the palace ground will take about half an hour and what you will see is landscaped greenery where all the hundreds of building are supposed to be. There are a few structure and buildings that are built to give some representation. The IMAX show next to the ticketing area will provide a better understanding and visualisation of how grand the palace was during its time. There is an area in the park where they do a miniaturised of the whole palace complex which I thought is very interesting.

The maintenance of the guide equipments in the museum was not good, the monitors shows the wrong content and incorrect operation. It will be better if the administration of the museum take care of the issue more. The model of the ancient palace is elaborate, the sightseer can easily figure out the real scene in the ancient time.

The heritage park is based on the ancient palace in Tang dynasty. The field is quite huge and divided into two different areas. Tourists must buy tickets to see Daming palace heritage and visit the museum inside. The charge location is about the centra of the park. The other area outside the Daming palace heritage is free, people can do all kinds of activities over there. It took me about fifteen to twenty minutes to walke from Xi’an train station to here. Then I spent half day to search the park. Obviously, I didn’t have enough time for visiting the whole spot. So prepare your energy and time to explore here.

Well for me it was such an amazing experience to come to the Heritage Park. Watch the locals during a weekday playing/singing some music or simply doing sports and other eyecatching activities (whipping trees :) ). It is indeed a long walk so make sure you take a hat or sunglasses with you, as there are large areas without trees or shade. I was there in May and had about 28 degrees. The Palace is a must see with a lot of historical facts (the silk route started here!). The whole area was full of slums and garbage in the 90s but nowadays has reemerged as a magnificent palace. Simply awesome.

It definitely a great park for local people, but not for tourists, you cannot see any ancient building but some man-make photo-taking points. I got lost there and wasted a day there as the park is too large. Despite the fake photos(those photos are recovery diagram of palace), we did meet some nice local there.

nice place for leisure and walking around