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The ancient capital city of Chang'an is now Xi'an in Shaanxi Province. It was a capital city of choice for the greatest number of dynasties in Chinese history. As many as thirteen dynasties made their capitals there. Chang'an (1) () to be the world's longest serving capital city as well. Built in a symmetrical(对称的) form, with streets designed like a chessboard, Chang'an was the greatest city of its time. It not only served as (2) () model for other ancient capital cities of China, (3) () influenced the design of capital cities of Japan and South Korea.
After (4) () more than 300 years of war after the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty began to build Daxing City. In the year AD 618, Li Yuan established the Tang Dynasty and changed the name of Daxing to Chang'an which meant "peace forever".
The city of Chang'an kept to the basic layout of Daxing City. To highlight the (5) () of the palace, the streets, the markets of the city as well as the houses of the common people were all built in a (6) () symmetrical form.
Besides, Chang'an was the (7) () starting point of ancient Silk Road. Many (8) () come a long way along the Silk Road. The Silk Road was not just a road to bring products (9) () one side of the world far away to the other, but also a really important path for (10) (), commercial and technological exchanges between the East and the West.

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### Ⅴ. 词汇运用
古都长安就是现在陕西省的西安。它是中国历史上被最多朝代选为都城的城市。多达13个朝代都在那里建都。长安也**被认为**是世界上使用时间最长的都城。长安的建造形式对称，街道设计得像棋盘一样，它是当时最宏伟的城市。它不仅是中国其他古代都城的**典范**，**还**影响了日本和韩国都城的设计。
东汉之后，结束了300多年的战乱，隋文帝开始修建大兴城。公元618年，李渊建立唐朝，并将大兴改名为长安，意为“长治久安”。
长安城沿用了大兴城的基本布局。为了突出宫殿的**重要性**，城市的街道、集市以及百姓的住宅都以一种**严格**对称的形式建造。
此外，长安是古丝绸之路的**东方**起点。许多**外国人**沿着丝绸之路远道而来。丝绸之路不仅是一条把遥远世界一端的商品带到另一端的道路，也是东西方**文化**、商业和技术交流的一条非常重要的通道。