Legend has it that after Xiang Yu took Xianyang he burned the Epang Palace to the ground.
Tips
mistakes
Read 阿 and 房: Ēpánggōng, not Āfánggōng. 阿 is the same as in 阿胶; Ēfánggōng is also heard.
history
Excavations in the 2000s found the rammed-earth base of the front hall but almost no trace of fire, so the palace was probably never finished. Its fame rests on 杜牧's 阿房宫赋, which blames the fall of Qin on such extravagance.
