Why was the capital of the Tang Dynasty established in Chang'an instead of Beijing or Nanjing?

When talking about the Tang Dynasty, many people’s first impression is that they think of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. At that time, the economy was developing at a very high speed. However, when the Tang Dynasty just established its capital, the choice of the capital was very important. They were in trouble because they didn't know whether to make Beijing their capital or Chang'an. Later, after Dacheng's discussion, the capital was decided to be in Chang'an. Many friends have a question: why did the Tang Dynasty choose Chang'an as its capital instead of Nanjing or Beijing? Today we will explain this matter in detail.

The capital of a country is not determined by randomly choosing an address, but by uploading some geographical locations, as well as some political and economic factors to determine the conditions for establishing the capital. We in the Tang Dynasty were also very cautious in choosing our capital. Taking into account the above factors, we finally chose Chang'an. In fact, Chang'an has great advantages in terms of terrain. The transportation is accessible in all directions and is very convenient. On the land where Chang'an resides in Guanzhong, there are some relatively dangerous terrains in the east, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack in a battle, and you can advance, attack, retreat and defend.

The reason why the Tang Dynasty settled its capital in Chang'an was based on many political considerations. For example, it was very suitable for farmers to farm. By setting the capital here, we can monitor the people and immigrants, and control some territories in the east. In this way, we can always contact the people and understand what they think in their hearts, so that we can achieve the situation of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

The Tang Dynasty’s capital in Chang’an actually had some military purposes, because the East entrusted a large amount of land to the vassal states. If the capital was set in Chang’an, if the vassal states rebelled, we could Extinguish in time.