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The Forbidden City, Beijing.
The Sui capital, originally named Daxing and later known as Changâan, was designed in 583 CE by the renowned architect Yuwen Kai under imperial order.12
Tasked with the project by the Sui dynasty, Yuwen Kai completed the design of this vast city in just nine months. The city was laid out on a grid plan that featured eastern and western markets, with the Imperial City situated in the north-central sectionâa layout that would later influence the Ming dynasty's rebuilding of Beijing.12