A place where nobody dared to go

A place where nobody dared to go

A hypertextual reimagining of the summer capital of Shangdu

Note: Play with sound on, and with headphones ideally

Assets

Quotes from Marco Polo and Juwaynī as cited in Tomoko Masuya, “Seasonal Capitals with Permanent Buildings in the Mongol Empire,” in Turko-Mongol Rulers, Cities and City Life, ed. David Durand-Guédy (Leiden: BRILL, 2013), 223-256. 

Quotes from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Kubla Khan (1816)

Lyrics + Slowed down version of Olivia Newton-John and Electric Light Orchestra's Xanadu (1980)

Wind sound effect: youtube.com/watch?v=d1k9n7w9e9Y