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* In the Chinese capital of [[Chang'an]], the [[Chang'an#West Central Chang'an|West Market]] (and [[Chang'an#East Central Chang'an|East Market]]) are closed every night one hour and three quarters before [[dusk]] (by government order); the [[curfew]] is signaled by the sound of 300 beats to a loud gong. After the official [[Market (place)|market]]s have been closed for the night, small night markets in residential areas thrive with plenty of customers, despite government efforts to shut them down. With the decline of the government's authority (by mid [[9th century]]), this edict (like many others) is largely ignored, as [[Urban area|urban]] dwellers keep attending the night markets regardless.
* [[December 17]] – Comet [[X/841 Y1]] is first sighted in Chang'an by the Japanese monk [[Ennin]].<ref>{{cite journal |first1=Piero |last1=Sicoli |first2=Marilina |last2=Cesario |first3=Roberto |last3=Gorelli |title=Comets and Political Anxieties in the First Half of the Ninth Century: New Light on Comets X/839 B1 and X/841 Y1 |volume=25 |issue=2 |pages=213–226 |year=2022 |journal=[[Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage]] |doi=10.3724/SP.J.1440-2807.2022.02.04 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/368235253}}</ref>
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