북경성ㆍ자금성(紫禁城)의 형성원리

The Principles of Formation for Peking Castle and Imperial Palace

Peking Castle has lasted for more than 1,000 years as the capital of multi-ethnic empires in China. This study attempts to examine the principles of formation for Peking Castle and backgrounds of thoughts behind it, and also to understand the historical backgrounds for the construction of Peking Castle under which the spatial configurations of Pecking Castle and Imperial Palace are elaborated across different times and histories in China. The results of the study can be summarized as follows. First, Peking Castle had persisted as the spatial height of the old Chinese empires and has nowadays become a global city. Second, Peking Castle and Imperial Palace have the spatial configurations of symbolizing the reign of Chinese emperors and of imitating purple forbidden enclosure, leading to the spatial arrangements along the central axis. Finally, Peking Castle and Imperial Palace materialize the ceremony of sacrificing Heaven by which the Chinese emperors could express their governing powers at home or abroad.