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This course focuses on the history and theory of Chinese architecture, city planning, and landscape, covering the periods from ancient China to the mid-17th Century. It also includes the architecture and urbanism of other Asian cultures such as Japan, Korea, South-East Asia and India that had taken part in the formation of the architecture of this region.

Handout 20110406 - Imperial Architecture I: Palace


Imperial Architecture


A.     Imperial Palaces

1.      Imperial Palace of Changan 長安, as well as Heijokyo平城京 (Nara) and Heiankyo 平安京
(Kyoto) in the Classical Period
a.       Imperial Palace Compound of Changan: Taiji Gong 太極宮and Daming Gong大明宮
b.      Imperial Palace Compound of Heijokyo 平城京
c.       Imperial Palace Compound of Heianko 平安京
2.      Imperial Palace of Beijing during Ming and Qing (1403 AD- 1424 AD)
a.       Imperial City 紫禁城: moat, wall, gates and waterways 金水橋
b.      Imperial Way: Daming Gate 大明門 / Tianan Gate天安門 / Duan Gate 端門 / Wu Gate午門
c.       Front Three Palaces 前三宮: Taihe Gate 太和門, Taihe Dian 太和殿  (1697 AD)/ Zhonghe Dian 中和殿 / Baohe Dian 保和殿 (1615 AD)
d.      Rear Three Palaces 後三宮: Qianqing Gong 乾清宮 / Jiaotai Dian 交泰殿 / Kunning Gong 坤寧宮, and E-W six Palaces 東西六宮
e.       Imperial Library: Wenyuan Ge 文淵閣 (1776 AD); Study Halls, Temples and Institutions: Wuying Dian武英殿
f.       Imperial Ancestral Temple and Sacrificial Hall: Tai Miao 太廟 (1545 AD) and Xiang Dian享殿, Sheji Tan 社稷壇 (1421 AD)
g.       Other Palaces and Courtyards; Gardens and Theatres
Yangxin Dian養心殿, Cining Gong, Ningshou Gong壽宮
 
3.      Imperial Palace of Seoul during the Joseon/Li Dynasty(1392-1910) 朝鮮/李朝
a.       The City: Eastern Gate 東大門and Southern Gate南大門, Imperial Way, Palace, Residential Fabric and Courtyard Houses
b.      Eastern Palace東闕: Changkyong Palace (1483) 昌慶宮/ Minjeong Hall明政殿
Changdeok Palace(1405) 昌德宮 / Injeong Hall仁政殿;
c.       Kyongbok Palace景福宮, Throne Room勤政殿/思政殿/Banquet Hall慶會

B.     Imperial Ritual Architecture

1.        Imperial Ritual Architecture in China
a.       Background: Zhouli and the idea of Mingtang 明堂
b.      Altar to Heaven 天壇 in Beijing
- Layout and Ritual Process
- Hall for Prayer (Qinian Dian 祈年殿)
- Imperial Vault of Heaven (Huangqiong Yu 皇穹宇)
- Circular Mount 圓丘
2.        Imperial Shrine in Japan
a.       Tectonic tradition from vernacular warehouse building in Yayoi 彌生Period (3rd century BC)
b.      Ise Shrine伊勢神宮: Naigu: inner shrine 內宮(sun goddess and imperial ancestor), (687AD)
Shoden (main hall)正殿, Shimmei Style 神明造; Sacred Gate: Torii
Gegu: outer shrine 外宮(fertile and food goddess)
c.       Other Shindo 神道Shrines: Izumo Shrine出雲大社本殿, Tasha Style 大社造;
Kamigamo Shrine上賀茂神社, Nagare Style 三間社流造, Kyoto
Itsukushima Shrine嚴島神社, (1571AD), Hiroshima

C.     Imperial Tomb

1.        Chinese Imperial Tomb in Beijing and Nanjing
a.       Background: Imperial Tomb of  Han and Tang in China
b.      The Imperial Tomb in Nanjing: Ming Xiaoling明孝陵
- Basic Elements: site planning / axis / gate / spirit alley 石象生 / hall / stele tower and pavilion 方城明樓 / mound
c.       The Imperial Tombs in Beijing: Ming 13 tombs明十三陵
- Changling 長陵: Tomb of Emperial Yongle 永樂/ Lingen Dian 稜恩殿(1403-1424 AD)
2.        Imperial Tomb in Korea and Japan
a.       Tomb of Emperor Nintoku/ Emperor Sujin, Nara, Kofun Period  古墳
b.      Tomb of King Wousang, Kyongju,慶州 Korea, Silla Kindom 新羅


Reading List


     Boyd, Andrew*                                   Chinese Architecture and Town Planning. London: Alec Tiranti, 1962. 
                                                     (Chap 3, Chap 7 pp. 138 – 144)

     Liang Sicheng*                                    A Pictorial History of Chinese Architecture: A Study of the Development of its Structural System and the Evolution of its Types.
                                                                                    Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, 1984. (Ching Building in Peking)

Pirazzoli-T’Serstevens, M        Living Architecture: Chinese.
                                                New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1971. (Chap 2, 3)

Stierlin, Heri ed.                                    Architecture of the World: Japan.
Masuda, Tomoya                      Germany: Benedikt Taschen, 1981. Chap  2, pp.83-86)

Mario Bussagli                            Oriental Architecture, New York: Electa / Rizzoli, 1989.
Vol. 2, China, Korea and Japan,

Gunter Nitschke                           From Shinto to Ando: Studies in Architectural anthropology in Japan.
                                                     London: AD Academy Editions, 1993

趙廣超                                     《大紫禁城》                      香港:三聯出版社                    2005


     劉敦楨                        《中國古代建築史》                北京:中國建築工業出版社  1984
                           (第七章,第五節,第八節)

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