Gongcheng (Gongchengyong)

The city building is divided into three major parts: Palace City, Imperial City and Waiguo City, Palace City, located in the northern center of the cityMiyagiThe Imperial City is south of the Palace CityMiyagi, Waiguo City is centered on the Imperial City of the Palace CityMiyagi, spread out to the east and southwest sides, and twelve gates were opened to Guocheng Outside Chang 'an CityMiyagi, in the middle of the south is Mingde Gate, in the east and west are Qixia Gate and Anhua Gate, in the middle of the east is Chunming Gate, in the north and south are Yanxing Gate and Tonghua Gate, in the middle of the west is Jinguang Gate, and in the north and south are Yanping Gate and Kaiyuan Gate.

The palace city is also known as the Da Nei Palace, commonly known as the Purple Wall of the Forbidden City. It is the place where Zhu Yuanzhang handles court affairs and accepts visits from Chinese and foreign envoys and members of the royal family. It is located at the innermost of the four city walls in NanjingMiyagiThe palace city surrounded by an imperial river was built in 1366 by Liu Bowen, who was proficient in feng shui, and then filled the lake with divination. Therefore, the terrain of the palace city is high in the south and low in the north and faces south. The plan figure is like a rectangle. The main body of the palace wall is about 950 meters long from north to south and about 750 meters wide from east to west.

The palace city is made of rammed earth walls. There are palace gates on each side of the palace wall more than 20 meters thick. The east and west gates are the main passages. Outside the gate are a watchtower called the East and the West Que. The Nangong Gate and the Fu 'ang Gate are opposite from the north to the south. On both sides of the city wall. There are 14 palaces in Changle Palace across Anmen Street in the west and facing Weiyang Palace. All of them sit north to south. The front hall is located in the middle of the south. On the west side of the front hall are Changxin Palace, Changqiu Hall, Yongshou Hall, Yongchang Hall, etc. The front halls are in the north.

Different scope, different objects, 1 Different scope, different palace city refers to the imperial palace, and the imperial city refers to a city with concentrated political and military affairs, similar to the capital of China. 2 Different objects, the palace city is only the place where emperors, concubines and princes live, and the imperial city is where people and ministers can also live.

Meaning and Function 1 The imperial city with different meanings refers to the city or castle where the emperor or monarch lives, while the palace city refers to the ruler's residence or official residence. 2 Different functions The imperial city focuses more on political and ceremonial functions, while the palace city focuses more on the ruler's residential and administrative functions.