Among them, the abutment of the Communications Pavilion is about 1.5 meters higher than that of Wang Mi, which is the abutment of Yuan Shundi Wanshou Pavilion directly used. However, the giant stone carvings in the center of the cloud steps before and after it only have moire patterns without dragon patterns, which shows that King Jingjiang's status declined after Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming emperor, ordered the reconstruction in 1393, and he is no longer qualified to use dragon patterns.
In the Ming Dynasty, the layout of Jingjiang King City was rectangular, long from north to south and narrow from east to west, covering an area of about 200,000 square meters. The city is 556.6 meters long from north to south, 335.5 meters wide from east to west and 6 meters high. The wall is 6 meters thick at the bottom and 5.5 meters thick at the top. The walls of the four city gates are about 1.9 meters higher than the other walls, and protrude inward about 16 meters.
The whole palace building follows the principles of "sitting north facing south", "axis symmetry", "Zuo Zu You She, facing forward and sleeping behind" in China traditional palace building, with Duxiufeng as the north-south axis of the palace. The center of the city is the carrier hall, and the south of the hall is the carrier door, adopting the system of "six gold nails and Zhu households".
The layout of the city is rigorous. On the east and west sides of the central axis, the buildings in the palace are symmetrically arranged, with 4 halls and 4 pavilions, and more than 40 tables, pavilions, halls, rooms and halls.
All the buildings rest on the top of the mountain in a grand manner, with magnificent halls, pavilions, red walls and blue tiles, strong doors and deep cities, large scale and strict momentum, like fairy palace. After many reconstructions and expansions, Jingjiang Wang Fu has become an inseparable part of Duxiufeng Scenic Area.
The walls of Jingjiang City are all made of huge square stones. The wall is 5.5 meters thick and nearly 8 meters high, and there is basically no decoration on the wall. There is a 3-mile-long wall around the city wall. The inside and outside of the wall are made of square bluestone and filled with flaky mortar, which is very strong.
At that time, there were four gates in Jingjiang City: Tieren Gate in the east, later renamed as "Donghuamen"; South is Li Duan Gate, later renamed as "Zhengyangmen"; Zunyi Gate is in the west, and later renamed as "Xihuamen"; Guang Zhi Gate in the Northern Wei Dynasty was later renamed as "Hougongmen".
In ancient times, only the rooms of royal nobles could be called palaces. The traffic hall is the main hall of Jingjiang Wang Fu, where King Jingjiang handled military and political affairs in Ming Dynasty. The carrier gate is the main entrance of Jingjiang Wang Fu, which means "Fengtian carries goods and the emperor summons them".
The entrance of the aircraft carrier is a tall carved fence platform and a jade terrace. This is the only way to enter the aircraft carrier hall. It is carved out of the unique gray stone in Guilin. Carved as "Ruyi Xiangyun", it means "good luck". The left and right stone steps walk for different officials, "writing left and fighting right"
In order to reflect different grades, pedestals were generally considered in ancient times. According to the Book of Rites:
The Emperor's Hall is nine feet long, and the princes say that the doctor is five feet long and the scholar is three feet long.
"Tang" means "Tai Chi". Records show that the level of taiji has long been included in the level of feudal etiquette. An advanced pedestal of Mount Sumi, which is derived from the pedestal, is used for advanced buildings of palaces, temples, mausoleums and temples.
Sumitomo abutment itself has one, two and three differences, which are used to further distinguish high-grade buildings. And ordinary people's houses have no pedestals. The pedestal of Jingjiang Wangcheng Transportation Hall is double, and the pedestal of Beijing Forbidden City is triple. Triple is the highest level, and only the emperor can use it.
In terms of materials, Sumitomo in the Forbidden City has the highest grade and is the best white marble, while Sumitomo in Jingjiang Wangcheng is ordinary stone.
In addition, the decoration on Sumeru Mountain is also very particular. There are some carved dragons in Sumitomo Jingjiang, but the number and size of dragons in Sumitomo Beijing Forbidden City are larger than those in Jingjiang.
In ancient times, the hierarchy of architectural decoration was also very obvious. The decorative color grading system has strict restrictions on the interior and exterior eaves decoration, roof tile, beam painting, courtyard decoration and interior decoration. According to grades, the decorative colors of buildings are also graded. Generally speaking, yellow is the most important color, followed by red, green, cyan, blue, black and gray.
The walls of palaces are in gold, yellow and red tones, while houses can only be in black and gray, and white is the color of walls and roofs. The palace wall of Jingjiang City is yellow, and the tile roof is black.
The walls of the palace are red, including yellow glazed tile roofs, arches, double eaves, algae wells and various painted patterns. The tile roof is yellow, and the whole building complex is magnificent. Magnificent and gorgeous, reflecting the highest level of majesty.
In ancient China, the hierarchical system was strict, which was fully reflected in the construction. The grading of the roof is very strict. From the highest-level double-eaves temple, temple, rest mountain, crowded peak and suspended mountain to the lowest-level hard peak, a complete hierarchy sequence has been formed, which has played a very eye-catching role in marking the hierarchical characteristics of different buildings.
Ding Dian is the tallest roof in ancient buildings in China, which can be divided into single eaves and double eaves. Double eaves are short eaves added under single eaves, with double eaves in Ding Dian being the most prominent.
The Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City represents the latter. The Forbidden City is the place where the emperor lived. Of course, it is the top of the highest level of the palace roof, and the carrier hall in the city hangs down from the top of the mountain, so it is not as high as the Forbidden City.
In feudal times, the width and length of different grades of roads were different. There are many roads in the noble palace, and they are wide and usually separated by roads. The stone road from the traffic gate to the traffic hall of Jingjiang City is the main road to Jingjiang City, commonly known as "King Road".
Wang Dao is more than one meter wide and dozens of meters long. This is the Qingshi Road paved by Jingjiang Wang Fu, next to beautiful flowers. As a symbol of status, power and status, only noble princes and princesses can walk. Wang Dao is the central axis of the whole city and Guilin, radiating around the city.
Behind the traffic hall, there is a "lovers tree", which is a "vine-bound tree". Dragon and horse lurk, and yin and yang are born together; The banyan trees are stacked together, which is full of fun. However, the "vine-bound tree" in Jingjiang Wangcheng is different from other places. The cane sticking out of the trunk is actually like a snake head and looks like a "little dragon".
Wang Fu's bedroom and crescent pool are located at the northeast foot of Duxiu Peak. This bedroom is the residence of the Princess of the Ming Dynasty. Among them, Yueyatang was turned into a royal garden with pavilions.
Crescent pond was originally a unique spring, on which you can row boats. In the early Ming Dynasty, it was named after the spring water chiseled the pool, which looked like a "crescent moon". Crescent Lake, Notre Dame, Chuntao and Bailong are also called the four famous lakes in Guilin. In the Crescent Lake, the winding columns and waterside pavilions, as well as weeping willows in Chi Pan, are a scene of the royal garden in Wang Fu. The water in the pool is not dry in winter and summer, the peaks and hills are immersed in shadows, and the mountains and rivers are exhausted.
In the imperial garden, there are many rare flowers and trees, among which the African claw tree is only 200 years old. The African-American tree was originally called "thick-shell tree". Because its tree shape is very similar to that of African-American, it is also called "African-American grasping the sky". This tree was burned several times, but it still survives tenaciously, which is the historical witness of Jingjiang Wang Fu.