Three Planned Base Site Schemes of Zhongdu City in Ming Dynasty
Zhu Yuanzhang,the first emperor of Ming dynasty,issued an imperial edict to build the cap-ital of Zhongdu City in September of the second year of the Hongwu reign.There were three schemes to determine the capital base site.The first set of plans was announced in the first lunar month of the fifth year of the Hongwu reign,and it is a square with side length of 14 miles,which was an idealized imperial city.The second one was announced in July of the fifth year of the Hongwu reign.With the construction of the Star Observatory in Dushan,Dushan Mountain in the east and Fenghuangzui Moun-tain in the southwest of the city were included inside the capital,thus forming a second set of plans. The capital base in the scheme is rectangular,with a corner extending out to the southwest,called the"Phoenix mouth".The central axis of the capital is separated from the central line. The first set and the second set of plans had planned to open twelve doors.After the end of the con-struction of the capital,only nine of the twelve gates were built,thus forming the third plan.Due to the hasty completion of the program,the original planning of the brick wall and the gate system was not fully implemented.
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