The ancient Chinese capital was developed from a single palace city to the coexistence of a palace city and an outer city and finally to the triple-city form with a palace, an inner and an outer cities. The city gates...The ancient Chinese capital was developed from a single palace city to the coexistence of a palace city and an outer city and finally to the triple-city form with a palace, an inner and an outer cities. The city gates of a capital were its marking buildings; the main gates of the outer, inner and palace cities were generally on a straight line, which was the central axis of the capital. The main streets leading to the city gates along with other roads formed the “skeleton” of the whole city and demarcated its different areas. Ceremonial buildings constituted an important part of an ancient capital; the change of their location in the capital and the alteration of their form reflected the transformation of their political position. Archaeological researches on ancient capitals should be carried out by combining the macroscopic with the microscopic and pay great attention to material evidence of a political nature in both field excavations and indoor studies.展开更多
The historical cities in Southeast Asia with distinct characteristics are an important part of Asia’s cultural heritage system and the ancient capitals of Myanmar are as an example of these civilizational achievement...The historical cities in Southeast Asia with distinct characteristics are an important part of Asia’s cultural heritage system and the ancient capitals of Myanmar are as an example of these civilizational achievements.Their urban forms through history are essential spatial carriers reflecting the traditional local planning thinking.However,the overall understanding has yet to form due to a lack of systematic research.This study aims to complement it by studying the urban forms of almost all Myanmar’s ancient capitals based on verifiable spatial elements,works of literature,archaeology documents and field survey.The location,boundary and layout elements are analyzed to classify and characterize these urban forms,and their evolution rules are then summarized.Furthermore,the urban planning characteristics are discussed,indicating that the regulated structure and distinctive image gradually formed,accompanied by increasingly mature planning thinking and methods.The study reveals that the urban form and the planning thinking of Myanmar’s ancient capital cities had undergone an evolution with its own characteristics and that the“Golden Royal City”is of unique value in the genealogy of Asian capitals.The findings will contribute to the mutual learning between civilizations and provide a scientific foundation for the heritage conservation.展开更多
文摘The ancient Chinese capital was developed from a single palace city to the coexistence of a palace city and an outer city and finally to the triple-city form with a palace, an inner and an outer cities. The city gates of a capital were its marking buildings; the main gates of the outer, inner and palace cities were generally on a straight line, which was the central axis of the capital. The main streets leading to the city gates along with other roads formed the “skeleton” of the whole city and demarcated its different areas. Ceremonial buildings constituted an important part of an ancient capital; the change of their location in the capital and the alteration of their form reflected the transformation of their political position. Archaeological researches on ancient capitals should be carried out by combining the macroscopic with the microscopic and pay great attention to material evidence of a political nature in both field excavations and indoor studies.
基金the support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Number 52078116)“Research on morphological characteristics,type spectrum and heritage value of historical capitals in Indochina based on multi-source remote sensing data”.
文摘The historical cities in Southeast Asia with distinct characteristics are an important part of Asia’s cultural heritage system and the ancient capitals of Myanmar are as an example of these civilizational achievements.Their urban forms through history are essential spatial carriers reflecting the traditional local planning thinking.However,the overall understanding has yet to form due to a lack of systematic research.This study aims to complement it by studying the urban forms of almost all Myanmar’s ancient capitals based on verifiable spatial elements,works of literature,archaeology documents and field survey.The location,boundary and layout elements are analyzed to classify and characterize these urban forms,and their evolution rules are then summarized.Furthermore,the urban planning characteristics are discussed,indicating that the regulated structure and distinctive image gradually formed,accompanied by increasingly mature planning thinking and methods.The study reveals that the urban form and the planning thinking of Myanmar’s ancient capital cities had undergone an evolution with its own characteristics and that the“Golden Royal City”is of unique value in the genealogy of Asian capitals.The findings will contribute to the mutual learning between civilizations and provide a scientific foundation for the heritage conservation.
