明代紫禁城营建石材采办述略

Research on Stone Procurement of Forbidden City Construction during Ming Dynasty

明初永乐迁都北京,开始营建宫殿城池,其中紫禁城营建规模宏大,且历朝修缮。石材作为基础建筑材料,在紫禁城营建过程中得到广泛应用。为满足营建工程对石材的巨大需求,明政府开始了大规模的石材采办活动。本文阐述了紫禁城营建工程所需石材的产地、开采和运输过程,以当时探求石材采办之过程。

The Forbidden City construction began after Beijing became the capital of Ming dynasty, and stones were needed in the construction of Forbidden City in Ming dynasty, and the government began to procure stones in large scale. In this article, we have a study of the stone procurement in Forbidden City construction in Ming dynasty, we outlined the kinds of stones, where they were from,how they were mined and transported.