镜涵一碧之天——北闸口隙地与镜清斋之前世

Facing the Mirrored Sky Northern Shore of the Imperial Lake before the Jingqingzhai’s Existence

镜清斋是太液池水流入口处的一处园中园,其地势决定了它与皇城理水的深厚渊源。元明两代,在镜清斋存在之先,这里已经经历了造园实践的从无到有。通过分析元明文献对镜清斋所在北闸口隙地的记载,探究元代的理水规划、明代基于对太液池水系礼制内涵的阐发而在此处进行的醮坛建设,以及明代太液池景观体系的生成,并在其中发现镜清斋造园意境的先声。

In close connections with the water design of the Imperial City as decided by its site at the inlet of the Imperial Lake(taiye chi),Jingqingzhai is a garden within the garden.The site where Jingqingzhai is located had witnessed garden-making practices in Yuan and Ming dynasties.By analyzing various historical sources concerning the vacant site of Jingqingzhai by Northern Sluice,this paper deduces the concept of water planning of the capital city of Yuan dynasty,and interprets the value of the Imperial Lake Ming dynasty,restoring the making of the landscape system of the Lake which contains the precedent imageries of Jingqingzhai.