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The capital of Goryeo, Gaegyong was formed centering around Song-Ak, the birthplace of Taejo Wang-Gun (the first King of Goryeo Dynasty), with the region of Seong-Geo San, O-Kwan San, and Song-Ak San, where the predecessors of Wang-Gun had lived, as its backgrounds. The capital Gaegyong was born with a historical background of Post Three States, and continued to change according to the reunification of the Post Three States and the historical developments afterwards. The city structure of Gaegyong reflects not only the lifestyle of Goryeo people but also that of the predecessors. This paper examines the formation of Goryeo Gaegyong, and pursues where it is originated.
The city structure of Gaegyong has Buddhism, Yin-Yang Pungsu, Confucianism, Taosim, and Shamanism as its ideological background, and take the topography into consideration. The downtown was formed around the cross where the east-west thoroughfare and the north-south one meet. Also, Goryeo enshrined Yuhwa in Dongsinsa in the east of Gaegyong, put the main entrance of the royal palace not in the south but in the east of the city calling it Gwanghwamun, and called it Ilyeok, which means where the sun rises. The people of Goryeo considered Goryeo as a country of arboreal nature and regarded the east as important, which was reflected in the structure of Gaegyong. The people of Goryeo made the unique figure of Gaegyong, taking in the various features of China, Goguryeo, Silla, Balhae, and Gungyae Dynasty in pragmatic ways.
The royal palace of the Goryeo was located on a hill with regard to the topography while that of Joseon, Gyeongbokgung, was on a flatland in a straight north-south line. Since Goryeo maintained the palatial system of an empire unlike Joseon, which maintained that of a kingdom, the palace of Goryeo, including both the imperial palace and a royal one, is significantly different in structure from Gyeongbokgung of Joseon, which has only a royal palace. This difference is due to the difference in the world view of the people of the two countries.