Investigating the Image of Architecture Decoration of ShengJing Imperial Palace in LiaoNing Province, China

Abstract

Today, throughout antiquity, myriad ethnic collectives have inhabited Liaoning Province, China, significantly shaping the historical trajectory of the nation and fostering a multitude of esteemed architectural and cultural legacies. ShengJing Imperial Palace is in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China. ShengJing Imperial Palace is a royal building built in the early Qing Dynasty 500 years ago. The information value shown by its architectural decoration needs to be further developed. This paper takes architectural decoration images as the research content. It uses the methodology of practical aesthetics, conducts field research on ShengJing Imperial Palace, and analyzes the three elements of visual impact form, political decoration, and national practice to obtain a single evident, idealized local decoration image characteristics. In conclusion, the visual layout of the rational representation of the Shengjing Palace building decoration is clear and distinct, and the visual feeling of the subject is strong and full of impact. These characteristics can be summarized as strong qualitative architectural decoration image characteristics. Under the Qing rulers' politically strict ideology, the image experience category of architectural decoration showed ethical characteristics. This study can be a reference for adapting traditional architectural decoration to modern design.