고려 강도 성곽과 본궐에 대한 최근 논의의 검토

Abstract

This article was written to review recent study on the castle system and the location of the palace of Gangdo. This is also effort to understand the historical and urban characteristics of Gangdo the only city in Goryeo Dynasty to officially replace the Gaegyeon and to assess the direction of future research of this city. In a recent study on the castle system of Gangdo, the existence of ‘Coastal Outer Castle’ was re-introduced. While understanding the Outer and Middle Castle as the same castle, it was also suggested that the castle system of Gangdo was identified as two-castle system. However, the opinion that support the existence of a large-scale 'Coastal Outer Castle' did not overcome the limit of the conventional theory for castle system of Gangdo, and the view that it was composed of two-castle is limited in that it is difficult to explain related literature records. There is a general agreement on the location and scope of the palace of Gangdo that the main palace of Gangdo was located in the ‘Goong-goal’, not the 'Goryeogung Palace Site’. However, through recent GIS and paleotopography analysis, it has been announced that the scope of the main palace of Gangdo existed in a wide area. According to this view, the main palace of Gangdo has a structure and scale similar to that of the Gaegyeong Palace. To confirm this, first, there is no archaeological site in this area so far, and second, is it possible to build a main palace with a scale similar to that of the Gaegyeong in a space with narrower intensity than the Gaegyeong? Third, was it possible to implement the structure and scale of the palace of Gaegyeong palace established over 100 years in Gangdo in a short period of time? (Even after the palace of Gaegyeong has not regained its former shape.) Fourth, there are many problems to consider, such as the uncertain characteristic, scale, and scope of of Inner Castle of Gangdo, which is the starting point of the view that the main palace in the large-scale area existed.