The capital of the Yuan Dynasty was established in eighteen years. After the completion, many soldiers and civilians moved in, with a population of nearly 500,000. In fact, the imperial palace of the Ming Dynasty was built on the basis of the imperial palace of the Yuan Dynasty. However, due to the limited technology, the archaeological community has been unable to find direct evidence to prove the ruins of the Yuan Dynasty palace, but with the progress of technology, the Yuan Dynasty palace slowly appeared in front of us.
After a detailed investigation, archaeologists found Yuan Dynasty cultural relics near Longzongmen in the Forbidden City. Although it is some ceramic fragments, the famous black plum bottle fragments of Cizhou kiln in Yuan Dynasty are enough to prove it. Experts in the Forbidden City also believe that the Forbidden City is a building complex above the ruins.
Under the Forbidden City, with the progress of continuous excavation, people slowly began to see the roads and drains of the Yuan Dynasty, and the original city walls and some architectural sites gradually appeared in front of people. In addition, after cleaning a large porcelain pit in the southwest of the Forbidden City, many pieces of Yuan Dynasty porcelain were found, and the foundation of masonry road partially overlapped with the foundation of Yuan Dynasty palace, which indicates that Yuan Dynasty palace should be under the current Forbidden City.
Therefore, experts speculate that when the Forbidden City was built in the Ming Dynasty, the palaces in the Yuan Dynasty should have been set on fire or destroyed by other means, and the foundation of the palace wall also laid a good foundation for the new Forbidden City. After all, the history of the Yuan Dynasty is gone forever with the destruction of the imperial palace, which is really touching.