There are stone sculptures diversely shaped in several parts of Gyeongbokgung. Geunjeongjeon is a place where the stone sculptures are intensively placed among the various palace buildings of Gyeongbokgung, and it is more important because it contains the phases of the age of the dynasty and the symbolism of governing philosophy. What can be seen in the structure of auspicious animal sculptures is based on the form of instinctive thought that the heavenly and human order systems are in an organic correspondence with each other, especially with regard to astronomical events such as Samwon‐Sasin‐12jisin‐28su. The parts that have been interpreted only in Sasin and 12jisin in the interpretations such as wild dogs, Gyoryong, camels, wolves, and apes were able to clarify the contents by revealing the form of 28su. In particular, as Beopsu‐Ssangbeopsu at the corner may be related to the guardian deity who governs water, called Yimun, Chimi, and Chimun, it is one of Bibo's ways to protect the palace that was vulnerable to fire. In addition, the shape of the existing 28su placed Dambi, but Ha‐Woldae at the Geunjeongjeon was assumed to have a camel statue and a planned arrangement of double meaning with the Bibo form of Pungsu Sasinsa, and it is also a feature of the arrangement of Woldae at the Geunjeongjeon. The actual composition of auspicious animals at the Nambogye of Geunjeongjeon was in the order of Haechi, wild dogs, horses and Jujak, and the contents of “Gyeongbokgung Construction Daily Record” were in the order of Haechi, horses, wild dogs, and Jujak. As to different composition layouts, based on the contents of the “Gyeongbok palace Construction Daily Record”, the composition of Samjae Cheonjiin (天地人) was interpreted differently from the conventional interpretation of the arrangement of Woldae. All of these forms are associated with defense systems in the four directions and have become animal representations of each direction. The auspicious animal statues placed on the railing of Geunjeongjeon Woldae can be seen as reflected in a single building with the three‐dimensional personality that includes Pungsu's Bibo personality with the symbolic meaning that reveals the centrality as Jeong‐Jeon, the nation's best politics let alone the ideological system of the ancient astronomical of the East called Men‐Heaven Unity.

본 연구는 광화문 월대로 사용된 석재를 대상으로 암석학적 연구를 활용한 석재공급지를 추정하기 위해 수행되었다. 월대는 2010년에 일부 구간이 다시 복원된 것으로 원부재인 담홍색 화강암과 신석재인 회백색 화강암이 사용되었다. 석재공급지 추정을 위해 북한산과 수락산의 지질조사를 수행하였으며 채취한 시료는 모두 담홍색 화강암과 유사한 특징을 보였다. 전암대자율은 북한산에 비해 수락산의 값이 크고 암석의 색에서 부분적인 차이를 보이지만 수락산이 상대적으로 선명한 담홍색을 띤다. 수락산은 월대에 사용된 원부재와 비슷한 암석기재적 특징, 전암대자율, 역사적 사료 그리고 야외조사 시 발견된 채석흔적 등을 통해 최종 복원용 석재공급지로 판단된다. 물성시험 결과, 월대 원부재는 풍 화로 인해 147 MPa로 다소 낮은 수치를 보이며 석재공급지로 생각되는 수락산은 244 MPa 높은 값을 보여 안정성까지 확보되어 양질의 석재로 사용 가능하다. 수락산 일대는 주거지역이 일부 포함 되어 있어 행정적인 문제, 자연파괴, 인근 주민 생활권 침해가 발생하여 채석활동은 어렵다. 또 다른 대안으로 QAP조성, 광물조직, 암색 등의 암석학적특징 및 물리적 특성까지 유사한 중-조립질 담홍색화강암의 포천 창수석과 영중석을 제안할 수 있다.