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Research on imperial architectural space has shifted from morphological analysis to semantic symbolism and, more recently, to media dissemination. Current discussions increasingly situate imperial architecture within the social context of mediated representation and power expression. However, most existing studies remain focused on architectural form and cultural genealogy, and only limited attention has been paid to conceptualizing spatial ontology as a “generator of power semantics.” Grounded in Foucault’s heterotopia theory, this study employs KH Coder to conduct content mining of the film The Last Emperor, with the aim of identifying the semantic associations among imperial architectural spatial order, ritual practices, and power symbols.