Daoyuan in northern Wei Li is the most comprehensive and systematic comprehensive geographical work of China before the 6th century.
& lt Luoyang Galand > Yang Xuan written by the Northern Wei Dynasty is a masterpiece of ancient geography and a model of pagodas.
& lt Xu Xiake's Travels Xu Xiake was a famous traveler and geographer in the Ming Dynasty. Shan Hai Jing is a masterpiece of ancient geography in China. The content is mainly the geographical knowledge in ancient folk customs, including mountains and rivers, products, medicine, sacrifices, witch doctors and so on. It is of reference value to the study of ancient history, geography, culture, nationalities and myths. Among them, a large number of ancient myths and legends are preserved, such as "The Yellow Emperor fought against Chiyou", "Yu contended for water", "Jing Wei seized the sea" and "chasing the sun", which are precious materials for later writers.
The Classic of Mountains and Seas, a masterpiece of China's ancient geography. The content is mainly the geographical knowledge in ancient folk customs, including mountains and rivers, products, medicine, sacrifices, witch doctors and so on. It is of reference value to the study of ancient history, geography, culture, nationalities and myths. Among them, a large number of ancient myths and legends are preserved, such as "The Yellow Emperor fought against Chiyou", "Yu contended for water", "Jing Wei seized the sea" and "chasing the sun", which are precious materials for later writers.
Notes on Water Mirror is a geographical work that records rivers and waterways in detail. Notes on Water Mirror was written by Li Daoyuan in Northern Wei Dynasty.
Xu Xiake's Travels is a famous geographical work in China.
"The Geographical Map of Gong Yu" Dayu drew a map by himself when he was in charge of water control. In it, he put forward "six methods of drawing": dividing rate, aiming at accuracy, being in the way, fighting for people, evil and circuitous, that is, the principles of scale, orientation and distance in drawing regional large and medium-sized maps.
Topographic abbot map
Biography of Wu in Lan Ju and Lu Lu badminton was written by Fan Chengda in Song Dynasty.
Wu Junzhi written by Fan Chengda in Song Dynasty is the earliest local chronicles.
Gui Zhiheng was written by Fan Chengda in Song Dynasty. The first book is "Know Cave", which specifically describes the situation of more than 20 caves in Guilin and its surrounding areas, such as the location, size and structure of caves, puts forward the view that stalactites are "condensed from stone liquid", and vividly describes the peak forest landform of Guilin. The article "Zhiyandong" is the main document to study karst landforms in China.
There are also books from the Qing Dynasty, such as Hu Xiang Water Conservancy, Southeast Water Conservancy, Textual Research on the Origin of Manchuria Empire, A Brief History of Taiwan Province, and A Brief History of Bentham.
The outlines of mountains, rivers, forests, roads, prefectures, States and coastlines drawn in geographical maps are generally correct, and the representations of forests and mountains are very distinctive. There are also wooden maps, that is, wooden terrain models. The sky chart was drawn by a star observation data in the abundant year in the north of Song and Yuan Dynasties [1078- 1085].
The extant Song rubbings in Kyoto are very similar to the Map of Huang Shang in Suzhou Inscription Museum. Therefore, it was suggested that the Map collected in Kyoto was based on the woodcut map, which was revised or supplemented mainly according to the names of the prefectures, states and armies established by Xian Chunchu [1265- 1274].