It is not only a geographical masterpiece that systematically inspects the landform and geology of the motherland, but also a tourism masterpiece that depicts the scenic resources of China. It is a literary masterpiece with beautiful words and far-reaching influence at home and abroad. In recent years, it has become a brand-new fashion in China. American tourism regards Xu Xiake as a tourist saint. Following Xu Xiake, we can travel all over the great rivers and mountains of the motherland.
Xu Xiake's contribution:
Xu Xiake proved that Jinsha River is the source of the Yangtze River through personal investigation and conclusive factual materials, and denied that Minshan crossed the river in Gong Yu. At the same time, he also determined the origin of Zuojiang, Youjiang, Daying, Lancang River and other waterways, and corrected the confusion and mistakes recorded in these waterways during the next year.
He carefully observed the topography of the rivers flowing through this area, saw the erosion of the area by the current, and realized that the erosion of the valley was particularly serious. He also noticed the relationship between plants and the environment, observed the different conditions of plant ecology and species under different topography, temperature and wind speed, and realized the influence of ground height and latitude on climate and ecology. Xu Xiake also has a certain scientific understanding of hot springs and groundwater.
Among his series of contributions to geography, Xu Xiake's research on limestone landforms is the most prominent. He is the first geographer in China and even in the world to systematically study limestone landforms. Among Europeans, the earliest limestone landform was widely investigated and described in Espel in A.D. 1774. 1858, Roman was the first to systematically classify limestone landforms, which was later than Xu Xiake 100 years.
Xu Xiake not only made great contributions to geography, but also made great achievements in the field of literature. His travel notes are not only precious documents in geography, but also exquisite travel notes. His trip is as simple and beautiful as the nature he described. Some people praise it as a notional word, pronoun and strange word in the world, which is no exaggeration at all.
Reading his travels makes people feel that it is a real and beautiful enjoyment. Unpredictable rain, fog, sunshine, dark clouds, and mountains, water, trees and rocks in various ways, now Xu Xiake's works seem to let us follow in Xu Xiake's footsteps, trudge through strange peaks and steep rapids, immerse ourselves in the beautiful mountains and rivers of the motherland, be intoxicated and proud of it, and have infinite affection for the motherland.
Xu xiake's travels
It is a famous diary geography book in China. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Xu Hongzu traveled for more than 30 years, and wrote 17 articles on Tiantai Mountain, Yandang Mountain, Huangshan Mountain and Lushan Mountain, as well as Xu Xiake's travels, Zhejiang Travel Notes, Jiangyou Travel Notes, Chu Travel Notes, Yue Journey to the West, Guizhou Travel Notes, Yunnan Travel Notes and Xu Xiake's Travel Notes. In addition to scattered characters, there are more than 600 thousand words of travel notes. After his death, Xu Xiake's travel notes were arranged by others. There are 10 volumes, 12 volumes, 20 volumes and so on. This paper mainly describes the author's daily travel observation from 16 13 to 1639, and makes a detailed record of geography, hydrology, geology, plants and other phenomena, and has made outstanding achievements in geography and literature.
In addition, when recording tourism, people's life, customs and human feelings, the settlement and distribution of ethnic minorities, wars and mergers between chiefs are often taken into account. Most of these materials have no official records and have certain historical and national values. It is praised by later generations as the real words, pronouns and strange words in the world.