The content in this book is a combination of historical geography knowledge and truth (including ideas), in order to help readers understand the land under our feet and the relationship between ancestors and this land from a historical perspective. What is knowledge, what is truth, and how to arrange truth with knowledge, I hope readers can judge. [2]
Brief introduction of the author
Tang Xiaofeng, Professor of Peking University Institute of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Doctoral Supervisor, Deputy Director of Historical Geography Committee of China Geographical Society. He is the author of Essays on Human Geography and Interpretation of Cultural Geography. [2]
catalogue
foreword
First, the space of civilization.
Chinese civilization, six sources
Cultural network, interweaving
The emergence of the core area of civilization
China's "Two Rivers Civilization"
Extraterritorial communication, three channels
Second, a big region and a big society.
The pace of climbing mountains and mountains
Wuyue coordinates
Rolling wheels: cars and roads
Hurry up: postal transmission system
Third, distinguish the world.
Kyushu: the first large-scale geographical division system in ancient China.
Five clothes: fact plus imagination
divide and rule
County is the root of China people.
Sima Qian's Economic Division
Regional identity: Guanzhong
Fourth, the environment is natural and human nature is successful.
Ecology: soil and water on one side and humanity on the other.
The relationship between man and environment
Is the environment for human beings?
Geographical names and ecology
Environmental defects
Lakes in ancient North China Plain
The tiger is in the forest and the lion is at the door.
V. Landscape Art
Southern Dynasties: An Era of Praising Nature
Taoist environmental view
Landscape art
Places of interest and poems in geography books
Western architecture, western scenery
Six, thousands of miles different customs
Sima Qian's description
Local accent is hard to change.
There are delicious foods in all directions.
Mixed accent
Seven, the imperial city
City and culture
Chinese and western architecture, two technologies
Xianyang of Qin Shihuang
Two Chang' an cities
Cities in the Song Dynasty where life changed dramatically.
The central axis of Beijing city
The emperor's mausoleum
Eight, maps and people
Spatial expression
The earliest map of China.
Maps and politics
Maps are not neutral.
The Great Wall on the map of China
Kangxi's panorama of the Forbidden City