A new drawing of Ancient Chinese Map 4200 years ago ―Based on the findings from the study of ancient Chinese Book Shan Hai Jing (Record of the mountains and waters )

摘要

4200 years ago in "Yu" Dynasty, there has been carried through a large-scale anthropogeography exploration campaign, the major finding of this exploration was record in the book call Shan Hai Jing. The edition we can get today is the revision by the scholar Mr. Liu Xiu came down from 1 century B. C. After over 20 years researching of Shan Hai Jing, Chinese Scholar Mr. Wang Hong Qi pointed out, the content of Shan Hai Jing was composed of three books in the four different periods. They are Wu Zang Shan Jing in "Yu "Dynasty (About 4200 years ago), Hai Wai Si Jing in "Xia" Dynasty (About 4200 ～ 3500 years ago), Hai Nei Wu Jing in "Shang" Dynasty (About 3500～3000 years ago) and "Zhou" Dynasty (About 3000～2200 years ago). In the book Wu Zang Shan Jing, there were record total 447 mountains in 26 mountain ranges; 258 water systems; all kinds of physiognomy in 348 places; diverse of minerals in 673 different locations, various plants in 525 different locations; all kinds of animals in 473 different places and also the human activity in 95 different places. All these record were based on the results coming from the exploration campaign carried in the "Yu" Dynasty. In Sept, 9th, 1999, based on the content of Wu Zang Shan Jing and the textual research fruits of geographic locations which has been studied by Mr. Wang Hong Qi, the Chinese famous painter Mrs. Sufi Xiao Qin finished a extra-large size Painting named "Di Yu Shan He Tu". This painting is 539 cm high, 779 cm wide. The Wu Zang Shan Jing and " Di Yu Shan He Tu" are the Chinese great contribution to the world culture especially to the Geography and cartology. They would also help our present human being to understand and to learn and understand the precipus environment 4200 years ago.