Cross-section of the Cross-section·looking at the Rivers and Mountains During the Anti-japanese War
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"Section of Sections" records the geological and paleontological investigations and surveys conducted by Mr. Yang Zhongjian in Shandong, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan and Guangdong and Guangxi from 1932 to 1936. As before, Yang Lao wrote down his observations and insights during the journey and turned it into a travel diary. Mr. Yang particularly emphasized that some travel notes in the old days had beautiful words and were immortal masterpieces. However, the descriptions were not consistent with the facts. For example, the mountains must have thousands of walls and the moon was nothing more than the Jade Rabbit Chang'e. What's more, Xia Yu would be mentioned when visiting Longmen, and Xia Yu would be mentioned when passing Turpan. Therefore, new travel notes must provide people with accurate knowledge and accurately record the geological background, geographical conditions, and human customs of each place. This writing intention is even more prominent in "Looking at Rivers and Mountains during the Anti-Japanese War". In 1937, the July 7th Incident and the Anti-Japanese War broke out. When Peiping, which he regarded as his second hometown, fell, Mr. Yang left Peiping in November of that year with grief. He traveled through Hunan, Yunnan, Sichuan, Shaanxi, then traveled to Xinjiang, and returned to Peiping, which took six years. This field trip was carried out amidst the decline of the country and the difficult current situation. Yang Laoyou felt that the beauty of our country's mountains and rivers and the abundance of products were not enough to describe it clearly with "splendid mountains and rivers" and "vast land and abundant resources", but should be recorded with actual descriptions and scientific explanations. More importantly, Mr. Yang was shocked to see that foreigners had detailed investigation records of my country's physical geography, but similar books had never appeared in my country's border areas after being lost for many years. He felt deeply the need for the development of geological science in our country.
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