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The author of this book studied under Tan Qixiang and other academic masters, made unique academic contributions in historical geography and Chinese cultural history, and achieved world-renowned academic achievements. This book narrates the knowledge and personal experiences of academic masters such as Tan Qixiang. It contains interesting stories and unique academic pursuits, with pictures and texts. It is a good guide for readers to understand the history of modern academic culture and education.

Over the past twenty years, a variety of research monographs have been published on Chinese historical and cultural geography, including some single-element studies (such as Zhou Zhenhe and You Rujie's "Dialects and Chinese Culture", Li Yinghui's "Buddhist Geography of the Tang Dynasty"), comprehensive chronological studies (such as Lu Yun's "Han and Jin Cultural Geography"), and regional comprehensive studies (such as Zhang Weiran's "Hunan Historical and Cultural Geography") "Physical Research", "Research on the Historical and Cultural Geography of Hubei", Zhang Xiaohong's "Differentiation and Integration of Cultural Regions - Research on the Historical and Cultural Geography of Shaanxi", Zhu Haibin's "Research on the Historical and Cultural Geography of Zhejiang"), as well as national special studies (such as "Regional Research on the History and Culture of China" by Zhou Zhenhe), many of which have aroused good responses in the academic community. But so far, there is no monograph that explores historical culture and geographical imagery. This article is the first to actually explore the formation and interpretation of geographical imagery based on China's local experience. The whole manuscript consists of five parts. First, in the introduction, the author systematically and briefly elaborates on the theoretical issues of Chinese historical and cultural geography. The main text consists of three parts: the first part discusses the regional concepts and geographical images in the minds of the Tang people, the middle part examines the historical place names in literary works, and the second part discusses the geographical origins of literary images. Each article is divided into several topics. Among them, the first part seems to only discuss simple cultural concepts and geographical concepts, but it mainly uses literary materials.

What is the connection between the architectural style of Sinicized temples and traditional Chinese architecture? How many ups and downs and changes has it experienced in the vast history of Yu? What is the content of the daily life of monks in monasteries, and what impact does it have on the spiritual and cultural life of the public? This book uses multidisciplinary knowledge to conduct a systematic and three-dimensional investigation of Chinese temples from nine aspects. It not only discusses the above issues in detail, but also incorporates rich humanistic and historical allusions on this basis to present readers with a sacred space carrying profound cultural heritage. Of course, the author is not limited to discussing the temple itself, but uses the temple as a mirror to gain insight into Chinese society in the historical changes and the complex customs and world conditions, which is very helpful in guiding readers to understand Chinese Buddhism. Zhang Weiran is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the Institute of Chinese Historical Geography at Fudan University, a director of the Chinese Geographical Society, deputy director and secretary-general of the Historical Geography Professional Committee of the Chinese Geographical Society, an editorial board member of "Geographical Research", "Historical Research" and "Tropical Geography", a distinguished professor of "Chutian Scholar" at Yangtze University, and a member of the Xiling Seal Society. Mainly engaged in historical and humanistic geography research, especially good at historical and cultural geography. He is one of the earliest scholars in China to conduct research on Buddhist geography. He is the author of "Geographic Imagery in Medieval Literature", "The Connection between History and Modernity", "Respect and Warmth of Learning", etc.