徐霞客对我国丹霞地貌旅行考察的贡献——纪念徐霞客逝世360周年

On XU Xiake's investigation into China's Danxia Landform ——Memory XU Xiake 360 anniversary

丹霞地貌是一种具有很高景观美学价值和科学研究价值的地貌类型 ,在我国分布范围较广 ,现代地质地理学家对其进行了深入而系统的考察研究。而我国明代著名的旅行家和地理学家徐霞客 ,早在 360多年前便对丹霞地貌进行过多方面的观察和描述 ,并留下宝贵的文字资料。这充分展示了丹霞风景地貌在我国研究的古老历史 ,也预示着丹霞风景地貌进行现代旅游开发的广阔前景。

Danxia landform, a widely distributed geomorphic type in China with high appreciation and scientific research value, has been thoroughly and systematically studied and investigated by modern geologists and geographers. The article gives a general review of the description of the above-mentioned features of Danxia landform made by Xu Xiake, a famous tourist, geologist and geographer in ancient China so as to display China's age old history in the study of Danxia landform. It also analyses the practical significance in the study of the landform.