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Through a meticulous analysis of ancient Chinese literature, this study comprehensively documents the geographical distribution of Fuling, a traditional Chinese medicinal material, during the Tang, Song, Ming, and Qing dynasties spanning from the seventh to the twentieth century in China. Based on the contemporary distribution information of Fuling, we utilized the maximum entropy (MaxEnt) model to simulate the suitable distribution areas of Fuling under both present-day conditions and in the future (2081~2100). The findings reveal that climate change has influenced the distribution of Fuling production areas. The shifts in Fuling's origin during different periods in ancient and modern times align with climate fluctuations and concurrent societal development. During the Tang and Song dynasties, Fuling primarily originated in northern China. However, it migrated southward during the Little Ice Age (LIA) and has recently shown a slight northward shift, in line with the climate fluctuations of the LIA and contemporary global warming trends. This study offers a comprehensive analysis of the changes in the distribution and production areas of Fuling over a 1500-year period, encompassing ancient, modern, and future periods. The results provide critical insights for adjusting Fuling cultivation areas in response to climate change and for further exploration of the mechanisms through which climate impacts the growth of Fuling. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tourist maps provide tourists with destination information that reflects their unique characteristics and cultural connotations and play an important role in attracting tourists and serving marketing purposes. However, existing designs of tourist maps often ignore the importance of cultural resource selection and the relationship between maps and structural linguistics, thereby affecting the narrative function and representativeness of tourist maps. This study utilizes the local chronicle as a data source and proposes a novel visual narrative framework (VNF) for tourist maps. The VNF combines Todorov's narrative hierarchy and Roth's visual storytelling tropes to establish a mapping between map elements and narrative elements. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the VNF, the Songshan Scenic Area was selected as a case study. By applying the VNF, highly characteristic and meaningful colors, figurative hand-painted symbols, and scene symbols are selected and integrated into the map design to enhance the artistic value and narrative of the map. This framework reveals the potential cultural value of local chronicles and can serve as a reference for other historical tourist cities, contributing to the preservation of local cultural heritage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The history of bamboo culture in Jiangxi can be traced back to the Neolithic Age 4000 years ago. A large number of bamboo products were unearthed from Shang, Zhou and the Warring States sites in Jiujiang, Yingtan, and other places, indicating that bamboo was widely used at that time. In the long-term management and production activities of bamboo forests, the people of Jiangxi accumulated rich experience. Based on the characteristics of different bamboo traits, they developed various uses in production and daily life scenarios such as weaving, construction, papermaking, and consumption. From the perspective of human geography, sorting out historical and spatial-temporal development of bamboo culture in Jiangxi, understanding the important role of bamboo in ecological environment protection, cultural inheritance, and economic development, is beneficial for us to scientifically plan and reasonably utilize bamboo forest resources, promote the sustainable development of the bamboo industry, and make positive contributions to the prosperity of the local economy and the protection of the ecological environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Starting from the description and collection of county annals, the examination of compilers and the examination of contents, the authors make textual research on the four rare local annals of Jilin province in the period of the Republic of China, namely, Changchun County Annals, Nong’an County Annals, Yanji County Annals and Huinan County Annals. The purpose is to carry forward the excellent traditional culture of China by using the local documents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tourist maps provide tourists with destination information that reflects their unique characteristics and cultural connotations and play an important role in attracting tourists and serving marketing purposes. However, existing designs of tourist maps often ignore the importance of cultural resource selection and the relationship between maps and structural linguistics, thereby affecting the narrative function and representativeness of tourist maps. This study utilizes the local chronicle as a data source and proposes a novel visual narrative framework (VNF) for tourist maps. The VNF combines Todorov’s narrative hierarchy and Roth’s visual storytelling tropes to establish a mapping between map elements and narrative elements. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the VNF, the Songshan Scenic Area was selected as a case study. By applying the VNF, highly characteristic and meaningful colors, figurative hand-painted symbols, and scene symbols are selected and integrated into the map design to enhance the artistic value and narrative of the map. This framework reveals the potential cultural value of local chronicles and can serve as a reference for other historical tourist cities, contributing to the preservation of local cultural heritage.

The headdress is an important costume for the ruling class to show the hierarchy and the individual to show the identity and personality in ancient China, it is also a mirror of the social customs of an area. In the Ming Dynasty, the Jiangnan area, the key of national economy and culture, witnessed prosperous textile manufacturing and trade. In addition, the Ming Dynasty attached great importance to the compilation of local chronicles, and chronicle cultivation was flourishing, with comprehensive content and obvious regional characteristics. Through the analysis of the local chronicles of the Jiangnan area in the Ming Dynasty, we find that there are differences and contradictory records in the starting time of the luxury custom of the headdress, as well as the phenomenon of repeated changes of customs in some areas. We discuss the causes and influencing factors of these phenomena, and find the changes in headdress customs in the Jiangnan area in the Ming Dynasty recorded in local chronicles were mainly reflected in three aspects. First, the material of the headdress changed from thrift one to luxury one. Second, the ritual system embodied by the headdress gradually developed from following the ritual system in the early Ming Dynasty to the identity confusion in the late Ming Dynasty. Third, the custom of headdress was also manifested in the uncertainty of customs in the same area over time, and there were conflicts in the records of different local chronicles about the time of customs change. We argue that in addition to economic and political factors, the above phenomena were also affected by three factors: social fashion, regional development and local chronicles characteristics. First, the life of citizens in the Jiangnan area in the Ming Dynasty gradually became richer, and the types of clothing and textiles increased, which was embodied in the improvement of clothing shapes, the increase in the types and colors of fabrics, so the luxury customs of clothing recorded in local chronicles partly stemmed from people's pursuit of fashion trends, which was seeking "newness" rather than "luxury". Second, during this period, the gap between the rich and the poor was large. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, there was an unbalanced development between areas, and some areas were not affected by the luxury atmosphere. Customs varied widely in the same area, which resulted in inconsistent customs records in different local chronicles. Third, as official documents, local chronicles have the function of educating the people and reflect the political achievements of local officials. Therefore, some bad social atmospheres would be appropriately hidden in the records, and the good parts would be highlighted. These human factors interfered with the local chronicle's record of the real situation, resulting in the erroneous phenomenon of headdress custom records. We summarize the clothing customs represented by the headdress in the local chronicles of the Jiangnan area in the Ming Dynasty. Combining with the documents in the same period, we generalize its development law and point out the omissions. Moreover, we discuss the customs, fashion, clothing concept, regional development, etc. of the Jiangnan area in the Ming Dynasty, as well as the influence of the particularity of local chronicles on the records of clothing customs. We try to discover the role of costumes in the historical evolution from local historical materials, hoping to provide a new perspective for regional research on costumes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Local chronicles are a kind of historical record in China that are written in detail and play an important role in the transmission of local history and culture. Due to the single-text-carrier form of local chronicles, people have limited access to information on urban characteristics and culture; therefore, based on the cultural gene theory and Hofstede model, also known as the cultural onion model, this paper develops a "Spirit–Sign" content framework with the themes of urban characteristics and culture. Based on this framework, we map the urban characteristics and culture (visualization strategy and map design) of local chronicles. Taking the historic city of Dengfeng in the Central Plains as an example, the spatial information of the four historical city characteristics of Dengfeng was mined for the map design using the content framework of the city characteristics proposed in this study. The results of the study found that (1) there is a certain overlap in the spatial distribution of the four characteristic cultures of Dengfeng, indicating that the spiritual (traditional customs and famous people and events) and material (famous buildings and products) are complementary and mutually reinforcing to a certain extent; and (2) with the iterative development of Chinese dynasties, the material characteristic cultures of Dengfeng show strong temporal and spatial differences, which laterally reflect the changes in human activities and urban changes of each dynasty and also reflect the very important historical position occupied by Dengfeng in China. Compared with the traditional text-carrier form of local chronicles, the content construction and map visualization of the city's historical and cultural information proposed in this study can effectively explore more potential cultural characteristics, as well as spatial and temporal connections of Dengfeng and thus help people better understand the historical characteristics of the city. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Local chronicles are a kind of historical record in China that are written in detail and play an important role in the transmission of local history and culture. Due to the single-text-carrier form of local chronicles, people have limited access to information on urban characteristics and culture; therefore, based on the cultural gene theory and Hofstede model, also known as the cultural onion model, this paper develops a “Spirit–Sign” content framework with the themes of urban characteristics and culture. Based on this framework, we map the urban characteristics and culture (visualization strategy and map design) of local chronicles. Taking the historic city of Dengfeng in the Central Plains as an example, the spatial information of the four historical city characteristics of Dengfeng was mined for the map design using the content framework of the city characteristics proposed in this study. The results of the study found that (1) there is a certain overlap in the spatial distribution of the four characteristic cultures of Dengfeng, indicating that the spiritual (traditional customs and famous people and events) and material (famous buildings and products) are complementary and mutually reinforcing to a certain extent; and (2) with the iterative development of Chinese dynasties, the material characteristic cultures of Dengfeng show strong temporal and spatial differences, which laterally reflect the changes in human activities and urban changes of each dynasty and also reflect the very important historical position occupied by Dengfeng in China. Compared with the traditional text-carrier form of local chronicles, the content construction and map visualization of the city’s historical and cultural information proposed in this study can effectively explore more potential cultural characteristics, as well as spatial and temporal connections of Dengfeng and thus help people better understand the historical characteristics of the city.

Through a meticulous analysis of ancient Chinese literature, this study comprehensively documents the geographical distribution of Fuling, a traditional Chinese medicinal material, during the Tang, Song, Ming, and Qing dynasties spanning from the seventh to the twentieth century in China. Based on the contemporary distribution information of Fuling, we utilized the maximum entropy (MaxEnt) model to simulate the suitable distribution areas of Fuling under both present-day conditions and in the future (2081~2100). The findings reveal that climate change has influenced the distribution of Fuling production areas. The shifts in Fuling's origin during different periods in ancient and modern times align with climate fluctuations and concurrent societal development. During the Tang and Song dynasties, Fuling primarily originated in northern China. However, it migrated southward during the Little Ice Age (LIA) and has recently shown a slight northward shift, in line with the climate fluctuations of the LIA and contemporary global warming trends. This study offers a comprehensive analysis of the changes in the distribution and production areas of Fuling over a 1500-year period, encompassing ancient, modern, and future periods. The results provide critical insights for adjusting Fuling cultivation areas in response to climate change and for further exploration of the mechanisms through which climate impacts the growth of Fuling., Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2024 Jiang, Ren, Sun, Yang, Peng and Huang.)

Taking the local chronicles of 18 counties in Hanzhong Prefecture and Xing'an Prefecture in upper reaches of the Hanjiang River Valley in Qing Dynasty, this paper tried to analyze the city map and the impression of ancient people about the traditional cities using the image element concept of Kevin Lynch. From comparing the city maps and text description, it summarized the important cognitive concept of "orientation", so as to better understand the relationship between space and society in traditional cities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to apply Geographic Information System (GIS) in the development and utilization of Chinese ancient local chronicles to achieve the mining and visualization of historical data about products distribution and dispersal in Products in Local Chronicles of Guangdong. Design/methodology/approach – Using 1,756 records of product-related location names in Products in Local Chronicles of Guangdong of the Qing dynasty, which are recognized by a name recognition system, as attribute data; taking the spatial data of Chinese administrative geography of the Qing dynasty in 1820 and the Historical Atlas of China as spatial data; connect the attribute data with relevant spatial data based on the table connection function of Arcmap in Arcgis 8.3 to implement the data management, cartography and analysis. Findings – The application of GIS in the development and utilization of ancient local chronicles was quite successful. With some thematic maps, knowledge about products distribution and dispersal in ancient books was vividly displayed so as to facilitate relevant researches. Research limitations/implications – Only product-related location names inside China were analyzed, not other named entities in local chronicles; and only static visual display was achieved, not dynamic visual display. Historical maps of the world can be used to carry out the visualization of the products distribution and dispersal in the world, and even the visualization of other knowledge, such as poetries and songs scattered over many places in China. The process of products dispersal and the distribution of poetries and songs can be dynamically and visually displayed by pictures, audios, videos, multimedia, etc. Practical implications – By using GIS in the development and utilization of Chinese ancient local chronicles, this paper explores a new way for the collation of ancient books and open up a new area for the research of digital humanities. Originality/value – This is the first try about the application of GIS in the development and utilization of ancient local chronicles, and also the same of digital humanities research in the field of agricultural history. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to apply Geographic Information System (GIS) in the development and utilization of Chinese ancient local chronicles to achieve the mining and visualization of historical data about products distribution and dispersal in Products in Local Chronicles of Guangdong. Design/methodology/approach – Using 1,756 records of product-related location names in Products in Local Chronicles of Guangdong of the Qing dynasty, which are recognized by a name recognition system, as attribute data; taking the spatial data of Chinese administrative geography of the Qing dynasty in 1820 and the Historical Atlas of China as spatial data; connect the attribute data with relevant spatial data based on the table connection function of Arcmap in Arcgis 8.3 to implement the data management, cartography and analysis. Findings – The application of GIS in the development and utilization of ancient local chronicles was quite successful. With some thematic maps, knowledge about products distribution and dispersal in ancient books was vividly displayed so as to facilitate relevant researches. Research limitations/implications – Only product-related location names inside China were analyzed, not other named entities in local chronicles; and only static visual display was achieved, not dynamic visual display. Historical maps of the world can be used to carry out the visualization of the products distribution and dispersal in the world, and even the visualization of other knowledge, such as poetries and songs scattered over many places in China. The process of products dispersal and the distribution of poetries and songs can be dynamically and visually displayed by pictures, audios, videos, multimedia, etc. Practical implications – By using GIS in the development and utilization of Chinese ancient local chronicles, this paper explores a new way for the collation of ancient books and open up a new area for the research of digital humanities. Originality/value – This is the first try about the application of GIS in the development and utilization of ancient local chronicles, and also the same of digital humanities research in the field of agricultural history. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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