The earliest tour guide in ancient China

Xu Xiake's Travels is the earliest travelogue in China to record the geographical environment in detail, and it is also the earliest book in the world to record the karst landform in detail and study its causes. Xu Xiake never stopped traveling except for important events at home, and recorded in detail what he saw and heard on the way, which is a rare research material for geographers and archaeologists. Xu Xiake's Travels was first published in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen (1642) to Zhu Benji in 1985. It has been published for 38 times, and the related research papers 139 are impressive.

Xu Xiake's Travels is a precious geographical science report by geographers. For ordinary readers, it is more like a guidebook. The vast and distant scenery and majestic peaks in the book seem to urge us to take risks, have fun in climbing and seek true knowledge in exploration.