What is China’s earliest tourism geography literary work?

The earliest one is undoubtedly "The Classic of Mountains and Seas". This book was Xu Xiake's favorite book when he was a boy.

"The Classic of Mountains and Seas" is an ancient book from the Pre-Qin Dynasty. It is the oldest geography book rich in myths and legends. Although it is not specialized in "tourism geography", it is really a travel geography.

In addition, "Shui Jing" is China's first monograph describing the water system. However, the authors and the year when the book was written have different opinions, making it highly controversial. Later, Li Daoyuan wrote annotations for it and wrote 40 volumes of "Shui Jing Zhu", which comprehensively and systematically introduced the physical geography and economic geography of the areas where waterways flowed. It is a history, geography, literature A comprehensive geographical work of high value. "Shui Jing Zhu" was selected as the first hydrological geography monograph in China by the China World Records Association.

There are many others, such as "The Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty" written by Tang Monk after he came back from Buddhist scriptures.

We must mention the "Travel Notes of Xu Xiake" written by Xu Xiake in the Ming Dynasty. It is the earliest travel note in China that records the geographical environment in detail. It is also the first in the world to record the karst landforms and examine their causes in detail. books.