Local Administrative Maps
漢江以北四省邊輿圖
Map of four provinces on the north bank of the Han River| Hanyu Pinyin | Han Jiang yi bei si sheng bian yu tu |
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| Creator | Drawn by Zheng Bingran; compiled by Yan Ruyi |
| Date | Qing Taokung period, 1821-1824 |
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| Techniques | Woodcut |
| Material | paper |
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| Identifier | Library of Congress |
| Link to Original Database | http://lccn.loc.gov/84696078 |
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The title and north are at the top. The map covers the source of the Han River to Baihe County and all the way down to the border areas of the four provinces of Gansu, Shaanxi, Henan, and Hubei on the north bank of the river. Different symbols are used to depict the mountains, rivers, administrative divisions, and roads of the Han River valley.
There are six blocks of explanatory text to describe annotation symbols, such as red boundary lines; numerous tree symbols represent the forest's advanced age. Big squares are used for prefectures, small squares for departments, rectangles for states, circles for counties, long circles for government officials; triangles for mountains; dotted lines for roads; villages, checkpoints, stations, and rest stops are marked. The notes also explain the administrative and geographic use of legends, including the hydrological characteristics of the Han River. Also included are the origins and the territory of the four provinces. Geomorphology and properties, forest cultivation conditions, road distribution, and migration patterns are also included.
This map can be studied with another map of the same title but by another mapmaker in the National Palace Museum's collection: title: Han Jiang yi nan si sheng bian yu tu (map no. 021473).
There are six blocks of explanatory text to describe annotation symbols, such as red boundary lines; numerous tree symbols represent the forest's advanced age. Big squares are used for prefectures, small squares for departments, rectangles for states, circles for counties, long circles for government officials; triangles for mountains; dotted lines for roads; villages, checkpoints, stations, and rest stops are marked. The notes also explain the administrative and geographic use of legends, including the hydrological characteristics of the Han River. Also included are the origins and the territory of the four provinces. Geomorphology and properties, forest cultivation conditions, road distribution, and migration patterns are also included.
This map can be studied with another map of the same title but by another mapmaker in the National Palace Museum's collection: title: Han Jiang yi nan si sheng bian yu tu (map no. 021473).
