Man On Southwest Ethnics Half Traveled Yunnan-guizhou Road

Based on the study of life of V. K. Ting, I found that the most important scientific achievements were accomplished in the southwest, he returned overseas students from 1911 to 1930, has four times to go to Southwest for scientific investigation, he makes an important contribution for Southwest's Geography, mining, transportation, ethnic, language, etc. As V. K. Ting own poem "half of all over Dian Qin Road" depicted, but the lack of research in this area, this article attempts to V. K. Ting Southweststudy as a whole to carry out special studies.V. K. Ting graduated from the University of Glasgow in 1911, he choosed to travel by train from Vietnam Railway to Yunnan, travelled Guizhou province go home,began his first domestic trip. V. K. Ting become the first passenger train ride one of Vietnam Railway, the first modern account of Yunnan, transport and the operation of modern customs and border areas of Yunnan and Vietnam blend of Chinese and Western cultures collide and the social changes brought by Vietnam Railway along the landscape, His record is valuable information on the early opening of Vietnam Railway.During this trip, V.K. Ting also found that section of Dian Qian road in Guizhou Province is wrong. He witnessed the Southwest regional transport, economic backwardness, he will design for the southwest of the railway system, paving the way to seek economic alternatives southwest. Although this is only an ordinary nature of the trip, but it dedicated for the special study later.V.K. Ting came to southwest again for depth research of Gejiu tin and Dongchuan copper mining in 1914.He is the first expedition to the frontiers, Yunnan Geology and Mineral Resources of the systematic research of Chinese scholars. V. K. TingV. K. Ting arrived Gejiu on Feb.19, and end of the visit back to Kunming on April 13. He traveled almost the whole territory of Gejiu in the following fifty days, he with a unique perspective of geologistslandscapes of old tin area, topography, bottom, the reserves of mineral resources, mining situation and tin he was the first language of modern science and technology interpretation of Miningscholars, he visits old tin is the most powerful travel writing, old tin can be regarded as the first modern geology, geography and science Mining scientific observations cross, is an old traditional way to the modern tin mining and millinglts earliest record of mining in transition, is to study the process of modernization resources, environment and social change and comprehensive. In addition, Ting Wen-chiang also devoted to examining the Dongchuan copper, compiled in the Qing Dynasty Dongchuan detailed history of copper mining, analysis of the various reasons for the success or failure during the copper factory, and the views put forward specific improvements.Transportation is another focus he has long been concerned about, as a geologist, he traveled southwest provinces, well aware of the situation around the mountains, he will investigate the geology of the regional economy and the railway line design combined with rich mineraland cheap rail transport can not be separated, he designed the railway lines with the greatest economic value. Ministry of Railways Organization southwestern provinces of Southwest Geological Survey team can build the railway Xing in 1929, V. K. Ting proposed addition to the Ministry of Railways has decided to survey the Hunan Yunnan, Yunnan and Guangdong Road, the investigation should also be from the Sichuan and Chongqing through Guizhou, Guangxi, Guangzhou, to achieveBay's line, called "Chuanguang Railway". Chuanguang Railway is a concentrated expression of the results of scientific investigation, that he thought the regional geological survey of the economy the main expression. In addition to the mining and transport, V. K. Ting is very interested in southwest minority, the anthropology of minorities, he made special survey and studie anthropology of minorities,and description their Dress and language. "Cuan Wencong engraved" that he collected is the study of Yi history of precious books, he also studies the human body measurement data during the Republic of Southwest's original data. During his visit, he has been living in the Tusi, the life ofTusi, power and oppression of the earth people he have a real feelings, to show the true bread from the different levels of status, to provide a new perspective of Tusi.