Research On The Changbai Mountains Records

Changbai Mountains records is a local history of geography written in the late Qing Dynasty.It covers the mountains and rivers,natural resources,historical culture,and social conditions about Changbai Mountains.The book was written under the background of the invasion of Japan and Russia,the continuous disputes between China and North Korea in the border areas of the Northeast and the threat to national security.The author,Liu Jianfeng took the opportunity to investigate the plane of the line survey of Fengtian and Jilin,investigate detailed the Changbai Mountains.He recorded and compiled what he saw and heard into Changbai Mountains records,it not only expresses patriotic feelings,but also provides reference for understanding the natural and social conditions of Changbai Mountains,and provides valuable information for safeguarding national territorial integrity.Changbai Mountains records has important historical value in today,because of its epochal nature,originality of historical materials,rich content etc.It can be used for reference for historical research and tourism development.In this paper,the study of Changbai Mountains records is mainly composed of four aspects:Firstly,service of the background,time and version of the book of the Changbai Mountains records.This book was created in the late Qing Dynasty when the land was threatened by foreign threats,and the time of writing should be at the end of 1909.Because of the social instability at the time of writing,the book was not widely circulated,and there were not many versions.The second,is the content and characteristics of the book.The content of this book is very complicated,this article will introduce it in terms of landscape species mineral,heroic legends,ancient ruins and historical events.The third is to summarize the historical value of Changbai Mountains records.This book not only records to fill a vacancy for the natural geography of Changbai Mountains,but also provides reference data for the social situation of Changbai Mountain area in the late Qing Dynasty,the study of the history of the border between China and Korea and the development of Changbai Mountain's tourism.In the end,the limitations of the book's historical materials are summarized,the problem of the lack of evidence in the content of the book is discussed.For example,there is a lack of evidence in the discussion of the source of the river,the Mukden monument and other related issues.In order to facilitate the readers to use the Changbai Mountains records,three indexes are attached to the end of the paper.