中国古代风景名胜地图脱胎于中国山水画,因此与中国山水画有着千丝万缕的关系。同时,由于受时代条件的限制,古人更多将关注点放在地图的艺术特征层面上。古代风景名胜地图是中国特有艺术与文化的产物,集中国传统思想、文化、书法、绘画等多种艺术于一身,具有重要的文化与艺术价值,值得探寻与传承。本文从地图学的符号设计、制图综合、比例尺、方位与色彩、注记与文字、传统思想等多种角度对中国古代风景名胜地图的艺术特征进行了探讨,并以图的形式对相应特征作了阐述。这些艺术特征是中国传统文化的代表与结晶,有博大精深的思想内涵,尤其是儒家、道家、佛家的思想从根源上无形有形地影响古代风景名胜地图的艺术性的发展。古代风景名胜地图的艺术性能为当代以二维居多、艺术性严重不足的现代地图发展提供重要的借鉴意义,并且对于弘扬中国传统文化的今天,具有重要的文化战略意义与传承价值。
Maps of scenic spots in ancient China were originated from Chinese landscape painting and thus associated with it closely. At the same time, the ancients paid more attention to the artistic features of maps due to time limitations as well as the lack of ancient scientific requirements for mapping. Ancient map of scenic spot is products of China's unique art and culture. It is the combination of Chinese traditional ideology and culture, calligraphy, painting and the other types of arts and it has important cultural and artistic value. This paper discusses the artistic characteristics of ancient scenic spot maps in terms of cartography,generalization, scaling, orientation, color, annotation and traditional ideology. Also, the corresponding artistic characteristics are presented by the attached maps to show the beauty of ancient art. Chinese culture is extensive and profound, and it contains a variety of ideas, such as Confucianism, Taoist thought and Buddhist thought. These thoughts have a profound impact on the development of ancient map art. Modern map pays great attention to the scientific nature leading to the lack of artistic quality.Nevertheless, the ancient Chinese map of scenic spot is inspired by Chinese traditional ideology, culture, calligraphy, painting and other forms of art,which can well make up for its defects. Studying the artistic features of ancient scenic spot maps not only has an important reference significance for the development of contemporary cartography, but also plays an important role for inheriting Chinese traditional culture, therefore we should dig deeper into these cultural treasures and also introduce Chinese culture to the world.