Events(Vol.35 No.2)

Travelers and Travels: A Special Exhibition of Chinese Maps and Travelogues In the old maps and travelogues of China, the mountains and rivers, centers of civilization and economic resources are vividly presented. The public can explore these fascinating documents during a special exhibition held from February 25, 2004, at the library's Special Collections Room. The exhibition presents old maps and travel writings in the NCL collection, arranged in chronological order. The major content of the exhibit is summarized below: Ten Road Maps of the Tang Dynasty from the Atlas of Past Dynasties, which present the expansive Tang realm and the merger between northern barbarian tribes and the people of Tang Dynasty; the The Great Tang Dynasty Record of the Western Regions, a historical, geographical, religious and literary record of the travels of the Buddhist monk Hsuan Tsang to 138 states in the western part of the Tang domain