The Historical Transition of the Meaning of the Landscape of Mount Tai, China through Poetry Analysis

抄録

Mount Tai (Mt. Tai) as a world mixed heritage site has been chanted in poetry for 2000 years, yet studies that focused on the poetry and the significant spiritual meanings of the mountain are few. Interpreting the meanings of the Mt. Tai poetry more comprehensively is contributed to offer reference for Mt. Tai heritage management planning. On the basis of the framework of elements classification, with the combination of quantitative and qualitative approach, the elements of 253 poems from PreTang era to Contemporary era of Mt. Tai landscape are extracted. The results are summarized as follows: (1) The poetry of Mt. Tai landscape is classified into 9 types. (2) The primary elements and the secondary elements are identified in each element type and the image of Mt. Tai depicted by elements are clarified. (3) The three stages of poetry development of the mountain are identified considering the distribution of poetry in different eras. In conclusion, the meaning of Mt. Tai landscape has been transited from the mysterious sacred mountain to the real famous mountain with excellent natural landscape, and then to the specific natural and cultural landscape was revealed.