Chapter 3 Section 3 Aesthetic and Science Education

Many scientists have made outstanding contributions to the scientific exploration of the law of the formation of natural mountains and rivers. For example, Shen Kuo, a scientist in the Song Dynasty, once investigated the formation of Yandang Mountain's landscape and landforms, and believed that it was formed by the erosion of the terrain by flowing water.Xu Xiake, a geographer in the Ming Dynasty, spent 30 years traversing China's famous mountains and rivers, researching mountains, exploring the source of rivers, gaining insight into the aesthetic characteristics of mountains and rivers, and exploring their causes, especially the investigation and research on karst landforms, which is far ahead of the world's karst landform science. front row.

The use of modern natural sciences to study famous mountains and rivers was initiated at the beginning of this century, and the comprehensive and extensive study of natural sciences of mountains and rivers, such as geology, landforms, vegetation, hydrology, climate, ecology, etc., was a matter after liberation.According to the author's investigation of most of the traditional famous mountains and rivers in the country, especially the typical natural landscapes of mountain scenic spots, most of them have high scientific value. Today, from the point of view of natural science, it often has some kind or several kinds of scientific value.Therefore, the famous mountains and rivers in our country are not only aesthetic objects, but also natural museums to study and understand the evolution of the earth.With the development of modern natural science, the spiritual relationship between man and nature will also enter a new era of aesthetics and scientific education.

With the deepening of spiritual communication between man and nature and the enrichment and development of landscape culture, the functions of famous mountains and rivers are also constantly enriched and developed, forming today's multi-functional spiritual and cultural activity center focusing on aesthetic and scientific education.