GIS Based Buddhism Manage and Analysis - Set Jiangxi New Building Temples of Sui and Tang Dynasty as Example

• DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.726-731.4577
• Publication Date: 2013-08-16T07:48:58Z
• Authors: Ying Xu; Chao Yang Fang
• Keywords: 0502 economics and business; 05 social sciences

The history data contains large spatial-temporal information. Based on the spatialtemporal analysis function of GIS and set the temple as the example, this paper makes research on the geographic distribution of the temples of the sui and tang dynasty, finds out that the spatial distribution is changed from north to south, from west to east in Jiangxi province, points out the relationship between the natural environment and the broadcast of the Buddhism by adding the information like the roads and rivers. At the same time, it also provides a new thought on the using GIS technology in the research of the humanity science.