[AI-Generated Summary]: This visualization project from the 2025 Peking University Visualization Summer School explores the cultural significance of the “Eight Rivers Surrounding Chang’an” during the Tang Dynasty. The team digitized historical maps from the Atlas of Chinese History and created comprehensive vector data including rivers, lakes, administrative regions, and mountain passes. The project integrates 49 Tang poems related to the eight rivers, categorized by emotional themes such as warfare, praise, and nostalgia. The interactive visualization features three main sections: “Eight Rivers’ Old Stories” displaying historical events by political, economic, cultural, and military categories; “Five Canals Irrigating the Capital” showing how the external rivers entered Chang’an through five canals; and “Water Rhyme Legacy” presenting poetry related to each river. Using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, the team created a scroll-based narrative experience with dynamic map interactions, allowing users to explore the deep connections between Tang Dynasty geography, history, and literature through an immersive digital platform.
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