Danxia landform, a widely distributed geomorphic type in China with high appreciation and scientific research value, has been thoroughly and systematically studied and investigated by modern geologists and geographers. The article gives a general review of the description of the above-mentioned features of Danxia landform made by Xu Xiake, a famous tourist, geologist and geographer in ancient China so as to display China's age old history in the study of Danxia landform. It also analy...
