International Journal of Geographical and Spatial Studies
JGSS Vol. 1, No. 1, 2026, pp. 31-43.
Print ISSN: 3105-1294; Online ISSN: 3105-1308
Journal homepage: https://www.gssjournal.com
DOI：https://doi.org/10.64058/JGSS.26.1.04
马晓坤（MA Xiaokun），陈思怡（CHEN Siyi）
摘要：南宋宗教空间格局呈现出鲜明的分化与组织特征，结合地图可视化结果可见：佛寺呈现环西湖层累分布特质，道观在统治者主导下形成由内向外势力递减的梯度分布，民间信仰寺祠多环太庙分布，呈现向心式集聚。临安宗教空间的构建体现出地理与文化的深度嵌合、国家政治与地方社会的资源博弈、以及移民与原住民在城市空间中的互动适配。地形、礼制、人口结构等多重因素共同促成宗教区域分布的有机格局。临安宗教区域的分布与文本书写，反映了从“空间”到“地方”的文化认同机制，展示出宋人从“王城中心”到“湖山中心”的地理意识转向。
关键词：临安；宗教区域；地理分布；文学地理
作者简介：马晓坤（通讯作者），浙江工业大学人文学院教授，研究方向为中古文学与地域文化，电邮为acongma@163.com；陈思怡，浙江工业大学人文学院硕士研究生，电邮为1549862933@qq.com。
Title: A Probe into the Geographic Distribution and Formative Causes of Religious Sites in Southern Song Lin’an
Abstract: The religious spatial layout of Southern Song Lin’an reveals a highly differentiated and organized structure. Mapping visualizations show that Buddhist temples were distributed in concentric layers around West Lake, Taoist temples present a state-dominated hierarchical pattern with diminishing influence from the political center outward, and folk belief shrines clustered centripetally around the Imperial Ancestral Temple. The construction of Lin’an’s religious space reflects a profound interweaving of geography and culture, as well as a negotiation of resources between imperial politics and local society, and an adaptive interaction between migrants and inhabitants within the urban environment. Factors such as topography, ritual systems, and demographic structure collectively shaped an organically ordered spatial configuration. The distribution of Lin’an’s religious sites, together with their representation in texts, reveals a mechanism of cultural identity shifting from “space” to “place”, which marks a transformation in geographical consciousness among Song people from “royal city center” to “lake-and-mountain center”.
Keywords: Lin’an; religious sites; spatial distribution; literary geography
Author Biographies: MA Xiaokun (corresponding author) is a Professor of Zhejiang University of Technology and her research interest is medieval Chinese literature and regional culture (E-mail: acongma@163.com); CHEN Siyi is a Master candidate of Zhejiang University of Technology (E-mail: 1549862933@qq.com).
Received: 14 Oct 2025 / Revised: 30 Jan 2026 / Accepted: 05 Feb 2026 / Published online: 30 May 2026 / Print published: 30 Jun 2026.
