Shangluo

The regional profile of Shangluo begins with the concrete evidence “Shangluo, retreat of the Four Hoary Hermits of Mount Shang, holds the Jinsi Grand Canyon and the old Manchuanguan town in the southeastern Qinling.” The clue links spatial form with everyday experience, giving the regional idea a concrete setting and human scale. Long-term change preserved, adjusted, and transmitted these relationships, showing how environmental influence and community action worked together. These interactions provide a factual basis for understanding the connections, distinctions, and continuities between Shangluo and nearby places. Its significance lies in connecting regional geography, historical continuity, and cultural difference through checkable local evidence about Shangluo.