Tianshui

A useful starting point for Tianshui is the documented fact “Tianshui, legendary home of Fuxi, treasures the clay sculptures of Maijishan Grottoes, the Fuxi Temple and the Neolithic Dadiwan site.” The natural conditions and social experience of Tianshui therefore belong to one connected geographic story. Communities responded to surrounding conditions through residence, exchange, and daily practice, giving the spatial pattern a traceable history. The chain from environmental conditions to social practice gives the regional change of Tianshui a clear real-world expression. Taken together, these clues clarify the position, change, and distinctive contribution of Tianshui within the larger region.