Research on the Cultural Tourism Regional Differentiation of Buddhist Temples and Pagodas in Henan Based on GIS Analysis
利用GIS空间分析方法，研究了河南省佛教寺庙与佛塔的空间分布特征，发现其呈中部多、南北递增、西部沿山呈半环状、中东部沿河呈带状集聚，并划分出文化旅游重点区域。
Based on the investigated data about Buddhist temples and pagodas in Henan of China,GIS spatial analysis methods were applied to study Buddhist temples and pagodas culture.The results had shown that the middle Henan had more Buddhist temples and pagodas than the east or the west,and the number of Buddhist temples and pagodas increased from south to north Henan.In the west the Buddhist temples and pagodas roughly distributed along the mountains’strike and formed a semi-circle,in the middle and east plains they formed four belts along rivers,which indicated Buddhist temples and pagodas in Henan aggregated markedly in space.The reasons of this distribution characteristics were briefly explained based on aspects of regionally natural geography,history cultural,economics and communication,et al.Combined the GIS spatial analysis results with factors such as the present tourism industry states,regional tourism resource types and administrative divisions,et al.,the most important regions about Buddhist temples and pagodas culture tourism in Henan lie in one belt and four zones.