中国宋代以前矿泉的地理分布及其开发利用

中国宋代以前开发之重要矿泉全部分布在由海岸线与海南儋县－四川西昌－青海西宁－河北赤城连线围成的蛋壳状区域内，且相对集中于山地丘陵地区。北方地区矿泉的开发总体上要早于南方地区，区域矿泉开发之先后也反映了区域国土开发之先后。矿泉的开发利用主要表现在工农业生产、医疗保健、旅游与宗教诸方面。

DISTRIBUTION AND EXPLOITATION OF THE MAIN MINERAL SPRINGS IN CHINA BEFORE THE SONG DYNASTY

China's mineral springs exploited before the Song Dynasty were all distributed in the egg-shaped region formed by connecting the coastline with the line of Dan-clan in Hainan-Xining in Qinghai-Chicheng in Hebei,and relatively located in mountainous or hilly areas.The northern mineral springs were on the whole exploited earlier than the southern ones,while the order of the exploitation of regional mineral springs also reflected the order of regional land exploitation.The exploitation and utilization of mineral springs were chiefly manifested in agricultural and handicraft production,medical treatment and health care,tourism and religion.