徐霞客(1586-1641),名弘祖,字振之,号霞客,明朝南直隶江阴(今江苏江阴市)人。明地理学家、旅行家和文学家,地理名著《徐霞客游记》的作者,被称为“千古奇人”。1613年5月19日,徐霞客自浙江宁海出发,开始游历大山名川,历经34年旅行,游历了大半个中国,足迹遍于华东、华北、中南、西南,包括浙江、江苏、安徽、福建、山东、河北、山西、陕西、河南、江西、广东、广西、湖南、湖北、贵州及云南等16个省遍 Xu Xiake (1586-1641), the name of Hongzu, the word vibration, number Xia off, Southern Ming Dynasty Jiangyin (now Jiangyin City, Jiangsu) people. Ming geographers, travelers and writers, the author of the famous “Xu Xiake Travels”, known as the “ancient sages.” On May 19, 1613, Xu Xiake set off from Ninghai in Zhejiang Province and began to travel the mountains and rivers. After 34 years of traveling, most of the tourists traveled to China. They traveled throughout China, North China, South Africa and Southwest China, including Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, Fujian, Shandong, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Guizhou and Yunnan provinces and other 16 times