DeanChensj

    DeanChensj/jiangshan-map

    江山时序 · 中国历史交互地图时间轴 (403 BCE – Present) | Interactive Historical Atlas of China across 18 dynasties, 164 territory snapshots, ancient-to-modern place genealogy & classical poetry routes

    web
    ancient-china
    cartography
    china-map
    chinese-history
    classical-chinese-poetry
    JavaScript
    GPL-3.0
    4.4K stars
    503 forks
    13 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 6, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    3 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 2 days ago, with 7 contributors on GitHub.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides an interactive historical atlas visualizing China's territorial evolution, cities, and key events from 403 BCE to present across 18 dynasties.
    • Enables dynamic timeline scrubbing and detailed place genealogy with bilingual historical and poetic context, surpassing static historical maps.
    • Use for exploring ancient Chinese geography and history interactively, tracing city and dynasty changes over millennia.
    • Use for studying historical figures' life journeys and campaigns with synchronized spatio-temporal mapping of their milestones.
    • Use for integrating historical-geography data into AI agents or digital humanities projects via zero-dependency MCP server and browser APIs.

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    GPL 3.0

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    From the README

    An Interactive Historical Atlas of China from the Warring States (403 BCE) to the Present — Scrub Through Time, Trace Ancient Cities, and Walk in the Footsteps of History

    The story behind it (in Chinese): From textbook maps to 1k GitHub stars

    Have you ever wondered while reading Chinese history or classical poetry:

    Chronicles of the Realm (jiangshan-map) brings together 2,400+ years of Chinese history across 18 historical periods into a single interactive parchment atlas—featuring multi-stage territorial and prefecture snapshots, ancient cities, strategic mountain passes, poetic and battlefield landmarks, chronological milestones, and reigning monarchs & imperial eras. No heavy print atlases required—just drag the timeline and click any city to travel through space and time.

    Excerpt from the DeanChensj/jiangshan-map README on GitHub (GPL-3.0 license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

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    Nov 4: +310Nov 5: +279Nov 6: +263

    +852 stars over 3 days across 4 snapshot days; best day +310 on Nov 4.

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    503+82

    Open issues

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