关键词: 宗教, 地理学

Abstract: Religion hase close relation with geography. Researches about religious geography have important significance for economical construction in China.Physical geographical environment is an important factor where religion is born.Because Human Knowledge in primitive society is in low level and difference of physical geographical environment, primitive gods religion is formed. Physical geographical environment influence on religious doctrine. Greed about heaven and hell, for example, is just like the winding mirror reflecting natural environment around human. Natural environmeot influences on the spread, development and existence of religion, religion reacts physical geographical environment too.Religion hase close relation with human geography.(1) religion influlnce on cultural landscape. In Christianity region, dominant landscape is Christian church; in region where prevails islam, mosque is important landscape, and in Buddhism region, temple and pagoda prevail. (2) Religion influence on regional distribution of human economical activities. It influences on regional distribution of corps and on composition of animal husbandry,promote development of tourism. (3)Religion influences on form and function of cities. Aatican, for example, hase only religious function, (4)Religion influences on changing of political map. Because of religion, India isdivided into India and Pakistan after world war II.Religion and development of geography, as believers go on a pilgrimage for Buddhist scriptures and religion be disseminated in vast extent by missionary and religious war,people knew geographical environment of other religion, religion stimulates development of geography.There are many religiones in our country. Economical significance of research of religious geography is as follow. (1) in some famous religious mountains and religious shrine,we develp religious tourism to promote development of regional service; (2) research of religious geography can provide a basis for adminstrative division and strategy of economical development in minority nationality regions; (3) study of religious difference can provide basis for making population policy in minority nationality regions. (4) study of religious difference in minority nationality regions fav our stability and unity to promote economical construction.

Key words: Religion, Geography