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Abstract: This paper is based on the basic theory of religious geography. This thesis studies 925 “religious landscapes”whose basic geographic information such as coordinate is determined through Google Earth and Baidu Map. Arcgis 10.3 space analysis and hydrology analysis are applied to make visible effect and conduct quantitative analysis of the distribution of Shanxi province’s religious landscape and its corresponding causing factors. Study shows that Shanxi province’s religious landscape distribution remains a centralized pattern with distinguished space disparity, making it a “scattered in large area, centralized in small area”. In terms of space distribution, religious landscape is centralized on high elevation areas,and 46 % of the religious landscape elevation is about 1000m; Religious landscape is characterized by gradual decrease from center to periphery with a tendency of city distribution; According to the influence factors of the religious landscape pattern, the distribution is controlled by the overall topography; The elevation affects the degree of religious agglomeration and dispersion; A long history and cultural heritage is also a factor that can not be ignored; Population distribution affects the number of religious landscapes.

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