Cliff Calligraphy Landscape is an outstanding example of the perfect integration of the natural environment and humanistic art. The textual cliff carvings engraved on cliffs and stone walls inscribe merit and remember events. It is one of the theoretical supports for the creative transformation and innovative development of calligraphic culture to clarify the research progress and development trend of cliff calligraphic landscape. Based on the literature data of China Knowledge Network and Web of Science, we analyzed the existing literature with the theme of “Calligraphic Landscape” “Cliff Calligraphic Landscape” “Cliff Rock Carving”. Using CiteSpace to analyze the existing literature, the main progress of related research are: (1) In the conceptual connotation, because of its unique construction and aesthetic perception of the differences in the cliff calligraphy landscape has gradually become an independent research object and research field; (2) In the content of the study, the cliff calligraphy landscape has been from the interpretation of the calligraphy text, the appreciation of the art of calligraphy to the spatial siting, landscape organization, engraving form, and other construction experience and spatial limitations. The research content has expanded from the interpretation of calligraphy text, appreciation of calligraphy art, etc., to spatial siting, landscape organization, engraving form, etc., as well as the theme of visitors’ subjective perception under the spatial limitation; (3) In terms of protection and inheritance, the scope of protection of cliff calligraphy landscape has been expanded to the surrounding environment as a whole. The synergistic effect of the humanities and natural factors in organizing the sequences and designing ornamental details has provided essential empirical support to the protection of the cliff calligraphy landscape, a unique cultural heritage. Accordingly, three suggestions for the subsequent heritage construction of cliff calligraphy landscape are proposed: first, to establish the spatial classification standard of cliff calligraphy landscape based on focusing on the spatial difference of cliff geomorphology; second, to enhance the perception of tourists through the spatial layout and calligraphic characteristics, and third, to summarize the experience of the construction of multiple types of cliff calligraphy landscape to advance the theoretical development of the heritage construction of the cliff calligraphy landscape.