Chinese Tourism Culture

Author: Song Caiyi
Publisher: Henan University Press
Brief Introduction:
With the development of China's tourism industry, people have placed higher and more stringent demands on tourism knowledge. However, up to now, there have been relatively few scholarly works on Chinese tourism culture. Despite various reasons, it is undeniable that to a large extent, it is the profound and vast Chinese tourism culture that has consistently driven and will continue to drive the development of China's tourism industry. Therefore, there is no reason, nor is it permissible, for this phenomenon to persist. This book represents an attempt to address this.
Based on a comprehensive review of existing research on Chinese tourism culture, we have put forward our own perspectives: First, we believe that traditional Chinese culture is the foundation of Chinese tourism culture. Chinese tourism culture is an important component of traditional Chinese culture, and without traditional culture, there can be no tourism culture. Conversely, Chinese tourism culture has its own unique content and development trajectory and cannot be equated with traditional Chinese culture. The process of development and growth of Chinese tourism culture is also the process of traditional Chinese culture becoming more diverse and rich. Second, the content of Chinese tourism culture can be broadly divided into several major parts, including tourism literature, cuisine, religion, folklore, architecture, art, and leisure. Among these, tourism literature is an independent and self-contained part of Chinese tourism culture, and it is the most developed and mature within the entire system. The close relationship between cuisine, religion, folklore, architecture, and art with tourism activities often makes it difficult to determine which aspects should be treated as part of tourism culture and which should be considered pure traditional culture. For this reason, we approach the issue from the perspective most closely related to tourism, striving to define the content of Chinese tourism culture in a way that neither deviates from the fundamental essence of traditional Chinese culture nor fails to reflect the existence of this cultural form.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 General Overview
Section 1 Tourism, Cultural Tourism, and Tourism Culture
Section 2 The Content and Characteristics of Chinese Tourism Culture
Section 3 The Guiding Principles and Practical Significance of Studying Chinese Tourism Culture
Section 4 The Development Direction of Chinese Tourism Culture
Chapter 2 Tourism Literature
Section 1 Travelogues
Section 2 Poems on Travel
Section 3 Legends and Myths of Famous Scenic Spots
Section 4 Inscriptions and couplets
Chapter 3 Tourism Cuisine Culture
Section 1 The Relationship Between Cuisine and Tourism
Section 2 Chinese Food Culture
Section 3 Chinese Alcohol Culture
Section 4 Chinese Tea Culture
Chapter 4 Religious Tourism Culture
Section 1 The Relationship Between Religion and Tourism
Section 2 Confucianism
Section 3 Taoism
Section 4 Buddhism
Section 5 Christianity
Section 6 Islam
Chapter 5 Folk Custom Tourism Culture
Section 1 The Relationship Between Folk Customs and Tourism
Section 2 Folk Customs of the Han Nationality
Section 3 Folk Customs of Ethnic Minorities
Chapter 6 Tourism Architecture Culture
Section 1 The Relationship Between Architecture and Tourism
Section 2 Landscape Architecture
Section 3 Palace Architecture
Section 4 Ancient Engineering Architecture
Section 5 Religious Architecture
Section 6 Mausoleum Architecture
Chapter 7 Tourism Leisure Culture
Section 1 The Relationship Between Tourism and Leisure Culture
Section 2 Scholarly Leisure Culture
Section 3 Mass Leisure Culture
Chapter 8 Tourism Artifacts
Section 1 The Relationship Between Art and Tourism
Section 2 Chinese Painting
Section 3 New Year Pictures
Section 4 Chinese Sculpture
Section 5 Craftworks
Section 6 Gold, Silver, and Bronze Ware
Postscript