Sichuan Yunnan Image In The Travel Writings By Foreigners In The 19th &20th Century

At the end of nineteenth Century and the beginning of the twentieth Century,the world's major capitalist countries have been transferred to the imperialist stage,thus intensifying the competition for overseas markets.The same period,China's overall strength further decline,Western powers immediately set off a frenzy.and turned to Sichuan Yunnan area,.Therefore,many Westerners have entered the identity of Sichuan Yunnan travel,exploration and study,and left a lot of works on political economic cultural and other comprehensive information on the local detail records,these data both in today's history research,national exchanges,or has an important reference value to the cultural exchange and Chinese ethnic self-awareness.Therefore,it is of great significance to explore the images of Sichuan and Yunnan in the writings by foreigners,It not only helps to understand the real situation of Sichuan and Yunnan society at that time,but also provide a useful reference for the development and image shaping of Sichuan and Yunnan today.This paper selects this period in Sichuan Yunnan area detailed descriptions of the picture writings in British Morrison's "China style",the French Henry Orlean's "travels in Yunnan" and the Japanese Exploration of Yamakawa Havasui's "basu" as the analysis text,Comprehensive use of historical analysis,comparative research and other research methods,through the analysis of the reduction in their eyes historical scenes,probe into their position of understanding the society of Sichuan and Yunnan,and comments on the image of Sichuan and Yunnan in their eyes.Then,explore the impact of the Sichuan Yunnan image depicts the turn of the century,foreigners from multiple perspectives and enlightenment,on the one hand,this has its own characteristics,between foreigners in writing at the same time,compared with the related description of China domestic,and obvious characteristics.On the other hand,Analyzing the description of the image of Sichuan and Yunnan by foreigners,Pointed out that it has positive significance,but also has negative influence.Finally,the Sichuan Yunnan image is a part of China image,when foreigners on the Sichuan Yunnan image depicts important contemporary value in many aspects,and a profound revelation,these provide a useful historical reference for today's the Sichuan Yunnan region the whole Chinese set up in the" The Belt and Road"economic construction with a good image.