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Analysis Of The Ming And Qing Dynasties Taishan Tourism Activities

Posted on:2007-03-25Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X FengFull Text:PDF
GTID:2205360182993216Subject:History of Ancient China
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Mount Tai is the famous and saint mountain of our country form of old because of its special geography and special cultural content, since time immemorial, until modern, go to emperor and prime minister up, descend to go to civilian and common people, the tour and the activity have been going on continually. Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty is a special period of the tour-activity of Mount Tai. This text is on the foundation of looking back the tour-activities of Mount Tai before Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty, begin with the tour-activities of Mount Tai of the emperor, the esquire and the civilian in Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty, analyze the content of their activities, sum up the characteristic of their activities, and discuss the economic influence to the local by their activities.The emperor's fete is the main tour-activity of Mount Tai before Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty, after Tang Dynasty, more and more esquires tour Mount Tai. Before Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty, on the one hand, the tour-activities of the emperor and the esquire left a great deal of historic relics by their activities in Mount Tai, such as inscriptions, architectures, poesies and tales, etc., on the other hand, these historic relics draw on more person of the future generations to go to view, so that enriched the tour-activity of Mount Tai.In Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty, the tour-activity of the emperor, the esquire and the civilian becomes the main body of the tour-activity of Mount Tai. The main intention of the tour-activity of the emperor of Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty is to sacrifice the jinn of the Mount Tai to protect his empery, and then, they will view the scenery, research the custom, hunt the animals, and go to pilgrimage the"bi xia yuan jun" which is very miraculous according to the legend at the temple of the "bi xia yuan jun" at that time, so the emperors become the pilgrim of the name matches the reality. The tour-activity of the emperor embodies the characteristics of the political-tour. The tour-activities of theesquire mainly are to appreciate the scenery, write poems and inscriptions, and compose travel notes to express their idea of praise and personal thoughts. Besides, The esquire will also to sacrifice the jinn of the Mount Tai and pilgrimage the " bi xia yuan jun " to express their feeling that they concern for the country and love the people. The tour-activity of the esquire embodies the characteristics of the cultural-tour. The main intention of the civilian to tour the Mount Tai is to go to pilgrimage the "bi xia yuan jun" at the temple of the "bi xia yuan jun" on the top of the Mount Tai, but because of excess superstition of "bi xia yuan jun" , some civilian dies on the Mount Tai for blessedness of eternity or praying above the weather for their family, although the government has been forbid did not succeed. Besides, it is an other important content of the tour-activities of the civilian that to play on the temple fair in the city of Tai-an at the foot of the Mount Tai. The tour-activity of the civilian embodies the characteristics of the folk-custom-tour.In Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty, the tour-activity of the emperor, the esquire, and the civilian to Tai-an of politics and economy produced the important influence. First is to collect tax towards the pilgrim that go on pilgrimage which calls " xiang shui" . " xiang shui" starts collect in the eleventh year of the emperor "Zhengde" of Ming Dynasty (1517) , canceling in the thirteenth year of the emperor " Yongzheng" of Qing Dynasty (1736), in the 220 years that the "xiang shui" exist, it all developed the huge function on constructing in Shan-dong, lightening the burden of the people of Shan-dong, increasing the national public finance and revenue, etc.. Second is to tremendous catalyze the development of the economy in the city and the country of Tai-an. The flourishing economy, plus the superior geography, which make the political importance of Tai-an highlighted increasingly, in the thirteenth year of the emperor "Yongzheng" , Tai-an is raised its administration class from "Zhou" to "Fu" and becomes the politics, economy, and culture center of the middle area or Province Shandong. The last one, when emperors of the Ming Dynasty andQing Dynasty tours the Mount Tai, the tax-free policy that they adopt also brings about certain influence on the economy of the region.In a word, Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty is a especially important period of the tour-activity of Mount Tai, the main body of the tour-activity of Mount Tai is abroad, the content of the tour-activity of Mount Tai is richness, and it produced important influence on the region on political and economy.
Keywords/Search Tags:Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty, Mount Tai, Tour, Activity, Economy
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