What periods can ancient travel and tourism in China be divided into? What are the characteristics of each period?

The development of ancient travel and tourism history in China can be roughly divided into two periods, namely, the period of myths and legends and the period of historical belief.

1. Myths and legends in the period of myths and legends cannot be completely believed in history. Although there are essential differences between ancient people's tourism for survival or other reasons and modern tourism, it still opens the title page of the history of Chinese tourism.

2. The periods of trust in history can be divided into Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, Qin and Han Dynasties, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui and Tang Dynasties, Song and Yuan Dynasties and Ming and Qing Dynasties. (1) During the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, the main types of tourism were royal cruises, political trips and business trips. (2) Qin and Han Dynasties: Adventure travel, academic investigation and meditation activities expanded the field of tourism activities in this period and deepened the understanding of natural landscape. Improve the ability to evaluate society. ⑶ Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties: It is of special significance to the rise of China's landscape poems, travel notes and other tourism literature creations and the tourism history of China. ⑶ Sui and Tang Dynasties: Literati roaming became the norm and religious travel prevailed. Active international tourism and the prosperity of tourism literature creation are the tourism characteristics of this period. (5) During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, tourism literature and tourism theory had a greater development than in the Tang Dynasty. (6) During the Ming and Qing Dynasties (before the Opium War), more attention was paid to the appreciation of natural scenery and the summary of tourism experience than during the Tang and Song Dynasties. Especially in the Ming Dynasty, domestic study tours were extremely prosperous and academic works made extraordinary achievements.