Why is it said that China’s tourism was formed in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties?

The Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties were a dynasty full of possibilities, breaking through the shackles and shackles of ideas. Once ideas changed, political turmoil and social changes would follow. The root cause A slight deviation on the surface has the effect of affecting the whole body. The craze of tourism first arose in this dynasty.

An important reason for the popularity of tourism during the Wei and Jin Dynasties was that high-ranking officials in the upper class began to love traveling. The emperor held various activities such as sacrifices, parades, and hunting every year. The time and location of these activities and other matters They are all arranged by officials from the scholar-bureaucrat class, so they have abundant financial resources to travel. During this period, most of the people who were obsessed with traveling were monks, hermits, scholars and scholar-bureaucrats, because the introduction of Buddhism at this time had already had a profound impact. They traveled long distances, looking for secluded mountains and forests, and practiced the Taoist bones of immortality. The situation was formed that "there are many famous mountain monks in the world". Buddhism advocates that only in the quiet and quiet nature can one shed away the worldly world, concentrate on practice, and become the path to enlightenment. people.

Political turmoil caused a decadent national destiny, and it became common for the masses to follow high-ranking officials and other people on sightseeing tours, cultivating their sentiments and exchanging emotions in famous mountains and rivers. Many literary works of this period have been circulated in the world. Many literati have been remembered for centuries because of these works, such as the "Seven Scholars of Jian'an" during the Jian'an period, the "Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove" during the Cao Wei period, Wang Yan of the Western Jin Dynasty, and many literary talents such as Tao Yuanming, Wang Xizhi, Xie Lingyun, etc. who loved to retreat to the mountains and forests and travel around the mountains and rivers. , most of their works describe the great rivers and mountains of the motherland and the magnificent natural splendor.

The earliest detailed travel guides appeared during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and were further developed in the Tang Dynasty. At this time, the guides were already very satisfactory. In terms of guides, Not only are there routes to be passed along the way, but the addresses of places of interest and scenic spots nearby are also carefully marked. At the same time, the price and comfort of inns and ancient roads near the scenery are also marked in detail, so that people can take a look. You can see clearly, which greatly facilitates people’s travel! The emergence of these related and considerate configurations suddenly caused the ancient tourism market to flourish!