What is the origin of tourism?

The pioneers of tourism were merchants, and the first people to travel were the Phoenicians, a sea people. Travel as a social behavior has existed since ancient times. China is one of the ancient civilizations in the world. The rise of travel activities is also at the forefront of the world. China has it as early as the 22nd century BC. The most typical traveler at that time was probably Dayu. He visited great rivers and mountains in order to dredge the eighteen rivers in Jiujiang. After that, there were Laozi and Confucius during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. I preached and rode a green ox to the west. Confucius traveled around the world giving lectures. During the Han Dynasty, Zhang Qian was sent as an envoy to the Western Regions, reaching as far away as Persia, present-day Iran and Syria. During the Tang Dynasty, Xuanzang went to India for Buddhist scriptures. During the Ming Dynasty, Zheng He made seven voyages to the Western Ocean, reaching as far as the coast of East Africa. The great traveler Xu Xiake also wrote a travelogue. The concept of "tourism" in ancient China dates back to the Yin and Zhou dynasties, and people had begun to pay attention to the types of travel. The Yin and Zhou people used to use the word "lv" to refer specifically to the most active type of travel at that time - business travel. In the "Book of Changes", a hexagram that specifically talks about traveling merchants is called the "Lv" hexagram.

The reason why the word "brigade" is used for business travel is that firstly, "brigade" originally means walking, and secondly, "brigade" is often used as "Lu" by the ancients, which is connected with the word "Lu". The word "tour" became the symbol of commercial tourism at that time. Where is the origin of Chinese tourism literature? Opinions vary. For example, when Mr. Zhou Zhenfu studied the origin of travel notes, he believed that landscape travel notes originated from the "Book of Mountains and Seas" recorded during the Warring States Period; Mr. Men Ligong believed that the origin of landscape travel notes was in "Chu Ci" and "Han Fu"; Mr. Zheng Guoquan believed that the origin of landscape travel notes was in "Chu Ci" and "Han Fu" The origin of landscape travel notes can be traced back to the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties; some scholars believe that the "Fengchan Yiji" written by Ma Dibo of the Later Han Dynasty, in which Emperor Guang of the Han Dynasty granted the title of Mount Tai, is the earliest landscape travel note.