I graduated from my senior year, and my thesis is entitled "The influence of religious culture on tourism". Where should I start?

/kloc-In the world society 0/000 years ago, which religion you chose was also the choice of its lifestyle. Religion at that time was of great significance to mankind and rich in connotation. Now the influence of religion on human beings is not so great, and now it seems to be an accessory to life. Especially in China, a country that has never formed a sacrificial class, it has become a pastime with almost no practical significance. This paper mainly discusses the influence of tourism on religious culture.

What is religion? Religion is a social ideology and an illusory reflection of the objective world, which requires people to believe in God, Shinto, elves, karma and so on. And pin their hopes on the so-called heaven or the afterlife. According to 1996 incomplete statistics, religious believers in the world account for about four fifths of the world population. Among them, the number of followers of the three major religions in the world is: Christians10.955 billion, accounting for 33.7% of the world population; Muslims165438+27 million, accounting for19.4% of the world population; Buddhists account for 3 1 1 billion, accounting for 6% of the world population. Other traditional religions have the largest number of followers: 793 million Hindus; Jews 13858000; There are about170,000 Sikhs. In addition, there are 654.38+23 million followers of various emerging religions.

According to the latest statistics, it is estimated that by 20001year, the world population will be 6 1.28 billion, including 2.024 billion Christians, 0.21.30 billion Muslims, 363 million Buddhists, 823 million Hindus and 0.23 million Jews.

What is tourism? Tourism is both an economic phenomenon and a social and cultural phenomenon. Modern tourism is a large-scale exchange of various cultures. The development of tourism, the exploitation and utilization of tourism resources and the development of new tourism markets have attracted more guests to visit, make pilgrimages and engage in academic exchanges, which is conducive to the spread, exchange and development of religious culture, and also plays a role in the protection and restoration of religious cultural relics and historic sites.

To develop tourism, we must vigorously develop tourism resources, among which protecting and developing religious cultural heritage is an important task in the past and the future. Since the reform and opening up, with the implementation of the party's religious policy and the promulgation and implementation of laws and regulations on cultural relics protection, many religious cultural relics have been repaired and maintained. For example, chengde mountain resort and Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes are all protected by the state; Bamboo Temple in Yunnan, Waiba Temple in Chengde and Tanzhe Temple in Beijing have also been repaired. Quanzhou, known as the "Museum of World Religions", is also listed as the first batch of 24 famous historical and cultural cities in China. Many religious organizations in Quanzhou have resumed their activities, religious and cultural heritage has been sorted out and disseminated, and cultural relics and historic sites have also been protected and repaired, reappearing their former style. Due to the implementation of the relevant policies of the party and the people's government, many religious cultural relics that are on the verge of disappearing or in disrepair have been protected and restored, and have played a new role. The development of tourism also urgently needs to protect and develop religious relics and restore religion. Cultural heritages such as temples and palaces allow visitors to be immersed in the scene, appreciate the culture and art of various religions, increase their religious knowledge, and inherit and spread religion, a traditional human culture. With the arrival of various overseas religious tour groups, it provides many opportunities for Chinese and foreign religious figures to strengthen contact and exchange, and creates favorable conditions for the spread of religious culture and academic research. In addition, with the increase of believers and tourists, many people donate money, which provides a lot of money for the protection and maintenance of religious cultural relics.

Of course, the development of tourism has both positive and negative effects on religious culture. The increase in the number of tourists has brought some man-made destruction and environmental pollution, such as tourists doodling, throwing things and making loud noises in religious tourist areas, which has destroyed the unique quiet and extraordinary atmosphere of religious scenic spots. The uncivilized behavior of tourists will also cause some damage to religious cultural relics and historic sites. For example, in the peak season of Mount Emei Jinding, 198l, tourists swarmed, and some young people scrambled to split the bed board and pull straw mats to keep warm; There are no jobs left in the canteen. Within three days, the Jinding family alone caused a direct loss of 10,000 yuan. The fire caused by tourists burned Emei Jinding with torches. Another example is the Dunhuang murals in famous Buddhist grottoes at home and abroad. Due to the large increase in the number of people, the chemical action of tourists' breath and sweat caused a lot of peeling and serious losses.

It can be seen that the development of tourism has both positive and negative effects on the inheritance of religious culture. How to prevent and eliminate these unfavorable things is a problem that we must pay attention to and solve. Some religious sites have formulated corresponding protection regulations, such as prohibiting littering and graffiti in religious tourist areas; Visitors are prohibited from barbecues, picnics and cutting down trees; It is forbidden to set off firecrackers and fireworks; It is forbidden to shoot religious sculptures and murals; Limiting the number of tourists and so on has played a very good role. In short, we can't "protect" tourism, but "lose" religious and cultural heritage.

The development of tourism promotes the inheritance, dissemination, exchange and research of religious culture. Tourism activities are a manifestation of the improvement of people's demand level, which can meet people's demand for knowledge. Through tourism, people can increase their religious and cultural knowledge, cultivate their temperament and cultivate their hearts. People who visit religious places of interest generally have a high level of education, not only ordinary tourists, but also pilgrims, religious believers, experts and scholars. Therefore, the development of tourism activities is also an important way for people to spread understanding, explore and study religious culture. For example, in ancient times, monks from Jian Zhen went to Japan to spread Buddhism. In the Ming Dynasty, Matteo Ricci, a foreign missionary, came to China to spread Christianity. Modern tourism is a bridge to communicate various religious and cultural exchanges and research. For example, among the tourists coming to China, there are a large number of religious believers, pilgrims and experts and scholars; Some even formed religious and cultural investigation groups, as well as international travel agencies specializing in religious tourism. 199 1 At the beginning of the year, UNESCO's "China and the Maritime Silk Road" inspection activities put forward the requirements of religious attractions inspection and academic exchanges everywhere; At the same time, it also brought the latest international religious and cultural information. Through sightseeing, investigation, discussion and other activities, the exchange and research of religious culture in various countries and regions have been promoted.

Furthermore, with the development of tourism activities, some religious festivals, ceremonies, objects, religious rules, music, food and so on have gradually spread and become familiar and accepted by people. Of course, the development of tourism also has some influence on religious culture. For example, some religious rules and rituals have gradually lost their mystery and characteristics, and some have even become purely commercial and recreational activities.

Finally, the development of religious cultural heritage not only rescues and inherits human traditional culture, but also opens up humanistic tourism landscape. It should be noted that if the protection and maintenance of religious cultural relics and historical sites are not combined with the development of tourism activities, they will only "preserve" religious cultural relics and "lose" tourism. Religious culture and "national treasure" will not create new wealth and play their due role for the country, and religious culture itself will not be widely spread and exchanged. Successful practical experience at home and abroad proves that the inheritance, protection and dissemination of religious culture can not be separated from the development of tourism, and the development of tourism also depends on the precious resource of religious cultural heritage. For example, the Buddhist temples in Lhasa, Tibet and Xining, Qinghai are rare in scale and of high value. However, due to the climate and traffic restrictions on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, it is difficult for tourists to enter and leave in large numbers and appreciate the unique features of Tibetan Buddhism. Another example is Quanzhou, the "Museum of World Religions", which has a complete range of religions, which is also rare in China. Buddhism has the greatest influence and is known as the "all-South Buddhist country". Jing Qing Temple, the oldest Islamic temple in China, is preserved. Cao An, the unique holy land of Manichaeism in the world; It is listed as the national key cultural relics protection unit and the largest existing Taoist stone carving in China-Laojunyan; In addition, there are precious cultural relics of Hinduism and Brahmanism. These rich religious and cultural heritages make Quanzhou listed as the first batch of 24 famous historical and cultural cities in China by the State Council. For more than ten years, Quanzhou has developed these resources and tourism, making it a pillar industry of the local economy, which not only attracted a large number of Chinese and foreign tourists, but also attracted the interest of many religious believers and experts and scholars, thus promoting the exchanges and research on religious culture between Quanzhou and the outside world. For example, in recent years, the International Symposium on "China and the Maritime Silk Road" and the investigation of religious sites in Quanzhou, the South Shaolin Wushu Festival in Quanzhou, China, and the Symposium on Islamic Culture and Quanzhou have been held successively, which not only facilitated the spread, exchange and research of religious culture, but also attracted a large number of tourists at home and abroad and promoted the development of local tourism. In a word, the relationship between religious culture and tourism is close. They combine with each other, influence each other, interact with each other, complement each other and develop together.

Religion may have less and less influence on the future world, on the contrary, other things will have more and more influence on it. Maybe religion is just the product of the development of human science and technology to a certain stage. I hope that religion will not completely become an accessory to tourism or other things in the future.