Travel culture in eastern jin China (317-420 AD): The emergence of a travel culture of landscape appreciation

Libo Yan; Bob McKercher

doi:10.1016/j.annals.2013.03.007

Travel culture in eastern jin China (317-420 AD): The emergence of a travel culture of landscape appreciation

Libo Yan, Bob McKercher

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Abstract

Leisure travel has a long history in imperial China that was oriented primarily around landscape encounters. This history is largely unknown in the West. This paper illustrates how the Chinese travel culture of landscape appreciation emerged in the Eastern Jin Dynasty period (AD 317-420), an era often referred to as China's Dark Ages, through an analysis of travel writings and biographies of literati written during that period.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	20-36
Number of pages	17
Journal	Annals of Tourism Research
Volume	43
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annals.2013.03.007
Publication status	Published - Oct 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Eastern Jin China
Landscape appreciation
Tourism history
Travel culture

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