| This dissertation addresses the impact of tourism from a discursive perspective with reference to a case study of the text as Najiahu village. It intends to undertake an analysis of the multiple meanings of Najiahu village through the methods of critical discourse analysis and genealogy. First, the text of Famous Tourism City of Hui Culture Beyond the Frontier (FTCHCBF) is explored based on an approach of discourse analysis, which functions as the sole meaning during the tourism development in the case site of Najiahu village. Since the conceptual meaning constitutes a knowledge, which marginalizes and mutes the alternative meanings during the tourism development, a more comprehensive understanding of the discursive practice is allowed. So, with a critical discourse analysis of FTCHCBF as a premise, not only the discourse of FTCHCBF is revealed to be one of the contingencies and imagination of Najiahu village, but also the individuality and difference of the detailed muted meanings are stressed from a genealogical perspective next. Consequently, applying a writing style of chun qiu bi fa, the diverse interpretations of the text as Najiahu village such as si fang xing zhai zi, shang si, nie ma zi, ba bao cha and so on are approached as culturally shaped discursive practice, and the characteristics of similarity, continuity, hybridity and even contradiction of the text's meanings is expounded. This study pays much attention to the conceptualizations of discourse, representation, text, and meaning ambiguity. A conclusion is drawn finally that Najiahu village is an unrepresentable space. It is hoped that in order to develop a multifaceted understanding of Najiahu village, openness for alternative meanings and a dialogue between each other should be created to encourage the tolerance of cultural differences, and this study can offer some inspirations to the tourism development in the villages like Najiahu village, and has more significant influence on it.
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