Researching The Tales Of Legend About Yellow Emperor In The Central Plains Of China And The Value Of Tourism

This dissertation analyzes the property of value in the tales of legend about Yellow Emperor in the central plains of china and the tourism resource from different angles based on absorbing and learning from previous studies. And this article starts form the achievements and tales of legend of Yellow Emperor recorded in classical literature and folk legend, comprehensively utilizing research methods in studies of history literature, anthropology, folklore, archeology and tourism science.The first part of this article defines the"the central plains of china". This part adopts a narrow definition which means Henan Xinzheng and its surrounding regions relevant with the tales of legend about Yellow Emperor. After that, this part introduces research methods of this essay and the meanings of researching the tales of legend about Yellow Emperor in the central plains of china.The second part of the essay analyses the original and signification of the name of Yellow Emperor. It considers that the name of Yellow Emperor is relevant with the residential region of Yellow Emperor, the worshiping to valley and objects of ancient people and the theory of Yinyang Wuxing and he is a specific figure and the majestic symbol of clan group. This article demonstrates that Yellow Emperor lived in Xuanyuan and established a capital in Youxiong through huge documents and this argument provides basis for the study of legends about Yellow Emperor in the central plains of china.The third part of this essay record the change of the image of Yellow Emperor and the development of relevant sacrifice form through documents of dynasties. It also indicates that the culture of Yellow Emperor has not stopped in history. Then it searches some great achievements of Yellow Emperor in his era through utilizing the tales of Yellow Emperor. In the stage when Yellow Emperor established a capital in Youxiong, the center of culture of Yellow Emperor was in Henan and had relationships with Yangshao culture of the centre of Henan. This part also demonstrates that Yellow Emperor initiates the new era of politics, material and spiritual civilization for the people in the central plains of China through studying the excavation of Yangshao culture and the folklore of Xinzheng and other relevant regions.The forth part of this article discusses the tourism value of the legends of Yellow Emperor in the central plains of China. This Part analyses the tourism with regard to the culture of Yellow Emperor in the central plains of China through the"SWOT"method. It analyses the outside and inside advantages of Xinzheng, the native land of Yellow Emperor, after that, this part provides suggestions for the tourism of Yellow Culture. And these suggestions could provide contributions for publicizing the brand of culture tourism and achieving the rise of Henan Province.