| Religion is an important source and also part of human culture, influencing the development of human culture to a significant extent. Religious culture has profound impacts on human society and has been combined with tourism for a long time. Religious tourist resources play an important role in t(?)urist exploration. It is necessary to explore historic and cultural resources in developing tourism. This is true of a tourist spot and also of a city. The exploration of religious tourist resources on a deep level is an important part of promoting the tourist culture of a city.The city of Weifang is a model city of folk tourism and also rich in religious cultural resources. On the vast and fertile soil of Weifang, religious culture has not only got prosperously developed in the fields of philosophy, sociology, literature, ethics, and science, but also been fully exhibited in splendid historic and cultural relics and rich literature. The development of the religious cultural resources of Weifang is aimed at exploring, protecting and making use of the present religious cultural resources, increasing the cultural connotation in the tourist development, and expanding the tourism of Weifang.On the basis of the present situation of the religious cultural resources of Weifang, this thesis endows tourist exploration with the idea of promoting culture, innovation, and development, and puts forward some actable conceptions of tourist exploration, fumbling on the way to success in developing the local tourism. The value of the research lies in more than one aspect. First, the religious cultural resources of Weifang are systematized in a fairly overall way, which can be helpful in exploring, protecting, and making use of these resources. Second, this thesis summarizes the series of characteristics of the religious cultural resources of Weifang and advances original ideas. Third, the thesis expounds some referential conceptions in developing the religious cultural resources of Weifang.The thesis is composed by three parts. The theoretical Chapter One specifies related definitions and relationships, and discusses the present situation in the research of the religious cultural resources of Weifang. Chapter Two focuses on the religious cultural resources of Weifang, containing an overall investigation and study of the resources, the history and location of the resources, a summary of the characteristics of the resources, and an evaluation of them. Chapter Three is about the exploration of the religious cultural resources of Weifang, combining them with tourist development, discussing the significance and advantages of developing tourism through making use of the resources, and raising relevant principles and conceptions. The protection and exploration of the religious cultural resources of Weifang can not only enrich the tourist activities and strengthen the cultural connotation of the local tourism but also will contribute to the image of Weifang substantially. |