Zhuang Xueben’s Research On Photography Tourism In Sichuan,gansu And Qinghai Ethnic Areas(1934-1942)

Zhuang Xueben,a pioneer of Chinese video anthropology,a master of documentary photography,is a famous photographer and ethnologist in China.In the nearly ten years from 1934 to 1942,he traveled all over Sichuan,Gansu,Qinghai and other provinces of various ethnic groups,took more than 10,000 photos,wrote nearly one million words of investigation reports,travel notes and diaries,forming the "Qiang" Rong Investigation Records,Qinghai Native Culture and Its Geographical Distribution,Danba Investigation Report,Kangzang Folk Story,Xikang Yi ethnic group Investigation Report,etc.The photos and texts in these works reflect the In the 1930 s and 1940 s,the ethnic scenery,folk customs and unique social structure of the Sichuan-Gansu-Qingdao ethnic area provided valuable information for the study of the local tourism culture at that time.Based on Zhuang Xueben’s writings,this paper,combined with the relevant materials of the same period,makes a new analysis of Zhuang Xueben’s works from the perspective of tourism culture,aiming to find out the tourism culture phenomenon and deep-level cultural connotation contained in it,so as to guide The development of cultural tourism industry in today’s ethnic areas.This article is divided into six parts.The introduction part sorts out and evaluates important researches on tourism culture,tourism in the Republic of China,and Zhuang Xueben,and discusses the necessity and importance of researching the tourism activities of Zhuang Xueben in Sichuan,Gansu and Qinghai ethnic areas during the Republic of China.Chapters 1 to 4 are the main text.The first chapter starts from the background of Zhuang Xueben’s photography travel,and analyzes Zhuang Xueben’s choice of photography travel as a travel method and his choice of Sichuan,Gansu and Qinghai ethnic areas as travel from the perspectives of travel,times,photography,and individuals.the reason for the destination.The second chapter summarizes what Zhuang Xueben has seen and heard in the past ten years from the perspectives of tourism subject culture,tourism object culture and tourism mediator culture.Cultural resources have a more intuitive and clear understanding.The third chapter analyzes Zhuang Xueben’s behavior and works during his photographic travels,and concludes that he has three identities,namely,a photographic tourist,an ethnic identity person,and an ethnic anthropologist during his photographic travels.Focus,but what has remained constant is his patriotism.The last chapter analyzes the contemporary value of Zhuang Xueben’s photographic and written materials on the basis of the previous article: the value of ethnic cultural historical materials,the value of ethnic cultural exhibition,the value of ethnic cultural protection,and the value of ethnic cultural tourism development,in order to provide inspiration in the corresponding field with help.The last part is the conclusion,which summarizes the research results of this paper.At present,the relevant academic research on the tourism culture of Sichuan,Gansu and Qinghai ethnic areas is relatively weak and not deep enough.There is still a lack of systematic and in-depth thinking on how to excavate,organize,protect and utilize the tourism cultural resources in ethnic areas and develop the tourism industry in ethnic areas.From 1934 to 1942,Zhuang Xueben visited the Sichuan-Gansu-Qingdao ethnic area on a photographic trip.The photos and texts he left behind are important materials for the development of the cultural tourism industry in the ethnic areas.Zhuang Xueben’s photographic travels were sorted out and studied,in order to provide theoretical and practical support for the protection and development of tourism cultural resources in Sichuan,Gansu and Qinghai ethnic areas.