影响晚清西方来华传教士宗教旅游的因素分析

本文从旅游的视角,认为西方来华传教士的活动是一种宗教旅游活动,论文选取西方传教士大规模进入我国的晚清时期作为研究时段,根据旅游系统三体论的思路,对晚清西方来华传教士宗教旅游的影响因素进行系统分析,研究结论表明:影响晚清西方来华传教士宗教旅游的主要因素有三个。其一是西方传教士旅游客源地的文化和经济因素;其二是中国作为西方传教士旅游目的地的政治开放、宗教政策以及安全保障因素;其三是西方传教士从其客源地到中国旅游目的地之间及其内部的交通因素。

ANALYSIS OF FACTORS INFLUENCING TOURIST ACTIVITIES OF THE VISITING MISSIONARIES FROM WESTERN COUNTRIES IN THE LATE QING DYNASTY

Research in China for the visiting missionaries from western countries mostly focuses on areas such as history,culture and education,religious cases and social influences,etc.There has not been any document which fully recorded this special historical phenomenon.With the rapid development of tourism,to review this historical phenomenon from the perspective of travel is significant.In this article,activities of visiting missionaries from western countries were considered as religious.Factors influencing visiting missionaries from western countries in the late Qing Dynasty were systematically analyzed by choosing the late Qing Dynasty as the time segment when ingression of visiting missionaries was massive,and by making good use of the three-component tourism system.The research results showed that there were three main factors working on activities of visiting missionaries: First is the cultural and economic factors of those countries where visiting missionaries came from;second is the political and religious policies,plus security measures in the tourist destination;and the third is transportation.All these factors played a positive role in affecting the activities of visiting missionaries from western countries.