What are the characteristics and values of religious tourist attractions?

Religion is a historical phenomenon that human society has developed to a certain stage. For thousands of years, religion has been everywhere, profoundly affecting all aspects of mankind. As an important chapter of human civilization, religion contains many elements such as philosophy, culture, art, law and morality. In the cultural landscape of architecture, settlements and costumes, it presents a unique style. As a manifestation of cultural phenomenon, religious landscape is closely related to tourism and is an important tourism resource. Different regions and different kinds of religions have formed their own unique religious landscapes, leaving valuable resources for tourism development.

According to its existing forms, religious landscapes can be divided into the following types: temples, grottoes, towers, statues, buildings, scriptures and stone carvings, tombs and their ancillary buildings. Among them, caves, tombs and their ancillary buildings are the largest, and Buddhist temples, Taoist temples and pagodas are the largest in China. Among the published four batches of "National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units", there are 34 "Grottoes" and about 140 Buddhist temples. Statues, classic buildings and stone carvings are also listed as key cultural relics protection units as independent landscapes.

Judging from the quality of religious landscape, religious landscape also has quite high tourism value. Historically, in order to promote the development of religion, religious forces have tried their best to apply exquisite artistic skills to sacred undertakings and add artistic brilliance to the sacred aura. Sculpture and painting create a solemn and kind image for God, and provide worshippers with objects to worship. Music, dance and poetry inject the spirit and emotion of love, care and saving mankind into the gods. This kind of material and intangible cultural landscape, through images, vocal music, poetry, modeling and other emotional forms, strengthens people's religious psychology and feelings, attracts more believers and promotes the development of religion. Because of this, religious landscapes are usually highly artistic and attractive to tourists. "The mountain is not high, the fairy is not famous, the water is not deep, and the dragon is in the spirit." Based on this idea, most Taoist temples are built in beautiful mountains and rivers. The mountains and temples complement each other and bring out the best in each other, and religious feelings are perfectly interpreted. Therefore, from the natural environment, religious landscape also has high tourism value. In addition to these material advantages, religious landscape also has rich tourism development value in the spiritual level. To understand religion in a broad sense, religion can be regarded as a philosophical thought, and they have their own unique world outlook, methodology and epistemology, that is, their religious teachings. There is no doubt that these teachings have a great influence on people's behavior view in a specific era, and religious teachings also contain such profound religious believers' thinking about life and the world, which is a huge spiritual wealth. At the same time, Buddhism's persuasion of goodness, Taoism's childlike innocence and righteousness will also have a positive impact on modern human beings. In addition, religion also has the function of spiritual sustenance and encouragement, so tourists can properly understand the traditional religious concepts and completely relax their tired hearts while enjoying the religious architectural landscape. From a spiritual perspective, religious landscapes are also very attractive to tourists. From the above analysis, there are many religious landscapes with many fine products, which have the potential for large-scale development; At the same time, these landscapes have both natural and human landscapes, which are very attractive to tourists and have development value.