Abstract：Based on sampling survey with 1 300 rural residents in Liuyang city, Huarong county, Xinling county, Fenghuang county and Zixing city of Hunan province from April to August, 2001, the paper makes a detailed analysis of the leisure feature, quantity and quality of recreation.The article puts forward some rules of rural residents' recreation and leisure.
In Hunan province, the leisure feature is relatively concentrated in a year, but there is less difference in different regions. Most leisure concentrates during the Spring Festival, including 40.7 per cent residents.The second more leisure time concentrates on the period before spring ploughing, which may include 20.2 per cent residents. The uniform degree of leisure feature is positive related to economy level and source of income in every region.
Although the style of leisure is relative rich in rural of Hunan province, the quality of recreation is lower and the content of recreation is insipidness. Most people spend their leisure in watching TV and playing cards and playing mah-jonggs. The rate of watching TV is 62.9 per cent, and the rate of playing cards and mah-jonggs is 23.1 per cent. The rate of taking part in the outdoor leisure is positive related to local economy and open degree. In Zixing city and Huarong county, the richer regions, people spend more leisure in joining outdoor recreation and reading new spaper and books or magazines than the other regions. In Liuyang city, near Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, mo re people take part in amusements and learning. It shows that the motive of learning is much related to personal factors. For example, age is a major factor that affects rural residents' desire of learning. The rate of join in learning in the young is much more than the middle-aged and the old. And the leisure style of the middle-aged is relatively concentrated and single. With the development of tourism, tourism has been brought about in rural residents' recreation, and become a important leisure style. With the sustainable development of economy in China, the recreation of rural residents will play an important role in developing Leisure-economy in the future.
郑群明, 贺小荣, 陈耿. 农村居民闲暇生活特征研究——以湖南省为例[J]. 人文地理, 2004, 19(1): 17-21.
ZHENG Qun-ming, HE Xiao-rong, CHEN Geng. A STUDY ON THE FEATURES OF RECREATION OF RURAL RESIDENTS——A Case Study of Hunan Province. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY, 2004, 19(1): 17-21.
