Exploring the Relationship between Leisure and Sustainability in a Chinese Hollow Village

Lijun Zhou, Lucen Liu, Yan Wang, Yuxian Ou and Zijing Zhao
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Lijun Zhou: College of Education, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Lucen Liu: College of Education, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Yan Wang: College of Education, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Yuxian Ou: College of Education, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Zijing Zhao: School of International Studies, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 18, 1-17

Abstract: This study explores the relationship between a for-profit leisure program and sustainability issues in the context of a hollow village in China. We studied what forms of relation between leisure and sustainability could be identified through the operation of ‘Mount Qi and the hermit master’ at a hollow village, and to what extent, ‘Mount Qi and the hermit master’ can be considered as a sustainable leisure program. Fieldwork and focus groups were used to collect data. Theoretically, the analyses adopt a comprehensive model of sustainability, which integrates the concepts of weak and strong sustainability, as well as considers the sustainability of human needs. Our findings demonstrate that the leisure program has contributed to a comprehensive sustainable development and helped to meet the villagers’ needs. This study also critically points out the uncertain aspects relating to the sustainability of human needs at the current stage of the program implementation.

Keywords: China; ecology; leisure; hollow village; human needs; martial arts; sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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