Analysis of the Geographical Environment for the Formation of Ethnic Traditional Sports Culture in South China and Its Integration with Ecotourism
Main Article Content
Abstract
Modeling geographically distributed systems requires effective characterization of multi-scale environmental features and complex interaction propagation across heterogeneous entities. This study proposes a Geospatial Cultural Adaptive Intelligent Framework (GCAS-EIF) integrating hierarchical spatial encoding, heterogeneous graph reasoning, and season-aware spatio-temporal attention mechanisms. A Hierarchical Spatial Grid Encoding (HSGE) module is developed to construct multi-resolution representations of terrain, climate, and ecological conditions through scale-aware attention fusion. An Ecocultural Heterogeneous Interaction Graph (EHIG) is then established to model relational information propagation among geographical regions, social groups, activity patterns, and environmental resources using relation-aware message transmission. To capture dynamic environmental variations, a Seasonally Aware Spatio-Temporal Attention Modeling (STACAM) module is introduced to characterize temporal dependencies associated with climatic fluctuations and periodic events. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed framework improves interaction-matching accuracy by 14.2% while reducing computational complexity by 28.4% compared with conventional single-scale approaches. The proposed architecture provides an effective methodology for multi-scale spatial information representation, heterogeneous network propagation analysis, and adaptive spatio-temporal modeling in geographically distributed environments.
Downloads
Article Details
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).
References
Y. Zuo, Q. Qiu, T. Hu, and J. Zhang, “How natural environments influence traditional sports and games: A mixed methods study from China,” International review for the sociology of sport, vol. 58, no. 2, pp. 328-348, 2023, doi: 10.1177/10126902221096233.
Y. He and L. Wu, “Analysis on spatial development mode of eco-sports tourism in Grand Canal landscape environment culture belt,” Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, vol. 194, no. 12, pp. 925, 2022, doi: 10.1007/s10661-022-10584-w.
H. Wang, S. Hu, J. Chen, and M. Tang, “Challenges, Opportunities, and Frameworks: A Discourse on the Cultural Ecology of Ethnic Traditional Sports in the Contemporary Era,” China Sport Science, vol. 45, no. 4, pp. 55-66, 2025, doi: 10.16469/J.css.2025KX023.
H. Wang, “Synergetic development of rural revitalization and ecotourism: a case study of Jingning County,” Int J Manag Sci Res, vol. 8, pp. 18-25, 2025, doi: 10.53469/ijomsr.2025.08(02).03.
Y. Liu, “Tourism Landscape Construction and the Marginalization of Ethnic and Rural Communities: A Case Study of Chagan Lake Winter Fishing Tourism Festival,” Concordia University, 2024.
Y. Liu, D. Li, Z. Guo, J. Zhou, W. Zhang, and E. Dong, “A View of Ethnic Communities’ Tourism Participation from the Perspective of Environmental Justice,” Journal of Resources and Ecology, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 206-218, 2025, doi: 10.5814/j.issn.1674-764x.2025.01.019.
S. Tao, “Research on the development of cultural wellness tourism–a casestudy of Miao ethnic group culture in Hainan province,” Herança, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 135-148, 2025, doi: 10.52152/heranca.v8i2/802.
L. Yang, D. Xu, and S. Yuan, “The Progress of Ecotourism Research in China: Identifying Key Areas, Highlights, and Trends Through Bibliometric Analysis,” Sustainability, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 1423, 2025, doi: 10.3390/su17041423.
A. Novita, N. Saptono, Y. N. Cahyaningtyas, E. Yulianto, S. E. Prasetyo, A. M. W. Adi, and J. S. Atmodjo, “Handbook of tourism and hospitality marketing in Indonesia,” Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore; 2025. Ecotourism development of Batu Begalang geosite to strengthen Belitong geopark; p. 197–219, doi: 10.1007/978-981-96-2567-3.
H. Chang, K. Xiong, D. Zhu, Z. Zhang, and W. Zhang, “Ecosystem Services Value Realization and Ecological Industry Design in Scenic Areas of Karst in South China,” Forests, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 363, 2024, doi: 10.3390/f15020363.
S. He, “Sustainable development strategy of ecotourism marketing based on new media: a case study of Qinghai Tibet plateau in China,” Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Studies, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 42-46, 2023, doi: 10.32996/jhsss.2023.5.1.6.
S. Zhang, T. Hu, T. Zhang, H. Ju, and Y. Wang, “Tourism Development of Cultural Heritage Resources Through Conservation Concepts: A Case Study of Ningxia, China,” Land, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 201, 2025, doi: 10.3390/land14010201.
H. Liu and J. Zhang, “The inheritance and regional differences of traditional national sports from the perspective of cultural and historical geography,” GeoJournal, vol. 90, no. 4, pp. 156, 2025, doi: 10.1007/s10708-025-11399-1.
F. Zhao and J. Han, “Interactive Relationship and Coordinated Development of Sports Tourism and Ecological Civilization in the Yellow River Basin,” Sustainability, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 82, 2025, doi: 10.3390/su17010082.
R. Zheng and Y. Zhang, “Ecology, Culture, and Tourism Integration Efficiency, Spatial Evolution, and Influencing Factors in China,” Sustainability, vol. 17, no. 14, pp. 6614, 2025, doi: 10.3390/su17146614.
B. Prabucki and M. Rozmiarek, “Integrating Traditional Sports and Games into Outdoor Recreation for Sustainable Development: Current Approaches and Future Directions,” Sustainability, vol. 17, no. 22, Art. no. 10343, 2025, doi: 10.3390/su172210343.
Z. Liu, T. Yang, C. Yi, and K. Zhang, “Comparative review on the sports tourism research in Chinese and international journals: a bibliometric and content analysis,” Journal of Sport & Tourism, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 310-332, 2025, doi: 10.1080/14775085.2025.2595959.
L. Li, “Research on the integration and development of traditional minority sports and tourism in Ganzi Prefecture,” Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 267-272, 2024, doi: 10.25236/AJHSS.2024.070238.
X. Tan, Z. Liu, L. Shi, and X. Huang, “Geospatial analysis of sports tourism resources in China’s urban clusters: a case study of the Sichuan-Chongqing region utilizing GIS and the geographic detector,” Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, vol. 6, Art. no. 1496469, 2024, doi: 10.3389/fspor.2024.1496469.
B. Mo, X. Zhang, W. Chen, R. Zhou, and J. Zhang, “Research on the spatial distribution characteristics and influencing factors of sports intangible cultural heritage in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area,” Scientific Reports, vol. 15, no. 1, Art. no. 27147, 2025, doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-10734-3.
W. Kou and J. Zhai, “Spatial distribution patterns and influencing factors of sports intangible cultural heritage in China,” Frontiers in Earth Science, vol. 13, Art. no. 1556652, 2025, doi: 10.3389/feart.2025.1556652.
K. Zhang, X. Mei, and Z. Xiao, “Spatio-temporal evolution of sports tourism industry integration: A empirical analysis of Xinjiang in China,” Plos one, vol. 19, no. 4, Art. no. e0300959, 2024, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300959.
S. Yu, K. Li, and G. Zhao, “An Improved Gated Graph Neural Network for Sports Tourism Recommendation: User Embedded Representations and Attention Mechanisms,” Informatica, pp. 49(27), 2025, doi: 10.31449/inf.v49i27.8490.
Q. Hu, P. Yang, J. Ma, M. Wang, and X. He, “The spatial differentiation characteristics and influencing mechanisms of intangible cultural heritage in China,” Heliyon, pp. 10(22), 2024, doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e38689.
X. Li, “Determination of the temporal–spatial distribution patterns of ancient heritage sites in China and their influencing factors via GIS,” Heritage Science, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 1-14, 2024, doi: 10.1186/s40494-024-01258-6.
C. Tang, L. Shangguan, L. Liu, and J Mei The model and path for digital cultural tourism to promote rural revitalization, “Journal of Resources and Ecology,” 2024; 15(3): 528-540, doi: 10.5814/j.issn.1674-764x.2024.03.002.
F.H.Research on Dynamic Mechanism and Management Mode of Sports Tourism Development in China, “Revista de Psicología del Deporte (Journal of Sport Psychology),” 2024; 33(2): 158-167, doi: 10.5814/rpd.33.2.158.