CONTEMPORARY"GUOZHUANG":THE HOST-GUEST INTERACTION AND INTER-ETHNIC CONTACT IN HOMESTAY-INN SPACE OF THE ZANG-YI CORRIDOR
As a tourist facility,homestay inns not only provide basic functions of accommodation and food,but also constitute a space for interaction between tourists and local people.In the multi-ethnic context of the Zang-Yi Corridor,different ethnic identities and cultural backgrounds of the hosts and guests in homestay inns make this interaction indicate the connotation of multi-ethnic contact,communitcation and integration.The homestay inns of ZhongLu Tibetan village in Danba County of Sichun Province present the space shifte centering these inns them-selves,and local people and tourists carry out frenquet and deep interactions,developing a kind of"Tourist-Friend"harmonious relationship and transcending the time-space restrictions to achieve cross-region contact.The homestay inns in the Zang-Yi Corridor in current tourism context are similar to the"Guozhuang"in historical Han-Zang trades,which not only carries the basic functions of trade or tourism,but also constitutes a hub space to connect different people and promote multi-ethnic contacts,as well promotes multi-ethnic social interaction and cultural communication in a wider range.