Abstract:
This paper aims to study: (1) the spiritual connotations, cultural environment characteristics, artistic values, and problems in the brand image and tourist souvenir design of the Zhangye Danxia Pingshan Hu Grand Canyon Tourist Scenic Area. (2) Analyze the relationship between the brand image design and tourist souvenirs design of the Zhangye Danxia Pingshan Hu Grand Canyon Tourist Scenic Area and the local aesthetic characteristics. (3) Design a brand image design that integrates the aesthetic characteristics of the Zhangye Danxia Pingshan Hu Grand Canyon Tourist Scenic Area and a set of tourist souvenir designs to attract more tourists to visit this place and create social values and economic benefits for the local area. This study uses literature research, field investigation, and creative research methods to present the cultural environment characteristics, spiritual connotation, and artistic values of the scenic area in the form of visual symbols, and designs a set of tourist souvenir designs. The research results show that the natural environment characteristics of Zhangye Danxia Pingshan Hu Grand Canyon Tourist Scenic Area are rich and diverse, with different landforms. In the intangible culture, there are profound spiritual connotations, cultural environment characteristics and artistic values, including the myths and legends of the scenic area, the anthropomorphic modeling and the artistic activities of the Mongolian people. These cultural characteristics can be presented with new visual symbols. This study used the new knowledge system and aesthetic characteristics to create three themes of tourist souvenir designs, namely the myths and legends behind six landmarks, the auspicious animals of five other landforms, and the Khalkha town of Mongolian art activities. The three sets of tourist souvenir designs were evaluated for satisfaction and found that the scores were at a very appropriate level. The most popular one was the round fan, with a value of (x ̅=4.49, S.D.=0.66), followed by the sun umbrella, with a value of (x ̅=4.48, S.D.=0.66). These art works not only innovated in design form with new expressions, but also reflected the appearance and culture of the scenic area in terms of connotation, and promoted the development of local scenic spot tourism and related industries.