From the perspective of man–land relationship, Yancheng City(ruins of Yancheng in the Spring and Autumn Period) as a typical theme tourist destination is selected to construct the structural model of driving effect of tourist destination attributes on tourists’ place attachment, and carry out the empirical research. The results show that attributes of Yancheng City contain 4 dimensions, and tourists’ perception of the attributes declines in the sequence 'recreational and entertainment attribute→ attribute of culture of the Spring and Autumn Period→ attribute of landscapes and ruins→ attribute of humanistic concern'; the four-dimension attributes vary greatly in driving tourists’ place attachment, recreational and entertainment attribute and attribute of culture of the Spring and Autumn Period have obvious positive driving effect, attribute of landscapes and ruins and attribute of humanistic concern have poorer driving effect; generally speaking, driving effect of tourist destination attributes on tourists’ place attachment is demonstrated as 'highlighted value functions of tourist destination attributes→‘predominant area’ of tourists’ perceptual experience→ obvious driving effect on tourists’ place attachment' and 'hysteretic value functions of tourist destination attributes→‘vulnerable area’ of tourists’ perceptual experience→ weakened driving effect on tourists’ place attachment'; driving effect of the overall attributes of tourist destination on tourists’ place attachment is to be further improved and optimized.