As the times change, there has been development of enconomics, increase in national income, and more time for leisure. The government has attempted to popularize national tourism. Thus led to increased awareness of leisure and participation in leisure pursuits since there is more opportunity. More and more scholars, both here and abroad, are writing books about leisure. Thus, there are different kinds of views and definitions of leisure. The purpose of this paper is to compare the definitions of the various scholars' viewpointsin in the following three dimensions, time spent on leisure pursuits, people's attitudes about leisure, and what people do. Furthermore, the paper also sorts the reasons and effects on individual, family, society and education after particpating leisure.