民间传统文化的现代命运

在世界范围内,民间传统文化曾经与现代民族国家建设产生深刻联系,并不断被知识精英所主导的主流意识形态所利用和改造。在那些还处于贫困状态的地区,人们更多地保留传统习俗和生活方式,这是保持其社会内部和谐、避免混乱的一种文化选择行为。这本来是同一个社会的一部分人的权利,他们也感到传承文化的义务。开展文明对话,倡导文化多样性,这是在全球化背景下人类对自身社会文化的反思。在这一前提下,民间传统文化的保护,从根本上说是尊重民众的历史创造;民众意识到的保护是根本的保护。

Modern Fate of Folk Traditional Culture

The folk traditional culture,which deeply related to the nation-building in the modern world,has continuously been remodeled by the mainstream ideology dominated by the intellectuals.As for the people in the areas still in undeveloped social-cultural conditions,the folk tradition has always been adopted as the ways of life,to maintain the social stability and avoid cultural chaos.This is the behavior of cultural solution,and can also be seen as the cultural power by the folk groups.The promotion of dialogue cross cultures and cultural diversity is the social and cultural reflection by(human) beings in the era of globalization.Under this perspective,the safeguarding of the folk traditions,by its essential meanings,is to respect the historical creations by the folk.The safeguarding of folk tradition,if it ultimately be successfully conducted,will certainly depends on the folk people themselves.