On the Formation of the Chinese National Community from the"Living History"in Yunnan-Guizhou Region
This article focuses on the formation of the consciousness of the Chinese nation as a community.Different ethnic groups of the Chinese nation have long coexisted in the same world of life.However,there has been a lack of sufficient attention and in-depth research on the cultural commonality formed by different ethnic groups in the process of social interactions.On the basis of field research in the Yunnan and Guizhou region,combined with relevant literature,this article uses the method of"treating the current situation as a living history"to"trace back to the past"from the social facts of the current situation,and explores the process of the evolution of the ideal concept of Chinese tradition into the cultivation system of sociocultural"normalcy,"as well as the path to form the behavioral logic and life value of the people in that vast area of China.This article points out that Chinese cultivation tradition is a dynamic existence that accompanies the development of Chinese civilization and Chinese nation.In the process of cultural integration of the nation,it transcends the geographical barriers of the"center"and"periphery,"presenting a social fact of cultural integration between different ethnic groups.The dissemination and development of Chinese cultivation tradition in Southwest China is by no means a tool of power politics,nor is it simply"sinicization,"let alone the so-called"assimilation hegemony."Chinese cultivation tradition has a universal nature that transcends social classes,regions,and ethnic groups,and can be specified as a network of knowledge as well as a meaning system that maintains society.Secondly,the cultivation system is not simply an abstract concept,but can be concretized and disseminated through specific carriers.Moreover,the cultivation system can to some extent be adapted to local traditions and embedded in the social structure as a living culture.And thirdly,in addition to political and military influences,and the government educational system,diverse actors from society promote the dissemination and popularization of the cultivation system in various ways,turning them into common sense and folk customs in people's daily life,and crystalizing into a shared cultural psychological structure,so that it has created a situation where natural barriers of mountains and waters would not prevent the cultural integration between the peripheral Southwest and the Central China.
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