The Self of Jiangnan:Cultural Space of Garrison Camp and Sanduo's Identity
In 1650,the Eight Banners'garrison camp was completed in the west of Hangzhou,dividing the city space in two parts and leaving the bannermen and civilian population in semi-segregation in social life.However,during the construction,destruction and re-construction of the camp,cultural communications remained between the two communities.With the deepening of cultural assimilation and changes in garrison policies,and driven by urban traumatic memories,the bannermen in Hangzhou were gradually localized,starting to accept the identity of Jiangnan,the regions south of Yangtz River,and consciously compile their local chronicles.Against this background,Sanduo,a Mongolian bannerman from Hangzhou,made efforts to research the history of the garrison camp and contemplate on the establishment of the identity of the banner-men in Jiangnan.Through his poem series Liuying Yao,he re-established the historical fragments of the Hang-zhou garrison camp into a cultural space embodying both cultural and military elements.This represents not only his attempt to trace the origin of the culture of the camp,but also his unique awareness of self,derived from the integration of diverse cultures and shaped by his special identity as a bannerman and the widely-accepted culture of Jiangnan.It is noteworthy that Sanduo's literary works before and after he took the post of the Kulun Administrative Minister reveal that he used a Jiangnan-centered cultural perspective to observe Mongolian culture,apparently seen from his"othering"narrative.This indicates that the spatial change and cultural memories led Sanduo's fundamental sense of identity to return to Jiangnan,which is a typical exam-ple of ethnic integration and cultural interaction in modern China.
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