Positive Influence of Campus Ethnic Dance Activities on Forging of a Strong Sense of Community for the Chinese Nation
Ethnic dance in Minzu colleges and universities has demonstrated to play a significant role in education,promoting both ethnic cultural exchange and integration,as well as forging a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation.Taking the campus ethnic dance of a Minzu univer-sity in Southwest China as its research object while employing targeted sampling and snowball meth-ods,this paper conducted in-depth interviews with college students of Tibetan,Yi,Uyghur,Kazak,Tujia,Miao,Han,and other ethnic backgrounds that have been participating in the campus ethnic dance activities.It attempts to explore the exchan-ges and communication among students of diverse ethnicities during said dance events.Starting from the two dimensions of campus ethnic dance prac-tice and cultural identity,this study takes the theo-ry of functionalism as the research perspective.It investigates how participation in these dances may improve interpersonal skills,facilitate the sharing of different ethnic cultural symbols,and promote both ethnic identity and the broader Chinese na-tional identity.Results show that campus ethnic dance activi-ties serve two main functions:Firstly,they can promote college students'interpersonal skills by having provided a platform for interpersonal com-munication,having reduced interpersonal barriers,expanded the opportunities for interpersonal com-munication,and eliminated potential gaps in inter-personal communication.Secondly,campus folk dance activities have been able to foster cultural integration and mutual embedding.Cultural em-bedding not only has the potential to preserve and pass on high traditional culture of ethnic minorities but also to carry forward and develop high tradi-tional Chinese culture.The research additionally finds that campus ethnic dance can promote cultur-al and psychological integration,encourage cogni-tive consensus,facilitate the mutual influence of cultural structures,emphasize emotional sharing,and promote the mutual embedding of cultural con-cepts while emphasizing common values.Finally,the campus ethnic dance activities have demonstra-ted to affect positively the forging of a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation.The key to fostering the sense of community for the Chinese nation has been the cultivation of identity.Find-ings show that communication of students of various ethnic backgrounds in the campus ethnic dance has been able to enhance their ethnic identity,while their mutual interaction has enabled the enhance-ment of the broader Chinese national identity,and this integration has been able to enhance the iden-tity of the Chinese national community.In short,campus ethnic dance in Minzu colle-ges and universities has transcended the mere ex-pression of ethnic cultural identity,by serving as a conduit and bridge for inter-ethnic communication and integration.This transformative role has signif-icantly contributed to the personal growth and de-velopment of college students of all ethnic groups.Through the campus ethnic dance activities,students recognize their shared attributes,thereby laying a foundation for the construction of the com-mon spiritual home of the Chinese nation,and for consolidating the common consciousness of the Chi-nese nation.Therefore,it is deemed necessary to point out the direction for the application of campus ethnic dance in the construction of campus culture,and leverage its full potential to promote the uni-versity education of consolidating a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation.
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