Marginal Vitality and Multi-ethnic Narration of Journey to the West
The evolution and spread of Journey to the West occurred within the domain of Chinese literature,and was also realized within the cultural mechanical structure of"cohesion and external activity"of the central plains power and marginal vitality.The multi-ethnic narration in the marginal zone is just like a"double filter".On the one hand,it accommodates and feeds back to the central plains culture while on the other hand,it absorbs foreign cultures and then transmits them to the central plains after internal multi-ethnic exchanges and integration.In the historical space background of the ancient Belt and Road,the multi-ethnic areas in the northwest,southwest and southeast are particu-larly active.The northwest plate with Dunhuang as the center is the main driving force of the early evolution of the story.The southwest plate traversed by the Sichuan-Yunnan-Burma-India passage stores the"living fossils"of the early form of the story.The southeast plate with Quanzhou as the center combines overseas factors with folk beliefs in Fujian,which promotes the perfection and stereotyping of the character images.The new vitality brought by the northern ethnic minorities entering the Central Plains has promoted the transformation of the story into a worldly,bantering and gamified one.
Journey to the WestMarginal VitalityMulti-EthnicChinese Literary DomainThe Belt and Road
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