On the Cultural Memory of the Chinese Community in Myanmar from the Perspective of Time and Space
Chinese people who lives in Myanmar come from different Chinese provinces,including Fujian,Guangdong,Yunnan,etc..As the medium of cultural memory,temples constructed by the Chinese ethnic groups turned their memory of ancestral country into reality space,in which the folk beliefs were given the meaning of cultural transmission symbols.In addition to their important social functions,Chinese temples in Myanmar have also become imaginary hometowns for local Chinese communities.Through the repetition of festival ceremonies related to their ancestral homeland,these Chinese people construct cultural memory and disseminate Chinese culture.The festival time,which derived from the culture of their ancestral home country,provided a time for healing their daily hardships of living in a foreign country.Based on Chinese folk beliefs,Chinese immigrants brought countless gods to Southeast Asia from their ancestral countries,and has constructed sacred spaces in Myanmar,which have become the representation of Chinese culture in Myanmar's diverse culture.The spatial presence of the homeland gods strengthens the connection between Chinese people's hearts and their homeland.
Chinese Community in MyanmarCultural MemoryTimeSpaceCultural Identity
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