Mask as Shared Cultural Memory of the Chinese Nation
The history of the Chinese nation is the history of the integration of various ethnic groups into a di-versified and integrated Chinese nation,and Chinese cultural traditions are the cultural basis of the common nature of the Chinese nation.In the long-term historical development,Chinese mask culture has formed the inter-perme-ative relationship of"I have you,you nave me",reflecting the integration characteristics of"beauty in common,harmony in diversity".By connecting the sacred world with the secular life,masks carry the collective memory of the formation of the multi-ethnic state,and gather the cultural identity of various ethnic groups.The mask samples from various regions of the country not only reflect the ecological concept of"harmony between man and nature"shared by all ethnic groups,the ideological lineage of coexistence of diversity and the interracial relations of integra-tion and symbiosis,but also represent the value system of the common spiritual home of the Chinese nation,serving as the objective evidence of the communication,exchange and integration of the Chinese nation.
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