“青天”“恶土”:民国平津胡同的媒介“神话”——基于《益世报(天津版)》的胡同报道分析

"Fair-and-square Government"and"Chaotic Area":the Media"Myth"of Pingjin Hutong in the Republic of China Based on Yishi Daily(Tianjin Edition)

胡同作为中国北方代表性建筑,是一个具有丰富地域特色和历史内涵的文化符号。在不同时期,各大报纸上都有针对胡同的报道,这些报道折射出不同时期胡同所代表的文化内涵。本文将1916年至1937年,1946年至1948年《益世报(天津版)》对胡同的相关报道文本作为研究对象,通过对报道的分类编码和符号分析勾勒出该时期的胡同形象与其背后的社会文化。研究发现,此时的《益世报(天津版)》塑造了一个以“泥泞焦房”为特征的胡同形象,并编造了胡同内“青天”与“恶土”并存的神话,从中可以看出报纸对民国政府当局的不满,对当局的批评与抨击是该报隐含的政治动机。

Hutong,a representative building in northern China,due to its geographical location and historical background,has evolved into a cultural symbol with rich connotation.This paper takes the relevant reports of Yishi Daily(Tianjin Edition)from 1916 to 1937 and 1946 to 1948 onHutong,through classification and coding of the reports and symbolic analysis,it outlines the image and the social culture factors behind it.It suggests that Yishi Daily(Tianjin Edition)has created an image of Hutong characterized by"muddy and scorched houses"and fabricated a myth of the coexistence of"fair-and-square government"and"chaotic area"so as to show the implicit political motives of the newspaper:it’s dissatisfaction to the then government and criticism of the authorities.