运河社会文化研究的理念与方法

The Ideas and Methods of Social Cultural Studies on the Grand Canal

运河社会内嵌于中国"礼俗社会"之中,伴随着中华文明的传承发展历史而兴衰变迁。与运河有关的社会文化,既是国家运河行政推行过程中"礼化为俗"的结果,也是运河沿线地区民众的自发创造。因运河而兴的诸多行业,以及从业群体之间的长期互动,使得沿运河地区的文化标识与日常生活得以形成。纵观运河社会文化发展的历史,既表现为国家政治面向运河地区的持续贯彻与渗透,也表现为地方民众在时移势易中的生计调整与文化调适,以安顿自身生活。借助运河社会文化的多种表现形式,运河沿线地区一直发挥着对于中华文明的保育作用。

The society of the Grand Canal,which embedded in traditional etiquette and custom society,is constantly changing with the inheritance and development of Chinese civilization.The social culture related to the Grand Canal is not only the result of etiquette changing into custom in the proceeding of the national administration,but also the spontaneous creation of the people along the Grand Canal.Because of various industries and the long-term interaction between working groups,the cultural signs and daily life of the areas along the Grand Canal have been formed.The history of the social and cultural development along the Grand Canal shows not only the continuous implementation and infiltration of the national politics towards the local areas,but also the livelihood adjustment and cultural adjustment of the local people so as to settle their own lives.With the help of various forms of social culture,the areas along the Grand Canal have been playing a role in preserving Chinese civilization.