古史传说与华夏共同体的文化建构

Ancient History Legends and the Cultural Construction of Chinese Community

在近年开展起来的非物质文化遗产保护运动中,围绕黄帝、炎帝、大禹、尧、舜等古史人物的文化活动重新得到公众的认同和政府的承认,这启示我们重新认识并重视古史叙事的文化意义。通过梳理古史传说中用叙事所创立的部分专名,把它们看做传承群体的时间意识和空间意识的标志和共同体的认同对象,以此理解华夏共同体在起始时期的文化建构。共同体是一个空间概念,但是它必须有自己的时间内涵和时间纵深。共同体的时间深度造就民众的历史感,这同样是文明程度的一种标志。传说时代对于一个共同体的文化价值是无可替代的。

In the intangible cultural heritage safeguarding movements emerged in recent years,cultural discussion and practice around ancient history characters such as the Emperor Huang,Emperor Yan,Yu,Yao,and Shun have regained the public and the Government recognition which inspires us to rethink about cultural significance of ancient history narrative.This article discussed some proper nouns used by the narrative of ancient history,regarding them as symbols of the community＇s identity and temporal-spatial consciousness of community,so we can comprehend the cultural construction of Chinese community in its initial period.Community is a spatial concept,however,it must has its own temporal implication and time depth.Time-depth dimension of community brings up people＇s sense of history,which is also a sign of the level of civilization.Therefore,the age of legendary is vital for cultural values of a community.