从游牧文明走向工业文明的时候——演变中的“牧区大寨”神话故事

From Nomadic Civilization to Industrial Civilization——The Legend of an Exemplar Town in the Pasture

通过阐述和分析"牧区大寨"乌审召的新旧"神话"传说,探讨一个地区的发展进程与当地居民社会的关系。首先阐述20世纪60～70年代轰动全中国的模范地区"牧区大寨"——乌审召的人们用"愚公移山"的精神进行一场改造毛乌素沙地的经验。再者,总揽当今政府部门正在进行的新型开发模式。最后,对当地民众记忆和传述的一部古老传说进行剖析。由此,通过回看人类对大自然的适度干预,来展望未来的人与自然的互助关系。

By narrating and analyzing the new and old legends of Uxin Ju,an exemplar town in the pasture areas,this paper discusses the relationship between the development of a certain place and its local civic society. The author first expounds on the experience across the whole country in learning from Uxin Ju＇s determination to win victory and the courage to surmount every difficulty and reforming Mu Us Sandy Land in the 1960s-1970s,followed by an overview of the new developmental pattern being implemented by the government departments and an analysis of an old legend remembered and narrated by the local people. It is hoped that this review of humans＇ moderate intervention in nature will shed some light on our prospect of the relationship of mutual assistance between human and nature.