“房头”记忆如何可能?

FADING OF "FANG TOU" MEMORY—A CASE STUDY OF ZHAOSHAN VILLAGE IN SOUTHEASTERN HUBEI PROVINCE

考察鄂东南沼山地区"房头"认同的产生、延续及忘却机理,可以发现村庄历史中形成的能够提供意义指向与特定行动路径的文化传统通过日常仪式中的身体刻写完成了代际传承。20世纪90年代以后,原有的村庄传统在市场的深入过程中逐渐退却,其所表达的意义系统与行动路径正在被替代,而且,由于村庄精英的高度流动,仪式活动的组织者和承载者日渐缺失,这些因素都使得房头记忆的遗忘显得不可逆转。从长远来看,村庄因社会结构的深层变动而趋于原子化的态势难以避免,而不断变动的结构将难以孕育出地方性的文化模式并形成对特定认同单位的社区记忆。

The investigation into the social memory of Zhaoshan village in southeastern Hubei province reveals that local cultural system which was formed in community history could supply meaning system as well as self-identity and action unit— 'fang tou' (clan faction),and this unit completes its intergenerational transition in daily ritual.However,in late 1990s',the village tradition gradually retreated after the market penetration,with its meaning system and action path replaced.What's more,due to the community elites' mobility,the main organizer and participant are lacking in local rituals.These factors make the memory of 'fang tou' gradually forgotten.In the long run,the social disintegration of rural China is hard to avoid,and the continuous change of social structure means that local cultural pattern and the social memory of certain self-identity unit will be difficult to emerge and maintain.