当代中国文化形态及其走向

Modern China's Cultural Patterns and Its Development Trend

中国的改革开放和社会转型,带来了传统与现代、本土与外来的文化交汇,催生了各种不同的文化形态,这大致可分为主流文化、精英文化与大众文化三种形态。社会和谐发展的前提应该是主流文化、精英文化与大众文化良性互动。然而在全球化背景下,这三种文化形态内部关系紧张,同时精英文化与大众文化深受消费主义的影响,出现了精英文化商品化与大众价值观扭曲现象,这是今后我国社会主义文化发展繁荣亟需解决的重要课题。

The reform and opening-up and social transformation in China brought about integrations between traditional culture and modem culture as well as foreign culture and local culture and gave birth to differently and variously cultural patterns, which fall into three main categories： mainstream culture, elite culture and mass culture. A positive interaction among these three cultures is a prerequisite for the harmonious development of society. However, they are suffering from the great tension in the context of globalization. At the same time, the elite culture and mass culture are deeply influenced by consumerism, which resulted in commercialization of elite culture and in distortions of people＇s values. This problem should be addressed urgently in promoting development and prosperity of socialist culture.