疆域观与族类观的转变:兰州城市身份演变与“中国”观念变迁

Change of Territory Concept and Clan Concept:Lanzhou City Identity Evolution and "China" concept changes

在古代中国以中原为中心的华夏地理空间中,兰州先是位处边界的"秦西极边郡",继而是怀柔西域的"西州首邑",始终是中原和汉人的一个模糊边界。随着清中后期以降中国疆域版图的最终底定和"中国"的实体化,兰州在"中国"的地理位置日益清晰。进入民国以后,尤其是在九一八事变所催生的"西北热"中,人们惊奇地发现,原来中国的几何中心在兰州,"兰州中心说"随之兴起。从边缘到中心,兰州城市所经历的戏剧转变背后,其实是"中国"观念的深刻变迁。在构建现代民族国家的过程中,兰州城市成为现代"中国"观念演变的一个重要的载体,并以景观符号的意义促进"中国"认同的生成,在"中国"观念史上具有重要的作用。

In ancient China with the Central Plains as the center of Chinese geographical space, Lanzhou is located at the boundary of the first ＂Qin West pole border＂ , then the Huairou western ＂Xizhou town＂,is always the Central Plains and Han Chinese in a fuzzy boundary.With after mid Qing Dynasty Chinese territory and the final end of ＂Chinese＂ entity, Lanzhou in the ＂Chinese＂ geographical position is increasingly clear. Enter after the Republic of China, especially in the nine one eight incident with the birth of the northwest ＂hot＂ in the development of people,surprised, originally the geometric center of China in Lanzhou, ＂Lanzhou center＂ will rise. From the edge to the center,behind Lanzhou city experienced a dramatic shift,is actually a ＂profound changes in China＂ concept. In the process of constructing the modern national country, Lanzhou city has become an important carrier of the evolution of modern ＂Chinese＂ concept, and the landscape symbol significance to promote the ＂Chinese＂ identity,has an important role in the ＂China＂ the history of ideas.