北京大学与中国民俗学的建立

Peking University and the Foundation of Chinese Folklore

五四新文化运动中风行一时的“整理国故”运动 ,扩大了国学研究的范围 ,把学术的重心由清末的经史子集扩大到民间文化与社会心理方面 ,推动了考古学、社会学、心理学等新学科的建设 ,开创了中国现代学术的新天地。作为新文化运动中心的北京大学 ,组织发起了全国性的歌谣征集与风俗调查活动 ,搜集整理了大量原始资料 ,在此基础上 ,北大的国学研究者们结合西方民俗学原理 ,对歌谣与民俗学之间的关系、民俗学的界定以及民俗学的研究方法等方面进行了研究和探讨 ,使民俗学理论与学术实践实现了有机结合 ,最终使中国民俗学以一门新的学科的面貌出现于学术界 。

The sorting of Chinese ancient cultural heritage had been popular in the academic fields during the May 4th new cultural movement. It expanded the scope of the national academic research, promoted the development of some new subjects such as archeology, sociology, and psychology, and created a new situation for the modern Chinese academic research. As the center of the new cultural movement, Peking University successfully sponsored the country wide collecting and sorting of the folk songs and the investigation on the folk customs, which first combined the folklore theory with the academic practice in China, and promoted the foundation of the Chinese Folklore.