中国乡村传统文化活动及其治理功能——基于陕西D村的个案研究

Traditional Chinese rural culture activities and its governance functions: Based on the case study in the D Village of Shanxi Province

基于陕西D村的个案研究表明:以自然村为单位的传统文化活动,包括庙事、社火、红白事等活动。这些活动不仅能培养村庄集体认同和行动能力,凝聚村庄社会资本,充实村庄治理资源,而且能构建乡村精英生产机制,满足村民精神文化需求,有效推动乡村文化建设和治理结构优化。D村传统文化活动及其治理功能具有以下重要启示:乡村文化建设必须适应当地的社会结构;乡村文化的持续发展需要一定的民间组织和本土人才保障;现代乡村文化的培育必须根植于当地历史文化传统。

Based on the case study in D Village of Shanxi Province, the public cultural activities in the countryside, including the temple activities, shehuo, weddings and funerals activities, which can not only cultivate the consciousness of the village collective identity and the ability of collective action, condense the village’s social capital, enrich the governance resources of the village, but also construct the production mechanism of rural elite, meet the demand of the villagers’ spiritual culture, promote the construction of the rural culture and optimization of governance structure effectively. Implications of these activities and experiences are as follows, rural cultural construction must be adapted to the local social structure, the sustainable development of rural culture needs a certain civil organization and local talent support and the cultivation of modern rural culture must be rooted in the local historical and cultural traditions.