年文化在海外华人中的族群功能研究

Ethnic Group Function of Chinese “Nian”Culture Among Overseas Chinese

春节是中华民族影响最大的节日,也是海内外华人的共同节日,是凝聚着持久的、强大的集体记忆的传统文化。通过梳理海外华人对于年文化的解读和实践,分析移民情境中历史失忆和认同变迁的现实。结果表明,在新的族群环境中,海外华人借助选择性回忆或通过寻根来发现并创造新的集体记忆,以凝聚新的族群认同。

The Spring Festival which is also called＂Nian＂in Chinese,as a traditional culture which carries the lasting and powerful collective memory,is both the most influential festival in the history of the Chinese nation and the common holiday celebrated by the Chinese people at home and abroad. The understanding and accepting about the culture of Nian by Overseas Chinese reflected the reality of historical amnesia and identity changes in the life of emigrants. In the new ethnic group,the Overseas Chinese recall selectively,discover through seeking roots and create new collective memories to gather new ethnic group identity.