城镇化进程中的民俗复兴与地方再造——以广东小榄镇“菊花会”为例

Revival of Folk Customs and Local Reconstruction in the Process of Urbanization——A Case Study of the Chrysanthemum Festival in Xiaolan Town of Guangdong Province

广东省中山市小榄镇开创了城镇化与传统文化相互建构的成功模式,通过对当地一项传统民俗——菊花会的复兴和动员,小榄镇在城镇化过程中实现了地方形象再造、地方认同再造和地方文化再造,城镇化水平不断提高;而城镇化的发展也促使地方政府和民众对民俗及传统文化的理解和定位不断深入,将民俗复兴推向启发当地民众"文化自觉",提高文化在地方社会发展中的地位的层面。

A successful mode of mutually constructing urbanization and tra- ditional culture has been created by Xiaolan Town in Zhongshan City of Guangdong Province. Through reviving and promoting a traditional local event --the Chrysanthemum Festival, Xiaolan Town achieved the reconstruction of local im- age, identity and culture in the process of urbanization, which resulted in continuously rising level of urbanization. At the same time. local customs and traditional culture have been better understood and identified by the local government and residents with the development of urbanization. As a result, the revival of folk customs can help inspire the cultural consciousness of local people and enhance the role played by culture in the development of local society.