中华文化的地域分野

The Regional Demarcation of Chinese Culture

中华文化内部的南北之别、东西之异,植根于与地理环境有密切依存关系的社会生活的土壤之中。中华文化自其发生期,即因环境的多样性而呈现丰富的多元状态,到晚周,各具特色的区域文化已大体成形。作为文化的空间分类,文化区由自然、社会、人文三重因素所决定,三者在历史进程中综合成某种地域性文化特色。中华先民很早便建立起幅员辽阔的国家并对这片国土的自然风貌和人文状态做过真切的分区把握。数千年中,中国文化的中心大体沿着自东向西继之又由西北而东南的方向转移,透露出中国经济重心的转移、政治集团的更迭、民族关系的弛张,隐含着文化生态的规则与意义深远的历史机缘。由地区多样性导致的文化多元倾向与文化"大一统"倾向相辅相成,共同构成中国这个东方大国的显著特点。异彩纷呈、生机盎然的中华文化,是诸地域、诸民族的共同创造,是文化的"多"与"一"互动的结果。这种和而不同、刚健自强的文化机制,是中国作为一个广土众民的泱泱大国长久地屹立在世界东方的重要原因。

The Inner Differences of Chinese Culture between South and North, West and East, rooted in the soil of Social lives which has intimate independent relationship with geographical environment. Chinese Culture has been appeared in diversified characteristics since it was formed on the foundation of diversity of circumstances in Late Zhou Dynasty. Cultural Regions are determined by nature, society, humanities in whom mix together forming some regional cultures. The center of Chinese culture mainly transfers from the East to the West, then from the northwest to southeast, which reflects the transformation of the economic gravity, the political changes, flexibility of national relations, implys the culture ecological rules and significant historical chances. The interaction of Multicultural inclination and "Grand Unification" construct the outstanding characteristics in cooperating great oriental country. The Prosperity of Chinese Culture is created cooperatively by various nationalities in different areas, also the result of the interaction of"multi"and"unification", which led Great China stands erectly in the east.