从《良友》看近代中国博物馆的现代性

Observe the Modernity of Modern Chinese Museums Through the Young Companion

鸦片战争后社会巨变,中国知识分子和进步人士产生了使命感与忧国忧民意识,希望通过开启民智救亡图存。20世纪20到30年代,中国的博物馆事业得到了初步发展。以《良友》画报中的博物馆史料为基础,借助《良友》这一消费文化的代表,可以探究中国博物馆的现代性。这种现代性体现在近代中国博物馆构建了公共文化并参与了公共文化生活,通过爱国主义教育促进民族意识的觉醒和形成,表达民族意识和体现国家意识,在中国的发展和演进中呈现出既有现代性又有民族性的特点。

Since the Opium War, the society has undergone tremendous changes, Chinese intellectuals and progressives have a sense of mission and concern for the country and the people, hoping to save the people by opening up the people’s wisdom. From 1920 s to 1930 s, Chinese museums had been initially developed during this period. Based on the historical materials of the museum in Young Companion, the representative of the consumer culture of the Young Companion is used to explore the modernity of Chinese museums. It is reflected in the construction of public culture and participation in public cultural life in modern Chinese museums. It promotes the awakening and formation of national consciousness through patriotism education, expresses national consciousness and reflects national consciousness. It has the characteristics of both modernity and nationality in the development and evolution of China.