民族记忆与文化基因:“斡包节”的文化意蕴及其现代传承

Ethnic Memory and Cultural Genes:Cultural Implications of the Woboo Festival and its Modern Inheritance

传统节日是我国各民族重要的标志性文化,是中华文化的重要组成部分。达斡尔族的“斡包节”是集民间信仰、传统文化和现代多种文明等多元文化因子为一体的复合型文化活动。作为达斡尔族传统文化的重要组成部分,“斡包节”蕴含着丰富的价值意蕴:敬畏自然的人文伦理、增强民族认同和凝聚力的纽带、弘扬民族文化和促进经济发展的重要载体、铸牢中华民族共同体意识的重要路径等。深入挖掘“斡包节”的积极因素,唤醒达斡尔族节日文化的民族记忆,传承民族文化基因,树立和突出各民族共享的中华文化符号,不仅有利于提升各民族的自我认知,增强民族凝聚力,而且对推动各民族交往交流交融,增进中华民族文化认同,从而铸牢中华民族共同体意识具有重要的现实意义。

Traditional festivals are an important symbolic element of culture of all ethnic groups in China.They are the concentrated embodiment of survival wisdom,a Family-State ideal,and a social tradition maintenance mechanism used by all ethnic peoples at some point of time.It is also a significant part of Chinese culture.In fact,China is a country with a variety of festivals,and all its ethnicities have created,inherited,and developed a splendid festival culture relying on a long history,vast territory,and diversified livelihood models.The Woboo Festival of the Daur is a complex cultural event that integrates folk beliefs,traditional culture,and modern civilization.It expresses the yearning and pursuit of the Daur people for a better life,includes the collective memory and spiritual symbolism of them,and is an important form and carrier of their traditional culture.As an important part of the traditional culture of the Daur civilization,the Woboo Festival contains rich meanings:i)The humanistic ethics of respecting nature.In the process of living in harmony with nature,on the one hand,people enjoy the survival resources provided by nature,and on the other hand,they transform their reverence for nature into the protection of natural ecology.The Woboo Festival also evolved into an overall value concept or ecological ethics which guide the Daur people to respect nature,care for the ecological environment,and handle well the relationship between humans and nature.ii)The bond that strengthens ethnic identity and cohesion.The Woboo Festival carries a collective memory of the Daur and hence is one of their cultural ceremonies.It is like a thread connecting all members of the Daur and lets people find their sense of identity,sense of belonging,self-esteen,and happiness in a solemn ritual.iii)The important carrier of promoting ethnic culture and promoting economic development.The Woboo Festival is not just a ritual,but a comprehensive cultural marketing activity and has become a grand traditional cultural event of the Daur.And iv)the important pathway to forging a sense of community for the Chinese nation.The Woboo Festival has become a cultural platform for all ethnic groups to communicate with each other and help one another.It has become a grand event for ethnicities to strengthen friendship and serves as an important platform for exchange,communication,and integration among all ethnic peoples.We should carefully distill the positive factors from the Woboo Festival,awaken the ethnic memory of the Daur festival culture,inherit the ethnic-cultural genes,and highlight the Chinese cultural symbols shared by all ethnic groups.This will not only help to enhance the self-awareness of all ethnic groups but also enhance national cohesion.Moreover,practically it's vital to promote the exchanges and integration of various ethnic groups,enhance the cultural identity of the Chinese nation,and from there forge a sense of community for the Chinese nation.