传统神话、中华民族与国家建构

Traditional Myths,Chinese Nation and State Construction

传统神话是民族文化的源头,从根源上表达着民族文化的特征,具有很强的民族文化延续意义。传统神话不仅是文化建设的重要内容,还是中华民族和现代国家建构的基质要素。当我们探源中华文明时,必然不能绕开彰显民族文化本源特征的神话,而必须从文化共同体变迁的角度,考察它们之于中华民族和国家建构的独特价值。

Traditional myths are the source of national culture and express the characteristics of national culture from the root,and they also have a strong sense of national cultural continuation and realistic social support.Traditional myths are not only an important part of cultural construction,but also the basic elements of the construction of the Chinese nation and the modern state.When we are eager to draw construction elements from culture,we must not avoid the myths that highlight the origin of national culture.We must regard myth as the cultural gene of the nation and country,and examine its unique value on Chinese nation and the nation-building from the perspective of cultural community changes.