文化乡愁——《北京风俗图谱》中的岁时图像叙事

Cultural Nostalgia:Discussing the Image Narrative of Traditional Seasonal Customs in Beijing Customs Pictures

《北京风俗图谱》由日本学者青木正儿于1920年代策划编制,其中的“岁时”部分对北京岁时节俗的图像叙事表现出了鲜明的写实性。然而,将这些图像放入民国初期历法改革的语境下却可以发现图像与历史本相之间存在张力。在新俗旧习并存的社会语境中,编图者对北京岁时风俗进行的“重写”,正是作为文化他者的青木正儿对中国文化持有“文化乡愁”的表现。立足于此考察《北京风俗图谱》,解读其“文化乡愁”,可以彰显编图者隐匿于图像中的对传统风俗文化的认同。

Beijing Customs Pictures was compiled by Japanese scholar Aoki Masaru in the 1920s,and the“Sui Shi”section shows a distinctly realistic pictorial narrative of Beijing’s traditional seasonal festivals and customs.However,putting these images into the context of the calendar reform in the early Republic of China reveals the tension between the images and the historical reality.In the social context where new customs and old ones coexist,the compiler’s“rewriting”of Beijing’s yearly customs is due to the“cultural nostalgia”that Aoki Masaru,as a cultural other,holds for Chinese culture.By examining the Beijing Customs Pictures and interpreting its cultural nostalgia can reveal the compiler’s recognition of the traditional customs and culture hidden in the image.