“文化自觉”与国际大都市文化建设

Cultural Self-Consciousness and Cultural Building in International Metropolitan Cities

我国在推进国际大都市文化建设的过程中,普遍缺乏“文化自觉”的意识,其主要表现是:重城市经济,轻城市人文精神;重城市“形态”,轻城市文化“精神”;重文化“活动”,轻文化“内涵”。以“文化自觉”的精神反思与指导国际大都市的文化建设,既要在着眼于世界文化的前沿,又要在融入全球化的进程中积极维护民族文化主权;既要形成一流的文化设施、文化环境、文化艺术人才,又要从国际大都市不同区域的实际出发,形成区域文化功能相区别、各具特色、多元文化形态纷呈的“文化圈”;既要重视城市“形态”,更要重视城市的文化精神,要使城市“形态”与文化“神态”融为一体;在借鉴发达国家发展文化产业增强文化竞争力的经验时,要反思建设国际大都市,发展文化产业面临的体制、管理模式、政策等深层次的问题,以切实增强国际大都市的文化竞争力,形成国际大都市的文化魅力。

In Chinas process of urbanization, there is a general lack of cultural self consciousness which isshown in the following aspects: priority of urban economy over human spirit and priority on buildingnumbers and height over cultural tradition and priority on cultural activities and forms over the culturalcontents. With cultural self consciousness to guide our urbanization, we should pay attention to boththe cultural development in the world, and to safeguard our cultural identity in the globalization process.So excellent cultural facilities and environment are needed for the growth of the cultural and artistictalents and for varied cultural circles with their different functions and characteristics. Urban buildingforms are important but so are the cultural spirit of a city. In our effort to improve the culturalcompetitiveness in learning from the developed countries, we should also pay attention to the institutionalissues of management, and cultural policy, so that they are streamlined for increasing the culturalcompetitiveness and to add the cultural charm of Chinas big cities.