【桐音别馆】鸟巢之夜:回归文明传统的现代渴望那一夜,第一次,在我短暂的生命里,仿佛亲耳听见文明史的一次心跳。
8月8日,北京,举世瞩目的鸟巢之夜。
此后沸沸扬扬的论述,谈政治和经济,谈国际影响和东西方思维,谈奥林匹克运动史……然而,对于我们华人来说,回顾这场追溯上下五千年、缀满文明图腾的盛会,还有另一个角度值得细细琢磨:关于文明的流转,文化的承传。
那一夜,罕见地略去了与执政党有关的红色文化,也一洗大陆国家级仪式上惯有的官僚气息。“有朋自远方来,不亦乐乎”:以一句华人社会里妇孺皆知的儒家经典拉开帷幕的盛会,从手执卷轴的儒生,到恢宏瑰丽的盛唐景象,再到乘风破浪的大航海时代,高度提炼的象征与艺术化的再现犹如徐徐展开华夏五千年文明的画卷。在历史的星空上,四大发明、瓷器、山水、飞天、长城、茶、中医、昆曲、太极等等文明的图腾熠熠生辉。
你可以说,当西方的文化产业越来越热衷于操弄中国元素大作文章之际,当亚洲邻国迫不及待地要给同源的文化风俗贴上自家的商标时,这一夜,中国有必要向世界演绎传统的真正渊源和文明的真实面貌。然而,如果这一夜有资格载入史册,原因并不止于此。将鸟巢之夜嵌入中华文明的发展历程,我们会看到,经过整整一个 (more...)
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the discourse which focused on the communist ideology reign is being preceived in such a way that in the perspective of a person who is pre-instilled with anti-communism ideology it's a supporting, introspective but feable argument, and of a person whose ideological imprint reads Communism, it's the very antithesis of the materialist way of approaching tradition, and ahistoric. for the publication of Zhang Taiyan's <<Liu Wen Zhi Yao>> (Commentary on Liu Zong Yuan's proses) in the sixth year of the Culture revolution under CP and Mao's patronage clearly indicates the fact that the CP, as another ruling party or individual in the histroy of China, is a devoting manor of it's tradition lord.