文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Chinese Square-Dancing: A Description of Group Cultural Life

作者：Yang, Jun[1,2];Qin, Tianli[3,4]

机构：[1]East China Univ Sci & Technol, Sociol, Hong Kong, Peoples R China;[2]East China Univ Sci & Technol, Chinese Urban & Rural Dev Res Ctr, Hong Kong, Peoples R China;[3]City Univ Hong Kong, Dept Social & Behav Sci, Hong Kong, Peoples R China;[4]City Univ Hong Kong, Dept Social & Behav Sci, Kowloon Tong, Tat Chee Ave, Hong Kong 999077, Peoples R China

年份：2023

卷号：28

期号：4

起止页码：1149

外文期刊名：SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH ONLINE

收录：;WOS:【SSCI(收录号:WOS:000811038500001)】；

语种：英文

外文关键词：community life; cultural imagination; public space; square-dancing

摘要：In recent years, square-dancing has produced a widespread social influence in China and has led to the emergence of a new type of 'cultural life'. This article focuses on the emergence and significance of Chinese square-dancing as group cultural life. Square-dancing is a kind of public fitness activity with both fitness and spirit-enriching functions. It is an important carrier of social communication. Individuals enter the square space through 'guanxi (relationship and connections with others)-seeking' and spontaneous interest. Through role stratification and interactions among small groups, 'dance teachers' - 'backbone members' - 'ordinary members' interactive circle community life is formed inside the square-dancing group. This group activity, on one hand, awakens the memory of the individual's collective life and realizes the inheritance of the collective culture; on the other hand, it realizes the reconstruction of collective ritual through the form of group performance.