Director Kunsang Norbu of Sog County Art Troupe简

<正>The Art Troupe of Sog County in Nagqu Prefecture is loved deeply by the locals.It has an illustrious history of over 50 years.Among its former members are fa...     

Charting the development of social and cultural geography in Mainland China: voices from the inside*

This article provides an overview of the recent development of social and cultural geography in China. It discusses six major bodies of work: cultural areas, cultural diffusion and cultural integration; geographies of ethnic cultures; cultural landscape and cultural economy; place and place-based cultural politics; marginal social groups; and geographies of social injustice. Although social and cultural geography is still located on the periphery of the disciplinary landscape of Chinese human geography, it is nonetheless developing into a noteworthy field of research. We start this review by calling attention to some problems in epistemologies and analytical approaches. Social and cultural geography in China often suffers from an analytical separation between environment and culture as ontologically enclosed entities. Also, it pays insufficient attention to the mutually constitutive relations between the social and the spatial. However, more recent studies have begun to engage with constructionist/poststructuralist approaches, and develop less positivist interpretations of space, social relations and cultural meanings. This review suggests that social and cultural geography in China needs to develop broader research scopes and strengthen theoretical frameworks. It concludes by calling for constructive dialogues between Chinese and Western human geographical scholarships.     

Advanced design of Chinese traditional materials for the conservation of historic stone buildings

The conservation of historic stone buildings and sculptures is recently receiving growing attention and becoming a focus of research because of rapid changes in weather conditions (pollution, acid rain, etc.). Presently, techniques for stone conservation primarily involve the use of organic coating treatments, but their side effects have been recognized. In contrast, some traditional materials used in historic stone buildings function well for thousands of years. In this paper, we report our research on the reasons why traditional protective materials can provide an unexpected long-term protection. First, calcium carbonate was prepared according to a formula for making Chinese traditional consolidating materials, and its structure and morphology were examined by different instruments. Second, the reinforcing effectiveness of the prepared CaCO₃ powders was tested and analyzed by investigating its surface characteristics. The experimental results reveal that a biocontrolled process occurs, in which an organic template can induce the precipitation of a mineral structure, which in turn results in a great improvement in the conservation of the historic stone buildings protected by these traditional protective materials. This provides a contribution toward the development of new researches on biocontrolled processes and on some protective materials with excellent performance through biocontrolled synthesis.     

清末民初的“纪年”变革与国家建构

清末,中国传统时间思维受到西方线性时间观念的冲击而发生根本变革,纪年变革就是这种变化最为直接的表现。知识分子将纪年视为建构＂现代国家＂的重要方面,并为争夺纪年所具有的政治资源展开激烈论争。民国建立之后,革命党人将建构新纪年体系视为革新政治的重要标志,并在社会上大力播扬新纪年的意义,此做法却受到了普通民众的抵制。时间观念及与之相伴的生活习俗与现实政治之间的复杂关系是近代社会变革的重要论题。     

首届“中国&#183;赤峰红山文化国际高峰论坛“综述

2006年8月10日,由赤峰学院、赤峰市文化局主办的首届"红山文化国际高峰论坛"在赤峰学院学术报告厅举行,参加高峰论坛的国内学者分别来自中国社会科学院     

在香港地方志工程启动典礼上的贺词

首先,衷心感谢香港地方志筹备委员会盛睛邀请我出席香港地方志工程启动典礼。其次,请允许我代表中国地方志指导小组对工程启动表示热烈祝贺![第一段]     

在视察河南省地方史志工作时的讲话

很高兴能到河南省地方史志办公室来。河南省是全国地方志系统中工作做得比较好的省份之一．对此我早有耳闻,一直想来,许还平主任也多次请我来,只是苦于没有机会。这次是省委组织部要我来为全省市厅级主要领导干部专题研讨班讲课,所以利用这个机会来向大家学习和请教。刚才参观了方志馆,看了展览、书库、办公室、阅览室,浏览了网站,又在座谈会上听取了许主任对河南省地方志工作的全面介绍,征求了大家对第二轮修志中省志名称、志书上下限要不要统一等几个问题的意见,很开眼界,很受启发。[第一段]     

南京大屠杀殷山矶遇难同胞遗址的发现与考证

2005年在南京城西南约5公里处发现一座“大坟”,据当地村民口述和当年参与此处埋尸的老人现场指认及回忆,并查阅中日两国有关军事档案资料,以及中国南京审判日本战犯军事法庭谷寿夫案审判资料等史料,查明侵华日军当年在此处的加害部队、加害暴行实例和当地居民、中国被俘军人等受害实况,确认此处为原始实态形状的侵华日军南京大屠杀殷山矶遇难同胞丛葬地遗址。该遗址为现仅存的三处呈原始实态形状的遗址之一,故对于证明南京大屠杀历史具有重要的意义。     

王世杰与战后对日和约问题的交涉

缔结对日和约是二战后国际间的一项重大议题。因其关乎中国利益尤甚,国民政府给与了相当程度的重视,王世杰及国民政府外交部进行了一系列交涉,努力促成对日和约的签订并试图使其最大限度的有利于中国。但对日和约问题主要取决于当时的世界大势,取决于美苏两个超级大国力量对比的消长及彼此的战略策略转换,国民政府显然并不具备支配局势的能力,特别是内战的不断扩大以及国内局势的动荡不安,这种能力益乎衰微。王世杰及国民政府外交部未能实现其既定目标。