人们常把火爆流行的大众文化看成是高科技时代特有的现象,文化学者们也常这样说。但从更为宏观的历史角度看,日光之下并无新事,低科技的古代社会中同样有精彩的大众文化,这就是民间艺术(Folk art)——一种纯粹本土生产的实用艺术。它由普通乡民创造,有风俗化、平民化的题材内容,亲和性、娱乐性的表现形式,群体化、乡土化的文化特征;其形式多由传承得来,其思想内涵是民间流行的信仰和生活观 Popular popular culture is often seen as a phenomenon unique to the high-tech era, as scholars of culture often say. However, from a more macroscopic historical point of view there is nothing new under the sun. The same is true of the popular culture in the low-tech ancient society. This is Folk art, a pragmatic art of purely indigenous production. It is created by ordinary villagers, with the theme of custom, civilians content, affinity, entertaining forms of expression, group culture, local cultural characteristics; its form is derived from inheritance, its ideological content is popular among the people Faith and outlook on life