Shanghai is an immigrant city, which embodies the blending of eastern and western cultures.
Shanghai culture is synonymous with Shanghai culture.
Diversity and innovation are the main characteristics of Shanghai culture and the essence of Shanghai culture.
Shanghai style culture
The Shanghai style culture of "all rivers run into the sea" is reflected in all aspects of Shanghai style culture;
1. Shanghai's architectural culture has created a "World Architecture Expo" with the coexistence of China and the West, the combination of China and foreign countries, the blending of art and the unique style.
2. Shanghai's stage culture is precisely in the "all rivers run into the sea". The local "Qu Shen" (Shanghai Opera) and local operas such as Beijing Opera, Yue Opera and Huai Opera, as well as foreign dramas and ballets, blossom and compete with each other.
3. Shanghai's music culture, from the strong local flavor of "Purple Bamboo Tune" and "Plum Blossom Workshop", has brought jubilant "Cantonese Opera", loud and stirring "Celebrating gongs and drums", thrilling "Two Springs Reflecting the Moon", as well as symphonies, brass music and orchestral music from Europe and America; Shanghai's painting and calligraphy culture not only inherits and expands China's traditional painting and calligraphy, but also appears the "sea painting school" called "Shanghai School", which makes the sculpture art originated in ancient Greece and the oil painting art from Florence, the birthplace of the Renaissance, leave a mysterious smile here.
4. Shanghai's food culture is "all rivers run into the sea, inclusive", which not only gathers the halls and buildings that display the special food, traditional famous spots and tea and wine culture in Sichuan, Guangdong, Beijing, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Huaiyang, but also gathers the western restaurants and cafes that exude European and American sentiment and national flavor; Shanghai's folk culture not only retains and innovates traditional festivals, good and bad customs, folk craft skills, martial arts fitness, ancient collections and other cultures that show China's characteristics, but also absorbs and develops exotic customs with European customs such as communication etiquette, song and dance entertainment, sports competition, clothing and food, weddings and funerals. ...
Shanghai-style culture, rooted in China's traditional culture, combines the essence of other regional cultures in China, such as Wuyue culture, absorbs and digests some foreign cultural factors, mainly western ones, and creates a new Shanghai-style culture with its own unique personality. Its characteristics are: eclectic, good at sublating, pursuing Excellence and being brave in innovation.
The basic characteristics of Shanghai culture are openness, creativity, sublation and pluralism;
1. It is open. Shanghai-style culture is called the sea, and all rivers run into it. It blends Chinese and western cultures for our use, turns decay into magic and creates trends. It is also manifested in not being behind closed doors, not being complacent, not refusing to be advanced, and not refusing to be fashionable.
2. Creativity, absorption does not mean copying others, nor does it mean repeating and imitating others, but is full of innovative spirit and creativity. At that time, Shanghai Peking Opera created a series of operas, and its institutional setup was innovative. Today, Cao Cao and Yang Xiu are also innovative, and Jinmao Tower is an innovation of architectural culture.
3. It is inevitable that mud and sand will fall, especially during the passive opening period, during the concession period, during the early period of active opening, and when everything is in a hurry, it is understandable that some people are hungry and refuse to come. We put forward it in time, especially to distinguish clearly and treat it differently selectively to avoid blindness and blind obedience.
4. Pluralism, Shanghai culture, like other things, is a complex isomorphism, and it should not be required to be pure. A single Shanghai culture cannot be realized. Elegant and vulgar, foreign and local, Chun Xue and chin beauty, so advanced and backward, even low-level, vulgar, yellow and reactionary cultures may be mixed together, which requires a clear distinction.