On The Anti - Japanese War Culture In Xinjiang During The War

Wartime culture during the period of Anti-Japanese war was outstanding both in the great role it played in inspiring national patriotism and uniting the Chinese people with deep hatred for the aggressors and in the tremendous impact it had on subsequent events. So is the wartime culture in xinjiang, as it is an essential part of the overall wartime culture in china.Culture consists of cultural activities and cultural achievements. As the Anti-Japanese wartime culture was a dialectical unity of activities and achievements, this paper is neither a simple description of cultural activities nor an abstract analysis of cultural results. Instead it tries to seek an organic unity of both.This paper consists of four parts:Part one generalizes the formation and development of xinjiang Anti-Japanese wartime culture and traces its background and history.Part two analyzes in a multilevel, multi-angle manner, the causes for the formation and development of the culture in terms of concerned organizational basis, material conditions, objective environment and other key factors both in xinjiang and in other parts of china.Part three summarizes the characteristics of the culture and the role it had played. With the view to the proposition that wartime culture in xinjiang had been developed and established under the advancement of national wartime culture and was an essential part of it, this paper thinks that wartime culture in xinjiang shared a lot with national wartime culture and had its own peculiarities. A comparison between derives four characteristics. Wartime culture in xinjiang took the National Anti-Japanese united front characteristic of xinjiang as the basis for its existence and development and took "Anti-Imperialist Association" as its mass organizations. Itexpressed itself in the form of phasic climax rather than consecutive climax. It diversified as its expressions were carried by national cultures. At the same time, by integrating historical records and academic analysis, this paper sums up many of the role the wartime culture in xinjiang played. The culture promoted the patriotic awakening on the part of all nationalities in xinjiang and built up their Anti-Japanese awareness; it aroused their fervor in assisting Anti-Japanese activities and constructing xinjiang, thus ensuring that the international channels were unimpeded; by cultivating cultural mainstay, it laid solid foundation for the cultural development in xinjiang; by extending the contents, forms and channels, it trained a batch of revolutionary talents for all nationalities; and it improved the cultural unbalance between nationalities and between regions in xinjiang.Part four summarizes the implication of the wartime culture. The leadership by the communist party of china is the vital guarantee of national unity, social stability and economic development in xinjiang; to trust, rely on and unite all nationalities is the source of power for the prosperity of xinjiang; to maintain stability and to emphasize the cultural and economic development are the two themes of the social stability and progress; The core of wartime culture in xinjiang is patriotism which is also vital to xinjiang' s development; the interest of all nationalities in xinjiang and that of our homeland are identical, and xinjiang is the indispensable part of our homeland ;advanced culture is the guide of xinjiang' s development.