Local Experience And Identity

Hongkong is a city without history. In colonial narrative, Western Hongkong by abarren and backward, sparsely populated fishing village among the internationalmetropolis in the world, formed a perfect modern social system of colonial policy,become successful model, the Pearl of the orient the considerable colonial color wordsfully reflects the colonial country proud and proud; in long occupied the political andcultural center of Central Plains culture status of the mainland, Hongkong isunfortunately fell into the clutches of, wait for the mother to save" cry cry" children,Wen Yiduo's" song of seven son" sung home, looking forward to return to deficit isother area especially the mainland people's imagination Hongkong unforgettable image.In the East and West in the narrative of" Hongkong" this image so different, almostdiametrically opposed, however, the" Hongkong" is essentially by saying" Hongkong",a political disadvantage in Hongkong have the right to speak any strong narrativeimagination, loss of face for maximum audience themselves possibility, Hongkong inthe history books are not of his own voice was the narrator, the real Hongkong in thehistorical narrative is absent. Hongkong writers in succession with his pen HongkongHongkong, publicity Hongkong consciousness, strive to make Hongkong the escapeimagine speech "the other" identity, voice. To create a" city"," floating city Zhi Yi","chalk" fertile soil Town West, belongs to the full sense of the writer in Hongkong, shegrew up in Hongkong, recognized his Hongkong identity, and in his works revealstrong Hongkong native consciousness. Her writing is deeply rooted in the land ofHongkong, to express the love for Hongkong and worry.Throughout the XiXi in the creative process, we can see, the XiXi has alwaysadhere to the Hongkong identity writing Hongkong writing position. XiXi's worksreflect the Hongkong in different cultural and historical context of emotional change,from" my city"," floating city" to return to exclude purchase of FDCs of people inHongkong, Hongkong change with constant moment affects West thoughts. In theearly nineteen sixties, XiXi became aware of the Hongkong in the identity crisis, but then Hongkong is in development period, but was caught in the turmoil in themainland of China," Hongkong person" the identity of at least to the people ofHongkong feel safe enough, therefore this time west creation more soar is to theHongkong identity of the deepest identity. With the passage of time, since the nineteenseventies end, regression is not empty talk, topic, doubt and anxiety of identity withWestern novels. But the XiXi is not only pointed out this problem, she tried toHongkong to seek a way out. In contrast to Huang Biyun, Li Bihua and other writers topessimism, XiXi showed a positive attitude, she put the" floating city" in the hope thatthe fate of" Hui Tong", she says, is standing in the white life circle is because his voicewas not listening. XiXi in her novels use metaphors discusses the reality of Hongkongface the crisis, and the beneficial thinking." Nine seven" regression after the dustsettles in Hongkong, unchanged, XiXi writing their own space fastest works" flyingcarpet", with the novelist pen for Hongkong tree, based on family history to sum up thevast social changes, by tracing back to the home country for strange and familiarcultural imagination, looking for the consciousness of Hongkong and China NationalImagination of commonality, as long-term free outside their country of origin place tofind a spiritual sense of belonging.