马克思认为,人类是通过哲学的、实践—精神的、宗教的、艺术的方式来把握这个世界的。然而,从历史的遗留来看,我们的文化大多是由作为社会精英的知识分子所表达的。实际上,民间文化的主体和精英文化的主体一样,也是通过这些方式来把握这个世界的。但民间文化主体把握世界的结果却和精英文化大不相同,表现为生活哲学、村规民约、工艺技术、民间信仰、禁忌、神话、传说、民歌、民谣、故事、工艺美术、民间音乐等。而精英文化则是世界本原论、本体论、发展论的体系性作品,法律、道德、科学规律的学院化描述,宗教的起源、发展、流派、宗门等的探讨,文人诗歌、绘画、书法、音乐的呈现。二者有着迥异的风格和特色。
Marx believed that mankind grasped the world through the way of philosophy, practice and spirit, religion and art. But in most of the historical legacy, our culture was reflected in intellectual＇s achievement. In fact the way of the owners of folk culture grasping the world was the same as that of the owners of elite culture. But the results were different, in terms of philosophy of life, pacts, technology, folk beliefs, taboo, myth, legend, folk song, ballad, story, arts and crafts, folk music etc. The elite culture was the systemic and college works about philosophy, legal, and art, the inquiry into origin, development and religious sects as well as the presentation of poems, painting, music and calligraphy. The results had very different style and characteristic .
