What is "grassroots culture"

Hello, a prosperous city at the grassroots level can be said to be a grassroots culture. Grassroots began in the United States in the19th century, when the United States was immersed in the gold rush. At that time, it was widely rumored that there was gold under the lush grass roots on the surface of the mountain soil. Later, the word "grassroots" was introduced into the field of sociology, and "grassroots" was given the connotation of "grassroots people". In recent cultural studies, scholars often cite the word "grassroots". Weeds have tenacious vitality because of their ordinary nature; Weeds are life created by sunlight, water and soil; Weeds seem loose, but they are endless; Weeds will never grow into towering trees, but they will live forever because they are rooted in the earth. Weeds are endowed with human spirit, even with stubborn human weakness. Grassroots have strong cohesion, more vitality and independence. Tianjin's Wei culture, wharf culture and Xiaoyanglou culture all originate from the grass roots of Tianjin culture, which should be recognized as the most fundamental feature of Tianjin culture. Grass-roots culture is relative to imperial culture and court culture. Born and raised by the people, it has not been guided and standardized by mainstream consciousness, nor has it been processed and transformed by cultural elites. Full of local flavor and rich knowledge of life. Grassroots culture not only sets the life concept of Tianjin people, but also affects the spiritual realm of several generations of Tianjin people. [Edit this paragraph] Definition of the concept of grassroots culture Sociologist and folklorist Ai Jun defined grassroots culture in his Interpretation of the 30th Anniversary of Reform and Opening-up. Grassroots culture belongs to a special cultural trend phenomenon formed by some special groups in a certain period of life, and it is actually a phenomenon of "subculture, subculture". It has the characteristics of civilian culture, belongs to a social and cultural phenomenon without specific laws and standards to follow, and is a dynamic and changeable cultural phenomenon. It is different from elegant culture, high-class culture, palace culture and traditional culture. For the phenomenon of grassroots culture, he believes that healthy and progressive grassroots culture will form an important supplement to the mainstream culture, but the ignorant and backward grassroots culture will undeniably bring radiation, corrosion and impact to the traditional mainstream culture ... In the past 30 years of reform and opening up, the surge of grassroots culture has enriched people's cultural life, supplemented people's spiritual needs, and in a certain sense, embodied the "letting a hundred flowers blossom" of literature and art. But in fact, it is also a challenge to popularize and carry forward some mainstream cultures. The development of science and technology and its innovative 2.0 form have also profoundly shaped and promoted grassroots culture. Innovation 2.0 is becoming a grass-roots innovation form under the condition of knowledge society, and it affects the grass-roots process of society. Web2.0 is a typical embodiment of innovation 2.0 in the Internet field, and blog is undoubtedly a typical representative of Web2.0. As a controlling and underdeveloped medium, blog provides an equal stage for the general public, media elites and potential media elites, and promotes the popularization, popularization and grassroots of society and culture. [3] No culture can be divorced from its social value and responsibility for social development, nor can it be divorced from the "two-for-one" direction of literature and art. "Grassroots culture" comes from the people, from the public and from life, and these cultures are bound to have certain dross and corrosiveness. Healthy and positive "grassroots culture" will form an important supplement to mainstream culture, but ignorant and backward "grassroots culture" will undeniably bring radiation, corrosion and impact to traditional mainstream culture. Under the guidance of "Scientific Outlook on Development", we should eliminate some dross, especially the dross that has caused subversive damage to China's excellent traditional culture, and advocate and develop the "grass-roots culture" that the masses love and have progressive significance for social development.