什么是文化?这是进入文化研究领域首先需回答的一个问题,也是我们在界定水文化涵义之始,首先要求搞清楚的一个问题。但是,对此要做出一个确定的回答又是困难的。自近代以来,无论是西方还是中国,人们都热衷于文化问题的研讨,于是便产生了数百种关于文化的定义。难怪有人说,有多少人研究文化,就有多少个关于文化的定义。谁要是讨论文化,谁就要申明他对于文化概念的所指。 What is culture? This is the first question to be answered in the field of cultural studies. It is also an issue that we first need to make clear when defining the meaning of water culture. However, it is difficult to make a definitive answer to this question. Since the modern days, people in both the West and China have been keen on the study of culture and have thus produced hundreds of definitions of culture. No wonder some people say how many people have studied culture and how many definitions of culture there are. If anyone wants to discuss the culture, one must affirm his conception of cultural connotations.