本期的“钟敬文的文化分层理论研究”(黄国益)指出,按照美国人类学家R.Redfield的“大传统”与“小传统”的文化分层理论,“大传统”的士绅文化是精英文化,而与它相对的“小传统”的社会大众生活文化,则是民间文化。两者之间由于各自具有的特征差异,形成明显的分界。钟敬文先生 This issue of Zhong Jingwen’s Theory of Cultural Stratification (Huang Guoyi) pointed out that in accordance with the cultural stratification theory of “big tradition” and “little tradition” of American anthropologist R. Redfield, the “grand traditional” gentry culture Is the elite culture, and its opposite “small tradition” of social life culture, it is folk culture. Between the two due to their own differences in characteristics, forming a clear boundary. Mr. Zhong Jingwen