《日用家当》是非裔美国黑人女作家艾丽丝·沃克的短篇小说。国内外学者对小说中人物看法趋于一致:褒扬玛姬对文化传统的保护,谴责迪背叛本民族文化传统。本文针对文化传统的继承提出一些相异的看法,玛姬和迪都有局限,应该把迪对文化继承的重要性的的认识和玛姬传承本民族文化传统的技能结合起来,在日常生活中继承和发扬黑人传统文化。 “Daily Household” is a short story by African-American black woman Alice Walker. Domestic and foreign scholars tend to agree on the characters in the novel: praising Margie’s protection of cultural traditions and denouncing Di to betray the national culture tradition. This article proposes some different views on inheritance of cultural traditions. Maggie and Di have limitations. They should combine Di’s understanding of the importance of cultural inheritance with Maggie’s skills of inheriting the national cultural tradition. In the daily life Inherit and carry forward the traditional black culture.