近年来,关于东北区域文化(亦称关东文化、关外文化)问题,在东北地区的文艺界、学术界屡屡引起争论。其中否定的意见认为,东北区域文化(或关东文化)的提法不能成立,认为关东文化至多是关内中原文化的一个分支,是关内主流文化影响下的亚文化。其实,世界各国的文化学家对“区域文化”的概念和提法都抱着非常审慎的态度。美国文化人类学家本尼迪克特在《文化模 In recent years, with regard to the issue of northeast regional culture (also known as Kanto culture, customs-related culture), there has been frequent controversy in the literary and art circles in the northeast region. The negative opinion holds that the formulation of the northeast regional culture (or Kanto culture) can not be established and believes that the Kanto culture is at most a branch of the Central Plains culture and the subculture under the influence of mainstream culture. In fact, cultural experts from all over the world are very cautious about the concept and formulation of “regional culture.” Benedict of the American cultural anthropologist in the "cultural model