Author(s)

Jia Yuan

Corresponding Author

Jia Yuan

Abstract

This paper mainly discusses the unique role and important value of Dunhuang documents in revealing social integration and the construction of Chinese cultural identity. Through the comprehensive use of text interpretation and cultural research, this paper deeply analyzes the language exchange, the integration of religious beliefs, the mutual learning of living habits and customs, and the integration of legal system and social management contained in Dunhuang's documents. On this basis, the article reveals that Dunhuang, as an important node of cultural exchange and integration on the ancient Silk Road, plays a key role in promoting the construction of Chinese cultural identity. It is found that the Dunhuang document records the mutual influence and integration of various ethnic groups in culture, religion and society. Through these blending phenomena, it shows the gradual construction and deepening of Chinese cultural identity. Ethnic blending is the exchange and integration of cultural elements, but also the sharing and inheritance of historical memory and the innovation and development of cultural inheritance. This process has laid a solid foundation for the formation of the pluralistic and integrated cultural pattern of the Chinese.

Keywords

Dunhuang document; Ethnic blending; Chinese cultural identity; Historical memory; Cultural exchange and integration