英文摘要 |
This article explores Sino-Muslims (Huimin) identities by focusing on the Nanhua Wenyi (南華文藝) Incident, during which the famous periodical Yuehua (月華) published a special issue to“refute the blasphemy”(bianwu). The special issue included several articles by which the Sino-Muslim authors sought to express their identities, the anxiety about their status in the newborn Chinese nation and the way they picture its future, while refuting the blasphemous account published by Nanhua Wenyi. The article begins with the brief historical introduction of modern Chinese nationalism which tends to create a monolithic, Han-dominant Chinese identity. This vision of Chinese nation stimulates non-Han minorities, in this case the Sino-Muslims or Hui, to respond by emphasizing their collective identity and reconsidering their status and relations with other ethnic groups within the Chinese community. Among them, the tension between Hui and Han is of great significance. It is evident in the frequently occurred blasphemous cases, especially those related to pork taboo, which Muslims are bound to the religious dietary law that restricted any pork consumption. The long-lasting Hui-Han tension reflected in the issue of pork taboo were further enhanced by the emerging print media such as newspaper, periodicals and magazines during the early years of Republican era. On the basis of these premises, this article attempts to show that the Sino-Muslim elites are not only criticizing the blasphemous account and clarifying the dietary taboo or customs of the Muslims, but also expressing concern about their status and future as a whole in the nation building process of modern China. |