神圣空間、社會、地理和民族主義之間存在著微妙的關系。泰山,作為中國最著名的圣山之一和晚清帝國時期的大眾朝圣地,是研究神圣與世俗界限及兩者緊密聯系的絕佳對象。民國之前,雖有少數精英將泰山看作全中國的文化符號,但大多數的老百姓卻仍然將其當作地域朝圣中心;民國時期,許多知識分子開始有意識地尋求營造一個中國的當代身份認同,泰山由此被選中為國家的象征符號。

This article explores the interstices between sacred space,society,geography and nationalism during the 20th century.Mount Tai is one of China’s most renowned sacred sites.It was the goal of a popular pilgrimage during the late imperial era.The mountain is an excellent subject for an examination of the artificial lines,but very real links between secular and sacred.By the Republican era,while a few elite saw the mountain as a cultural symbol for all of China,the majority of visitors were still drawn to it as a regional pilgrimage center,during the Republican period many intellectuals consciously sought to construct what they saw as a modern identity for China and Mount Tai was chosen as a national symbol.