清末民初,公园作为现代都市文明的象征,在被引进北京的过程中折射出了北京的市政变革和都市文化。公园概念的引入,肇始于康有为、梁启超等启蒙者对于现代市政及现代市民的理想,在他们看来,公园的作用不仅在于提供休闲娱乐的空间,更在于养成身心健康的现代市民。基于这种思路,以朱启钤为首的京都市政公所推行公园开放运动,将皇家禁苑改造为现代公园,致使其尤为注重公园的教化功能,公园中附设的图书馆和茶座成为一道独特的风景。民国北京公园因此具有公共文化空间的性质,新旧文人可在此社交、创作、获取新的知识与信息,从而影响到文学的创作、生产和传播。
<<The process of the public park being introduced into Beijing as a representative of urban modernity reflects the urban transformation and urban culture of Republican Beijing. The elite intellectuals such as Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao advocated the public park for its function of improving the morality and health of modern citizens. Thus Zhu Qiqian and his municipal government transformed the imperial gardens of Beijing into public parks and paid particular attention to their educational functions. Therefore,the parks abundant of libraries and teahouses paralleled the public cultural space of Beijing,in which the literati could entertain themselves and communicate with each other and thus promoted the production and diffusion of literature.
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