Existing as a cultural group, the "urban new-generation migrants"(UNGM) take on such characteristics as "shanzhaity", "fast-foodedness", "open-mindedness", which is not only the vividly picturing of them "taking root into the urban life", but also shows their enormous assembling tension lying beneath their "fighting spirit of never saying give up". To a great extent, the culture of UNGM rekindled the cultural spark of the Chinese cities. This essay tries to see the UNGM in a grand historical dimension, analyses the cultural phenomenons and characteristics of the UNGM, unfolds their cultural ingenuity and developmental potentials containing in their modernized characteristics, and then foresees their influences on the endeavor of Chinese social reformation and modernization.
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