Xungen movement

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Xungen movement
Traditional Chinese:	尋根文學
Simplified Chinese:	寻根文学
Literal meaning:	"Searching for roots"
Transliterations Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin: Xúngēn wénxué

The xungen movement is a cultural and literary movement in mainland China emphasizing local and minority cultures. It began in the late-1980s. Its premise is that the Cultural Revolution destroyed a pluralistic Chinese identity that had existed for centuries, and that the reconstruction of that identity requires a healthy appreciation of local cultures.

The xungen movement bears some similarities with the Taiwanese localization movement in its rejection of a centrally-imposed Chinese identity.