The Decline of the Elite Culture and the Rise of the Mass Culture

The decline of the elite culture and the rise of the mass culture is the most striking feature in Chinese culture in 90's of the 20 th century.The tide of market economy is the most important background against which this happens.We could not change or avoid it,but we can describe and analyse it.We can point out the advantages and the disadvantages or the positive and the negative influence of it.Accordingly this paper points out the anxiety about this change in academic world,inquires into the conditions of the rise of the mass culture and summarizes its characteristic.