Abstract：In the context of globalization and modern transformation, the placeness is seriously challenged, and urban Hui communities with local and ethnic religious character is an important field to be explored. Hui minority has a highest level of urbanization in China. This article attempts to interpret the placeness of urban Hui community through analyzing place attachment in the context of globalization and modern transformation process. Based on the study of place attachment of Dongdasi community, it is found that disagreements about the nature of other urban communities arise from significant differences and uniqueness in the placeness of urban Hui communities. In the aspect of social dimension, place attachment of urban Hui community residents on the emotional, cognitive and social relations, is profoundly affected by residence time, education level, age and other factors. In the aspect of geographic dimension, urban Hui community residents pay more attention to the convenience of diet-friendly, especially have a deeper place attachment on some lots and streets with "mosque-market co-existing" or at close range of the mosque and market, and its recognition degree is also higher than the inner community and the fringe street. At the same time, there are two differentiated religion spaces within the urban Hui community and there are two different religious knowledge inheritance models, but the distance from the mosque is not a determinant factor to the sacredness of community residents. Therefore, from a placeness perspective, urban Hui community on a micro-scale is likely a rural "mosque-community" where the residents have a strong identity living around the mosque with stronger closeness and the differentiated knowledge inheritance.
艾少伟, 李娟, 段小微. 城市回族社区的地方性——基于开封东大寺回族社区地方依恋研究[J]. 人文地理, 2013, 28(6): 22-28,97.
AI Shao-wei, LI Juan, DUAN Xiao-wei. THE PLACENESS OF URBAN HUI COMMUNITY: BASED ON THE STUDY OF PLACE ATTACHMENT OF DONGDASI COMMUNITY IN KAIFENG. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY, 2013, 28(6): 22-28,97.
