1、HippieThe Hippie subculture was originally a youth movement that began in the United States during the early 1960s and spread around the world, The word hippie derives from hipster(爵士乐之迷 ), and was initially used to describe beatniks(垮掉一代的成员) who had moved into San Franciscos Haight-Ashbury district
2、. These people inherited the countercultural values of the Beat generation, created their own communities, listened to psychedelic(产生幻迷效果的) rock, embraced the sexual revolution, and used drugs such as cannabis and LSD to explore alternative states of consciousness.In 1967, the Human Be-In in San Fra
3、ncisco popularized hippie culture, leading to the legendary Summer of Love on the West Coast of the United States, and the 1969 Woodstock Festival on the East Coast. In Mexico, the jipitecas formed La Onda Chicana and gathered at “Avndaro“, while in New Zealand, nomadic housetruckers practiced alter
4、native lifestyles and promoted sustainable energy at Nambassa. In the United Kingdom, mobile “peace convoys“ of New age travellers made summer pilgrimages to free music festivals at Stonehenge.Hippie fashions and values had a major effect on culture, influencing popular music, television, film, lite
5、rature, and the arts. Since the 1960s, many aspects of hippie culture have been assimilated by the mainstream. The religious and cultural diversity espoused(支持,拥护)by the hippies has gained widespread acceptance, and Eastern philosophy and spiritual concepts have reached a wide audience. The hippie legacy can be observed in contemporary culture in a myriad of formsfrom health food, to music festivals, to contemporary sexual mores, and even to the cyberspace(计算机空间) revolution.