The Cultural Transmission of Raise the Red Lantern: The Representation of Symbolism

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10.2991/assehr.k.220110.097How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Film; Symbols; Semiotics; Symbolism; Cultural Transmission

Abstract

Film is a popular media content in today’s society, always portraying political, cultural, social and philosophical ideologies by virtue of its representation, reality and immediacy. With its characteristics of the richness of visual images, films have the propagation effect to spread the narration of cultural diversity. This short research paper focuses on the representation of the aesthetics, editing and narrative of the traditional Chinese film Raise the Red Lantern (1991) to explore the inner meaning. With its unique combination of oriental visual aesthetics and folk Chinese culture, the film has become one of the dominant Asian films in the global film market. More importantly, there are a large number of metaphorical symbols in this film. These objects are inextricably related to the plot’s development, as well as delivering a cultural transmission to international audiences. This film is worth doing more deeper research on the relationships of semiotics, symbolism, and cultural transmission for individuals.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xiaoyan Zhang
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/01/28
TI  - The Cultural Transmission of Raise the Red Lantern: The Representation of Symbolism
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Public Art and Human Development ( ICPAHD 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 509
EP  - 512
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220110.097
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220110.097
ID  - Zhang2022
ER  -