Traditional Chinese Cultural Elements Research Articles

Culture under Complex Perspective: A Classification for Traditional Chinese Cultural Elements Based on NLP and Complex Networks

The cultural element is the minimum unit of a cultural system. The systematic categorizing, organizing, and retrieval of the traditional Chinese cultural elements are essential prerequisites for the realization of effective extracting and rational utilization, as well as the prerequisite for exploiting the contemporary value of the traditional Chinese culture. To build an objective, integrated, and reliable classification method and a system of traditional Chinese cultural elements, this study takes the text of Taiping Imperial Encyclopedia in Northern Song Dynasty as the primary data source. The unsupervised word segmentation methods are used to detect Out-of-Vocabulary (OOV), and then the segmentation results by the THULAC tool with and without custom dictionary are compared. The TF-IDF algorithm is applied to extract the keywords of cultural elements and the Ochiia coefficient is introduced to create complex networks of traditional Chinese cultural elements. After analyzing the topological characteristics of the network, the community detection algorithm is used to identify the topics of cultural elements. Finally, a “Means-Ends” two-dimensional orthogonal classification system is established to categorize the topics. The results showed that the degree distribution in the complex network of Chinese traditional cultural elements is a scale-free network with γ = 2.28. The network shows a structure of community and hierarchy features. The top 12 communities have taken up to 91.77% of the scale of the networks. Those 12 topics of the traditional Chinese cultural elements are circularly distributed in the orthogonal system of cultural elements’ categorization.

Investigating the Relationships Between Cultural Embeddedness, Happiness, and Knowledge Management Practices in an Inter-Organizational Virtual Team.

In light of the considerable disparity in the thinking patterns between Western and Chinese societies, this study seeks to develop a better comprehension of the influences of traditional Chinese cultural elements on knowledge management (KM) practices within contemporary Taiwanese society. To this end, the research draws on the concepts of “guanxi” based on the embeddedness theory concept through the lens of employees’ happiness. A qualitative case study was conducted within a virtual team (in this case, Taiwanese Farmers’ Associations (FAs)), and data were collected from both observations and 36 interviewees. Based on the resulting analysis, the findings show that individuals’ knowledge-sharing behavior results from a complex interplay of a sense of well-being, guanxi, and the Chinese culture rooted within such organizations. The study provides a significant insight into the cultural implications of KM strategies and offers valuable advice for knowledge managers within the context of Taiwanese society.

A Study on Translation of Jin Yong's Novels

In recent years, translation has gradually become an important bridge for communication between China and the West, so it should take greater responsibility in the process of cultural dissemination. At the same time, as a unique Chinese novel genre, Jin Yong’s martial arts novels are full of traditional Chinese cultural elements. The English translation of Jin Yong’s novels has aroused more Westerners’ interest in Chinese culture and found a new path for Chinese culture to go out. Based on this, the article takes the English translation of Jin Yong’s novel Legends of the Condor Heroes-A Hero Born translated by Anna Holmwood as an example. The translation methods of words such as martial arts moves and special nouns summarize the translation strategies of Jin Yong's novels. According to the survey data, there are a total of 41 martial arts maneuvers in Chapters 11-30 of the English translation, with “transliteration “accounting for 14.63%, “literal translation” accounting for 9.76%, and “transliteration + literal translation” accounting for 56.10%. It can be seen that the proportion of translators using foreignized translation combined with domesticated translation to express the meaning of the original word is the largest, and its methods can be used for reference.

현대 패션디자인에 나타난 청대(淸代) 마갑(馬甲)과 마괘(馬褂)의 응용

The Qing Dynasty Vest and Mandarin Jacket are traditional Chinese costumes. However, design elements are used in today"s society and can be found in recent collections in Paris and Milan, including Eastern and Western brands. Qing Dynasty Vest and Mandarin Jacket are originally clothes worn by northern minorities on riding horses. They are exclusively for Manchu nobles in the early Qing Dynasty, but they are gradually passed down to the public and became daily clothes. This study investigated the process and characteristics of the Qing Dynasty Vest and Mandarin Jacket changes applied to contemporary fashion design. In this study, the methodology was to analyze the change process and characteristics of the Qing Dynasty Vest and Mandarin Jacket through literature and internet resources. After extract a design in which traditional Chinese cultural elements were applied to the design targeting the Paris and Milan fashion collections of the last six years, pieces were selected in which elements of the Qing Dynasty Vest and Mandarin Jacket were implied to the design. The differences in Chinese and Western brands" expression styles in the use of design elements of traditional Chinese costumes were analyzed. Finally, 71 out of 1086 pieces from the 2015 S/S collection to the 2020 S/S collection were analyzed by silhouette, color, pattern, material, and detail. Chinese fashion brands such as Heaven Gaia, Guo Pei, Shiatzy Chen, and Western fashion brands Vivienne Tam, Gucci, Armani, Elie Saab, and Prada were included.

Application of Chinese Regional Traditional Cultural Elements in New Rural Landscape Design

In the course of the development of Chinese history, the long history has made the traditional Chinese culture show nationality and rich connotation. Chinese elements, as one of the main signs and symbols of traditional Chinese culture, are an important part of the development of Chinese and world civilization. In the design of each part of the new rural landscape, regional cultural elements such as paper-cut shadows and Chinese calligraphy were used. Can greatly enhance the characteristics of Chinese culture. Therefore, the application of Chinese traditional cultural elements to the modern new rural landscape design is the main task faced by the new rural landscape designer. In the construction of theory and practice, this article discusses the development of the new countryside by using the Chinese element symbol and the concept method of the beautiful countryside, as a reference for the new rural landscape design. This paper obtains the proportion of the importance of the new rural landscape design principles, with inheritance and continuity accounting for 24%. This paper is mainly divided into the gaps that can fill Chinese rural cultural elements in the new rural landscape design. At the same time, I hope that more people who love culture can better understand the local culture and experience the new beautiful rural scenery. It is hoped that the results of this study will re-awaken people’s attention to regional culture.

To Explore the Inheritance of Computer Multimedia Art Design Based on Traditional Chinese Cultural Elements

With the development of computer digital media technology, computer multimedia art has emerged as a new art form.In China, it is very important to embed multimedia art in traditional Chinese culture, draw nourishment from traditional Chinese cultural elements, and give it a national character.This paper USES computer multimedia technology to discuss how to inherit and realize multimedia art design based on traditional Chinese cultural elements by analyzing the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games and the China pavilion of the Shanghai world expo, because they are the perfect combination of Chinese traditional culture and multimedia art.

Integration of Chinese Traditional Cultural Elements in Modern Graphic Design Teaching Based on Big Data Analysis

Traditional culture is a reflection of the simple customs, living beliefs and social environment of the Chinese nation, which is very important for the development of the country. Under the influence of economic globalization, Chinese traditional culture has been widely used in modern graphic design teaching. It not only provides rich information for graphic design teaching in China, but also has great significance for the development of Chinese culture and art. The purpose of this article is to study the fusion of traditional Chinese cultural elements in modern graphic design teaching based on big data analysis. This article proposes the integration of classroom teaching and practice, and vigorously implements the “combination of training and training” teaching mode, with “on-site teaching” as the main form. Adding traditional graphic creative design, you can try to design and design works with a sense of the times and history, while mixing with the students’ own, and different emotional factors experienced from traditional culture. Strengthen students’ research and study of traditional cultural theories. In terms of experiments, by conducting a questionnaire survey on students of graphic design in a vocational college, students’ expectations for the form of the course and their views on the role of modern graphic design are obtained. It was concluded that 25% of the students said that they like the teaching style that integrates culture and life. More than half of the students think that graphic design is the carrier of folk culture.

A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Chinese Traditional Culture and American Culture Elements of the Movie of Guasha Treatment

A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Chinese Traditional Culture and American Culture Elements of the Movie of Guasha Treatment

A Comparative Study of the Translation of Material Culture-loaded Words of Hongloumeng in the Light of Skopostheorie

Hongloumeng, one of the masterpieces in China, a splendid history of classical literature, carries a large amount of Chinese traditional culture elements and culture-loaded words. This paper will apply skopos theory as the theoretical framework and analyze the translation of material culture-loaded words in Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yangs’ translation of A Dream of Red Mansions and The Story of the Stone by David Hawkes. And then the author will try to list some representative culture-loaded words and reveal that how the skopos influences the translators’ choice of translation methods and strategies in translation, and what effect or effects can be achieved. Some conclusions can be drawn.

The Application Status of Chinese Traditional Cultural Elements in Modern Clothing Design

<p>China has a long history of Chinese civilization and profound traditional culture. The design elements contained in the Chinese civilization and traditional culture, with diverse forms, broad themes, long-lasting and rich connotations, are worthy cultural essences and cultural treasures and any other art forms are difficult to replace the historical status of this essence. The fashion design trend prevailing in the commodity world has been rooted in the soil of Chinese traditional cultureand constantly absorbs the creative essence of design elements, hoping to inject positive cultural connotation into the construction of value orientation in modern fashion design.</p>

“Kindhearted People, Please Save My Family”: Narrative Strategies for New Media Medical Crowdfunding

ABSTRACT With the development of new financing methods in the networked society, and due to the underdeveloped social security system in China, more and more patients and their families have to choose crowdfunding as an important way to raise treatment funds. Using thematic narrative analysis, this paper studied 100 texts of medical crowdfunding on Easy Fundraising from February 27, 2018 to May 1. It is found that the requests used a series of strategies including: constructing the identity of the patient in order to build a disadvantaged image worthy of help; using tragic narration based on the traditional Chinese cultural elements such as “family concept” and “filial piety” and contrast of the patients’ experience before and after the illness to mobilize the sympathy of potential donors; and downplaying the needs itself in order to maintain patients’ self-esteem.

Study on Banpo Painted Pottery Patterns in Fabric Pattern Design

With rich varieties demonstrate ingenious patterns, the decorative patterns of Banpo painted pottery is regarded as full demonstration of the modeling conception and artistic creativity of people at that time. In today’s fabric pattern design, traditional Chinese cultural elements are constantly being integrated to achieve people’s pursuit of national, artistic and personality of fabrics. Based on the interpretation of patterns in Banpo painted pottery and from the aesthetic perspective of modern design, this paper explores its innovation in modern fabric pattern design by extracting and applying the classical elements of patterns in Banpo painted pottery.

传统文化元素在现代服装中的设计与运用

当今时代服装的竞争已经不仅仅是品质的竞争，更多的是服装背后所蕴含的文化内涵的竞争。在倡导“民族的就是世界的”理念的今天，我国传统文化元素在世界舞台上越来越受到重视，然而我国大部分服装设计却忽略本国优秀文化元素，盲目追随西方国家的脚步。故本文针对我国服装设计缺乏内涵与创新的问题，提出要深入思考并充分利用我国传统文化元素，且对我国传统文化元素的众多方面和其运用方式进行了详细分析和举例说明，为其在服装设计领域更好地运用以增强我国服装的竞争力提供了方向。 Nowadays, the competition of clothing is not only the competition of the quality, but also the competition of the cultural connotation behind the clothing. Today, we all embrace the concept of “what belongs to the nation belongs to the world”. The world stage sees Chinese traditional cultural elements frequently. However, clothing designing in our country often ignores our excellent cultural elements, and blindly follows the footsteps of western countries. Therefore, aiming at the lack of connotation and innovation in our fashion design, this paper put forward that we should think deeply and make full use of Chinese traditional cultural elements. It also conducted a detailed analysis and gave supportive examples to many aspects of Chinese traditional cultural elements and the way it is used. By doing so, it provided a direction of better application of traditional cultural elements to enhance the connotation of our country clothing in the field of the clothing design.

Construction of Basic-element Database for Traditional Chinese Culture in Industrial Design

With the rapid advancement of internet and mobile internet, e-commerce has facilitated international trade and daily shopping. Appealed by the potential large Chinese market, many foreign companies have already got engaged in the development of new products aimed only to Chinese market or in the localization of the old products in Chinese market. In order to achieve this ambition, one of the necessary steps is to localize the external design of the product. However, many designers have never lived in China and thus lacked adequate understanding into Chinese culture. One of the sticky problems that puzzle those foreign designers is how to make full use of traditional Chinese cultural elements. This paper aims to present a Extenics-based method to find out all the possible traditional Chinese elements for appearance designing and establish an information database to provide some reference and help for those foreign designers in need. The applications in several industry designs have approved its effectiveness.

The Cultural Representation and Politics of the Chinese Moon Festival Gala: Nationalism, Nostalgia and Romance

Nationalism in various forms has been a fixture of modern Chinese politics and society; however, its form has changed and over the past decade or so, the CCP has begun to appropriate China’s cultural nationalism through its extensive use of propaganda and by other less nefarious methods. This paradigm shift embodies the deliberate manoeuvring that state nationalism is exerting on cultural symbols, concepts and legacies in China. Through imagery and emotionally laden political marketing that favour Party policy and rule, this form of nationalism surreptitiously caters to the cultural tastes of, and appeals to, the emerging middle class of contemporary Chinese society. It is a more nuanced and creative type of propaganda. Using the 2009 China Central Television (CCTV) Moon Festival (Mid-Autumn Festival) Gala as a case study, this paper examines Party-state appropriations of cultural nationalism. The Gala is a rich reservoir of moon-inspired traditional Chinese cultural elements, and the intriguing manoeuvring of these culturally bound images and iconography signifies a new propaganda strategy that combines poetic nostalgia, poignant romance and abstract philosophical pursuit, through which cultural elements are skilfully woven into a patriotic and nationalist appeal. These traditional cultural signifiers, illusions and fantasies serve the Party’s political aims as it attempt to reinforce its legitimacy by forging a culturally bound national identity.

TRADITIONAL CULTURE ELEMENTS MERGING INTO MOSAICULTURE

The mosaiculture’s works in Beijing are analyzed and summarized, in order to look for the influence of china traditional culture to the originality of mosaiculture design. The composition of traditional Chinese cultural elements and its impacts on the development of mosaiculture are discussed and 2 reasons that mosaiculture’s design preferring traditional culture elements are put forward. Special requirement of festival celebration, especially for the National Day, is pointed out firstly. And the public psychology of “praying for welfare and luck” is another important reason. The various traditional culture elements merging into mosaiculuture are discussed on the similarity of graphics and moral in works. Taking examples of some masaiculture works in Beijing during 2008 Olympic Games and 2009 Sixtieth National Anniversary, different traditional culture elements, using in mosaiculture’s design, are introduced, such as classical building, mascot, decorative pattern, ancient science and technology, folk-custom, handwriting, traditional Chinese painting, classical garden, musical instrument, ceramics, jadeware, dress and accessories, etc. And, the basic principles merging traditional culture elements into mosaiculture are summarized to 3 facets. Additionally, it is discussed how to obtain the time spirits and modern characters in the design of mosaiculture with traditional elements. Some viewpoints on reducing the complexity of meaning, paying attention to the spatial characters of setting, and advocating abstract expression are suggested.

The Journey of Silk to the International Fashion Design World

The eastern cultural elements, especially represented by Chinese traditional cultural elements, are widely applied in the fashion design when some major international fashion brands introduce the latest design to the world. Silk as one of main factors of Chinese culture has caught lots of attention of international fashion designers and has won great recognition in the western world. The mixtures of cultural elements give those international fashion brands big profits both in the publicity and economy. However at present in china silk is mainly employed into the bed clothing design, underwear design and craft design. Although there are some designers who try silk into the fashion design, the patterns they use are mostly the Chinese traditional ones. The limit of patterns and styles of silk design puts the domestic silk fashion design in the dilemma. The success of the employment of eastern cultural elements of those international fashion brands inspires a new trend of the silk fashion design. This thesis will try to explore approaches to combine the western cultural elements and Chinese traditional cultural elements into the silk fashion design. And at the same time, we like to talk about the concepts of using the Chinese traditional ways of sewing and embroidery in the showing western cultural elements by silk. Also we want to discuss the new access of the silk to the international fashion design world.

A dilemma for feudal China: To launch a copyright scheme in the late 19th century

Based on copyright law and its jurisprudential basis in the late 19th century of China, this article is focused on the external conditions affecting or restricting the formation and development of copyright law during this period, and also reviews the tortuous process of copyright law and theories in China, and explores the underlying influences of Chinese traditional culture and other elements. Furthermore, it analyses the significant influences of western copyright concepts on the practical development of Chinese copyright protection system. Last but not least, it argues the fundamental barriers to the development of copyright law in China resulting from the persistent gap between the notions that forced upon the legal system and those embodied in social axiology, and the conflicts and tensions induced have affected both the law making and enforcement in copyright.

Chinese Funerals in San Francisco Chinatown: American Chinese Expressions in Mortuary Ritual Performance

Abstract The public performance of funeral rituals in San Francisco Chinatown is a viewing lens through which the cultural identity of this famous ethnic community and tourist attraction is exposed. While the varied range of mortuary performances reveals the heterogeneous composition of a multiethnic Chinese place, the majority of funerals are of a standard ritual type that identifies the self-image of Chinatown as being modernized, urban Chinese. Modified and formulated in the U.S. context, the Chinatown funeral is a hybrid composite of traditional Chinese and Western cultural and religious elements. Crafted and constituted by Chinatown, these syncretic, Americanized funerals are American Chinese cultural expressions of a localized Chinatown culture.