A Study On Chinese Symbols In The Documentaries Of Joris Ivens

Symbol is the accumulation of culture. The symbols of a nation can carry the culture context. Documentary is a living fossil of the history of a country, and also a variational album for a certain period of time. We can discover unique culture of an era from these fossils; explore the memories and marks of an era and the cultural value and meaning of these symbols. Joris Ivens was known as a pioneer of documentary films, a significant representative in the history of documentary films in the world.In this paper,the research of "Chinese Symbols" in the documentaries of Joris Ivens, express the symbolic meaning and the culture values of these symbols. The first two chapters of this paper lead the questions, significance and define the "Chinese Symbols". The comprehensive interpretations about "Chinese Symbols" are conducted from three different times in the Chapter Ⅲ of the documentary. The latter part of the article sum up the thinking about china and expounded the symbol value, meaning and extension about these symbols.Ivens devote himself to the pursuit that a poetic way of life and the firmly belief in communism.In his post humous work "story of the wind", his whole life chasing Seek recourse to a simple but fantasy symbols:wind.Meanwhile,"Wind" is also a kind of consideration about Chinese culture.Breakthrough in the study purely from the formerly analyses of the documentary at angle of Film&TV documentary.Try to review and analysis "Chinese Symbol" showed in the works of Ivens record "symbol" from semiotics and history.Explore its signifier and signified in the works. And strive to reflect the cultural symbols of one Times we see the change and development of the Chinese symbols in more than half a century, different characteristics, rules and time rheology presented in different period symbols.In These symbols, some belong to a certain moment in an era, with mobility and temporary.Some symbols carries profound historical and cultural memory, is heavy and constant。Refine and enrich the representative of the Chinese symbols.Dissemination of national iconic symbol in the form of a documentary film, is an important channel of the national cultural transmission and carry forward road.