Different Heroes

Thanks to "heroes", history become colorful, fascinating, "hero" image in the sky of history shining and inspiring. At all times and all countries shape their own "hero" character, "Heroes " and those image building have become a cultural phenomenon. Different heroes represent different traditions and cultural values."Touched China" and "Heroes" are two "positive character" TV program in China and US, through similar professional operation, shaping different "hero" characters, building" an value of identity "field. This article attempts to compare the operation of the two processes, "heroic" image production system, the symbolic value of those "heroes", take it as a starting point to analysis the political culture between China and US.On the one hand, through the macro analysis we can find:"Touched China" under ambitious national background screenings personal deeds, elements of the country live in hiding behind the image of the individual. In the institutional background what the party control the media, "Touched China" to achieve the ruling authorities to promote the collectivism, shaping the image of the country, the combination of national identity and political socialization function. The difference is, "Heroes" shows the active American citizen autonomy, which are inseparable and moral values of traditional American autonomy and individualism, not only that, in under "Manifest Destiny," American culture is also reflected an open and inclusive national vision.On the other hand, a single "hero" characters comparative analysis can have other found:The "heroes" in "Touched China", they pursuit the inner moral accomplishment to be "a moral man", fitting the traditional Chinese culture:" Fides Et Opera "and " Saint and Emperor ". The "heroes" of "Heroes" are public-spirited, interested in social affairs "modern citizen", passing out American citizen virtue and self-confident and optimistic attitude to life.In the context of globalization, analysis of political culture between the two countries, we can have more dialectical look at China and the US in the spirit of collective self-government traditions, Chinese Traditional Virtue and American civic values, thus we can have a better promote cultural exchanges and dialogue things.