The Reflection Of Jiangnan Images In Period Of Historical Dramas Of Mainland China In The New Century

As a product of typifying and localizing Chinese TV dramas,the “A period of historical drama” has played an irreplaceable role in building the historical memory,spreading the mainstream value and carrying on national cultures.Into the 21 st century,with the change of the macroscopic social context,the productivity and influence of the Jiangnan images in period dramas have been improved unprecedentedly.They have made new breakthroughs in narrative theme,cultural connotation and aesthetic implication,having great practical significance for building and spreading Jiangnan’s regional culture,as well as arousing and simulating the audience’s aesthetic imagination.In the context of multicultural coexistence in the new century,the Jiangnan images in period dramas are no longer limited to a single narrative theme,narrative code or narrative strategy.Instead,it endows Jiangnan with cultural spirit and ethical ideas on the basis of according with the historical background and popular imagination.In terms of spatial form,Jiangnan is an ideal dwelling place full of natural landscape and romantic love.The civilized land cultivates a number of businessmen and literati full of pioneering spirit.It is also a dark place which shows decline decadence,decay and desperation under the pressure of traditional ethics.The small bridge over the flowing stream,the long black tent,a mansion with many courtyards other regional symbols with Jiangnan characteristics have become important elements which participate in the narration and promote the plot development.In terms of the narrative strategy,tragic implication is added to the period dramas to impress the audience with sincere emotion.In addition,the legendary narration is also used to pursue bumpy bizarre of events and sutureechoing.Besides,the defamiliarization of narration is adopted to produce the “alienation” effect to attract the audience.The cultural implication contained in images is more worthy of our in-depth exploration.The nature that human beings are nostalgic and the effect that distance produces beauty promote the rising of Jiangnan images in period dramas.In recent years,urban development greedily extends to the surrounding and old cities gradually fade.Modern people,crouching in the reinforced concrete,are eager to return to the beautiful natural environment.Jiangnan images in period dramas provide people with an imaginative space of escaping from city.And in the ever-changing modern society,multicultural shock makes Chinese traditional culture gradually fade out of sight.Jiangnan images in period dramas make people produce emotional experience through viewing behavior by imaginative representation of traditional scenes in order to complete their “emotional comfort”.At the same time,the mainstream culture integrates social discourse in this type of images,and wakes up the people’ spirit of self-sacrifice to regulate their own social behaviors consciously through presenting individual destiny and national suffering.Undeniably,Jiangnan images in period dramas do not play a positive role in describing the Jiangnan culture and building the Jiangnan image in period dramas as that in other textual forms.However,roughening and superficialization have become obstacles to the development of“Jiangnan images”.Therefore,to achieve sustainable development of“Jiangnan images” in a period of historical drama,creators are required to excavate the Jiangnan culture to comprehensively and objectively present style and feature of Jiangnan on the basis of respecting the historical facts.In complying with the demand of the market,only by focusing on quality of art works and further excavating Jiangnan culturecan we bring the audience high-quality image works.