A Survey Of Chinese Cultural Symbols In The Identity Of The Bangkok Area Of ​​Thailand

With the continuous strengthening of the comprehensive strength of China and improved international status,Chinese learning enthusiasm has been increasing.In recent years,China’s comprehensive strength become increasingly prominent,as the country’s soft power.In the output of our economic strength,we must strengthen the cultural soft power,in order to response the call of our nation and Hanban.Meanwhile,the investigation and study of Chinese cultural symbols in Thailand,such as identity,communication and so on,which not only help to spread the Chinese culture,but also contribute to the teaching of Chinese as a foreign language.In addition,Thailand currently has the largest number of Chinese learners,but there are few studies on the identification of Chinese cultural symbols about Thailand.Therefore,get the spread of Chinese culture in Thailand through investigation and study,and understand the different identity from different cultural aspects of China.Some creative results will be obtained based on analysis and research of this investigation,and some constructive suggestions will be given on the teaching of Chinese as a foreign language and the compilation of teaching materials.This article is based on the questionnaire survey data on the basis of research and analysis,mainly using three research methods which are literature research,questionnaire survey,interviews.Chinese cultural symbols can be divided into Chinese cultural life symbols,Chinese cultural artistic symbols,Chinese cultural thoughts symbols and other Chinese cultural symbolic symbols.And combined with the relevant research of domestic scholars,the cultural content of Thai Chinese teaching materials and the observation and interview in Thailand,at last a total of 42 representative symbols were selected in the paper.And a questionnaire was designed for the Chinese learners,non Chinese learners,Chinese learners who have been to China and the Chinese learners through the HSK examination,in order to investigate and analysis the differences of the same symbol for different subjects,and to analyze the differences of the same object for different symbols.In this paper,through the questionnaire survey of 421 Chinese learners and 60 non Chinese learners,the results show that:1.prefer China to Chinese character.2.Thailand people generally agree that the top five symbols are Spring Festival,chopsticks,tea,Buddhism and Kung Fu.3.Thailand people generally disagree that the top five symbols are Li Bai,classical poetry,Qing clothes,Confucianism,Taoism.4.Chinese learners and non Chinese learners have big different identity among Twelve Zodiac,calligraphy,paper cutting,five-star red flag and the Great Wall.5.Thailand people have a high identity on Bao Zheng and Sun Wukong.According to the investigation and analysis,In the Chinese teaching for Thailand students,we should focus on teaching materials,Chinese teachers and network media to further improve the Chinese teaching and promote the spread of Chinese culture.For non native Chinese learners,we should make full use of the media of film,television and network,and play their roles in promoting the Chinese culture,in order to improve their recognition of Chinese and Chinese culture.