Description And Suggestions Of Cultural Communication Based On Confucius Institute

With the rapid development of economy,science and technology,culture and politics,Chinese society has triggered a lot of hot topics which worth further discussion.Especially how Chinese society interact with other international community has become an unavoidable one in the global context.In the English-dominated discourse system,cultural hegemony has become a synonym for Western society.In terms of social norms,behaviors,and habits,different regions are affected by cultural hegemony.Western society establish the dialogue power among the international community by exporting its cultural products and concepts.Foucault thinks that this can creates the unfair power relations between society and individuals and regards the international community as a whole.Further,the cultural hegemony formed by Western society may affect or control other discourse ststem to a certain degree.Following this trend,China as a country with a long historyis gradually achivingits great rejuvenationthrough its continuous reform,opening up,and eclectic integration and is inevitably colliding with other cultures and communities.Confucius Institute serves as a channel carrying Chinese culture,values,and traditions broadcast Chinese culture to western world.On the one hand,Confucius Institutes directlyaffect the foreign students as they will have a deeper understanding of Chinese culture by learning Chinese-related courses.On the other hand,Confucius Institutes also exert its influence on the citizens of other countries.Citizens in this region may acquire chinese culture by getting in touch with activities and lectures delivered by the Confucius Institute.The process of spreading Chinese culture by the Confucius Institute can be regard as the cultural fusion or cultural conflict.Hence,we should pay more attention upon the the corresponding problems and contradictions.This papersets the Confucius Institute in London as an example to explore its actual influence in Chinese cultural exchanges,and further go in-depth ofits relating policies together with previous Conference to criticized analyze its main goals,current status and future developmentThis article attempts to explore the current status,common problems encountered,challenges and prospects of the Confucius Institute london in four aspects through questionnaires and interviews.At the same time,we also examine the themes and keycomponents of each session in the Confucius Institute conferenceof two parts,namely vigorous development periods and steadily move forwardperiods.On the macro level,the concept of the Confucius Institute has clear clarified and further expand to meet the demand of Chinese language and culture.Besides,we also figure out that the cognition towards the Confucius Institutes in the process of dissemination varies in multiple levels,leading to a inconsistent perception the receivers toward the notion of the Confucius Institute.In terms of exporting cultural products,the Confucius Institute in London heavily reliedon the culture that the audience is favoured of.Thus,such narrow transmitting channel cannot fully convey in-depth understanding of Chinese culture to audiences.Besides,national conditions and traditional culture of the host country together rationally formulating a strategy for cultural communication should all taken into considerations as Confucius Institutesarelargely affected by geopolitics during the construction process.