Sacredness And Secularity

The myth originated in primitive period,which would reflect distinctive forms with the continuous development of human history and the combination of era characteristics.Along with the development of science and technology,as well as the diversification of communication channels,the spreading of myth is faster in speed,wider in scope,and more diverse in form.The usage and transformation of myth in the mythological TV series that began to prevail in the 1980 s can be divided into three categories: The first category is invoking traditions and carrying out appropriate adapt on the original classic mythological texts to the era characteristics on the basis of abiding to the original works,which emphasizing on inheriting the spiritual structure and values of traditional Chinese myth;The second category is integrating traditions.The creators combine multiple mythological texts in series to form the story with richer characters and fuller content,which emphasizing on filling of classic mythological texts;The third category is recasting the mythical tradition.With the assistance of overhead,transcending,and restatement techniques,the mythical elements are combined and adapted to shape new mythical characters and stories,so that the mythical world can be constructed into a parallel world contrasted with the real world.From the three perspectives of the marriage concept,the relationship between mentor and apprentice,as well as the construction of the world view presented in the mythological TV series,it can be seen that there are both secular representations and the return of sacredness in the spiritual dimension where exists dynamic balance between holiness and secularity: Myth provides resources for mythological TV series,while the TV series provides the approach for myths to be explained and expressed as a secular product.The influence of the production chain of the TV series itself,as well as the social and economic culture on the transformation of mythological resources is the key reason why the mythological TV series appears fusion of sacred and secular.Mythological TV series criticize the divine alienation in real life by reflecting real life,whose significance relies on the recasting of human value and spiritual enlightenment,the activation,appreciation and development of mythological resources,as well as three aspects including the economic function,education function and entertainment function in real life;On the basis on combining the rapid development of modern society,mythological resources have encountered problems of excessive joking,redundancies,andlack of sacred in the transformation and utilization of mythological TV series.The poetic temperament of myths has been dispelled and excessively biased towards secularity,so that it’s difficult to obtain true interpretation of sacredness.Sacredness enters into real life based on mythological TV series,while the real life relies on the secular intermediary to explain and spread sacredness,so as to establish a sacred real life.Under the background of deepening globalization,our traditional Chinese culture plays the vital role in facing with the crisis of multicultural penetration.How to find the balance between sacred and secular in ancient mythology and modern civilization,so that the national culture can be inherited without lagging behind the trend of time,which is an issue that needs continuous in-depth discussion.