| The political symbol of the Communist Party of China refers to the symbol carrying the information of CPC.The party information here can be either concrete,material and visible or abstract,non-material and sensible.The Red Symbol is a kind of political symbol of CPC,forming from the history of CPC.It is a political symbol which embodies the advanced nature and revolutionary character of the party,and manifests the truth that CPC is great,glorious and correct.Based on the general methods of Party Historiography,Party Building and politics,this paper not only introduces the concepts and methods of semiotics,but focuses on the perspective of the Red Symbol.And it attempts to unify the existing academic research on the specific "Red Story","Red Art","Red Resources","Red Culture","Red Architecture" and other party history into the research field of the Red Symbol,so as to broaden the practical significance of this kind of research.At the same time,by reviewing and summarizing the basic experience of the Red Symbol building of the Communist Party of China,this paper constructs the general research methods of the Red Symbols,so as to general method of the application of Red Symbols in political practice.This paper points out that the Red Symbol,as the resource of the spiritual culture of the CPC,is very important and related to the safety of the ideological field.By analyzing the challenges and innovations faced by the Red Symbol in the new era,this paper provides experience and enlightenment for the contemporary publicity and use of the Red Symbol.This paper discusses the basic questions of the Red Symbol,including definition,classification,characteristics and significance.In definition,this paper holds that the Red Symbol has formed from the history of CPC,and it is a political symbol which embodies the advanced nature and revolutionary character of the party,and manifests the CPC is great,glorious and correct.In terms of classification,this paper believes that the Red Symbol includes text(slogan)symbols,color symbols,sound symbols and image symbols.In terms of characteristics,this paper holds that the Red Symbol is the unity of historicity and reality,revolution and indoctrination,stability and interaction,ideographic and artistic.As to significance,this paper believes that the Red Symbol Development is very important,which can play an important role in promoting political socialization,maintaining ideological security,initiating social mobilization and innovating international communication strategies.This paper analyzes the process of the Red Symbol development.It can be divided into the following three stages:Taking the Internationale and the party emblem for example,it shows that the early party symbols are mainly imported from Soviet Russian,which is a simple imitation of Soviet Russian symbols;Taking the "Chairman Mao" image and the slogan "Hello Xiaoping" for example,it shows that in the process of the party’s own growth,the experience and methods of the party’s symbol development are becoming more and more mature and have walked out of its own path;Taking the spiritual pedigree,commemorative symbols and inner-party centralized education activities as examples,this paper shows that the party’s symbol system has been highly improved in the new era,and constantly summarizes and innovates the use of the Red Symbol according to practical activities and needs.This paper focuses on the challenges and innovations faced by the Red Symbol in the new era.Taking the disintegration of the Soviet symbol as an example,this paper explains the risk,process and harm of the possible dissolution of the red symbol;Taking the reconstruction of Lei Feng’s symbol as an example,it shows that the connotation of the Red Symbol needs continuous innovation to adapt to the latest situation of the development of the times;Taking the animation of "That rabbit" as an example,it shows that the Red Symbol needs an innovative channel in order to unite,serve and mobilize the broadest masses of the people at present.By summarizing and reviewing the Red Symbol building,this paper believes that the primary work of the current construction of the Red Symbol is safety maintenance and innovation of communication.By developing the Red Symbol System,keeping up with the times,can we continuously gather the most extensive and magnificent force for the CPC to unite and lead the Chinese nation to achieve one great goal after another. |