In the 20th Century the China mythology has gone through four stages: from seed to erection to down casting to prosperity. The boundary is the May 4th Movement, the foundation of New China, the Cultural Lag. The resea...In the 20th Century the China mythology has gone through four stages: from seed to erection to down casting to prosperity. The boundary is the May 4th Movement, the foundation of New China, the Cultural Lag. The research of data has slowly turned to fieldwork from researching in national cultural heritage in 1920s. Since the foundation new China, it has a high tide of researching popular myths. On translating the West `s theories and data, it also goes through from brief introduce in 1920s and 1930s to putting into different categories after the Cultural Lag .the study has gained great breakthrough from theory to figure; from aesthetics to contrast in different nations as well as the history of mythology. The study in Hong Kong and Taiwan rose high in 1950s inheriting the style of Qianjia and gaining great achievement. Japan and the Soviet Union are the best in the foreign study about China myths. They have found the system themselves.The other foreign nations` researchers take a great influence on the spreading of china myths.展开更多
Pragmatic rationality and scientific and technological developments in modem society have jointly put an end to classical myth and consigned it to the historical museum of the spiritual culture. However, mythical thin...Pragmatic rationality and scientific and technological developments in modem society have jointly put an end to classical myth and consigned it to the historical museum of the spiritual culture. However, mythical thinking and consciousness are synchronically hidden in our psychological structures and still exert an important influence on civilizations and cultures. In the modem and postmodem historical and cultural context, myth hides in our spiritual and cultural activities in various altered forms. Having evolved into a mythic form in the contemporary sense, it continues to play a powerful psychological role and to act as a midwife of conscious activities and forms. Contemporary myth typically comprises science myth, consumption myth and hero myth. It has inherited the symbols and structures of traditional myth, but with some developments and variations; in particular, by means of science and technology, it has acquired broader and richer social ingredients and swift and intensive modes of transmission, producing a widespread and far-reaching influence on various aspects of society.展开更多
文摘In the 20th Century the China mythology has gone through four stages: from seed to erection to down casting to prosperity. The boundary is the May 4th Movement, the foundation of New China, the Cultural Lag. The research of data has slowly turned to fieldwork from researching in national cultural heritage in 1920s. Since the foundation new China, it has a high tide of researching popular myths. On translating the West `s theories and data, it also goes through from brief introduce in 1920s and 1930s to putting into different categories after the Cultural Lag .the study has gained great breakthrough from theory to figure; from aesthetics to contrast in different nations as well as the history of mythology. The study in Hong Kong and Taiwan rose high in 1950s inheriting the style of Qianjia and gaining great achievement. Japan and the Soviet Union are the best in the foreign study about China myths. They have found the system themselves.The other foreign nations` researchers take a great influence on the spreading of china myths.
文摘Pragmatic rationality and scientific and technological developments in modem society have jointly put an end to classical myth and consigned it to the historical museum of the spiritual culture. However, mythical thinking and consciousness are synchronically hidden in our psychological structures and still exert an important influence on civilizations and cultures. In the modem and postmodem historical and cultural context, myth hides in our spiritual and cultural activities in various altered forms. Having evolved into a mythic form in the contemporary sense, it continues to play a powerful psychological role and to act as a midwife of conscious activities and forms. Contemporary myth typically comprises science myth, consumption myth and hero myth. It has inherited the symbols and structures of traditional myth, but with some developments and variations; in particular, by means of science and technology, it has acquired broader and richer social ingredients and swift and intensive modes of transmission, producing a widespread and far-reaching influence on various aspects of society.
