Comparative Studies Of Chinese And Korean Historical Television Drama

From 2000, it has become an indisputable fact that Han drama is increasingly popular in China and even in Asia. Subsequent Hallyu makes Chinese drama producer catch a sight of the amazing audience rating and the huge economic efficiency and the social efficiency. While as a great country of culture, China owns much thicker historical and cultural heritage than Korea, however why China could not get the same sensational effect as Han dramas do in the field of dramas. This question itself deserves to think about. Especially in the historical theme dramas it embodies prominently. The Chinese historical theme dramas hold the largest number of production in various kinds of dramas, even there is a view of "the emperor hot" in some television. Although huge amount of production, a few of them have high-quality, the historical theme dramas which could be brought outside to the world are much rarer. However, the amount of Korean historical theme dramas is few, only a "dae jang geum" could be widely known by Chinese audience who are accustomed to watch historical theme dramas. It is thus clear that the Korean historical theme dramas must have their own advantages. Without doubt there is no lack of excellent works among Chinese historical theme dramas, such as"Palace of Desire"etc., while they do not have larger impact in foreign markets.This article is mainly focus on two examples"dae jang geum"and"Palace"by the means of the contrastive analysis, case analysis and summary. It compares Chinese and Korean historical theme dramas in two aspects which are artistic characteristics and the policies and environment of manufacturing. Meanwhile it makes a detailed comparison between Chinese and Korean historical theme dramas in several ways: characterization, plot arrangement, audio-visual effects, and management system, manufacturing and broadcast system, the power of policy support, and social effects. Through comparisons, it is obviously found the advantages and disadvantages of Chinese historical theme dramas.At last, it is suggested that our country could improve the management system of historical theme dramas in the aspect of ratings systems and broadcast censorship of Chinese dramas. And to the dramas themselves, we need to emphasize on infiltrating material culture and spiritual culture of our nation during the process of dramas'filming and production in order to strengthen dramas'cultural connotations and furthermore play an important role in the promoting and popularizing the Chinese national culture. Moreover, to highlight the entertainment features of historical theme dramas, we should pay more attention to meticulous producing of theatrical effect and music effect and depict portray score of plot's detailed emotion during the process of Chinese historical theme dramas'filming and production.