| Arising after the reform and opening up, Chinese popular culture shows greater energy in the new century with the help of modern media although there are a large number of problems. Nowadays, the leisure time is more and more sufficient, the leisure contents are more and more abundant, and the leisure styles are more and more varied. In light of this, the popular culture which is characteristic of"laugh" and brings a sense of pleasure has become the first choice of consumption in holidays and the acceptance of popular culture has been considered as the most important part in people's leisure life. Nevertheless, without the direction of correct recreational and aesthetic values, the pernicious and vulgar culture aiming to cater for the public low-level desire and pursue commercial profit gets quite prevailing and is flooded with people's leisure life, making people caught in spirit dilemma and feel confused when facing a society full of material desire. Thereby, the emphasis on aesthetics of leisure experience is of great importance for the development of the popular culture. This thesis, through the analysis on the development process of Chinese contemporary popular culture, the characteristics of leisure of the popular culture and the problems exposed during the development process and their solutions, explains deeply the important role of the aesthetic leisure experience played in the spirit life of people's popular culture, especially the original meaning of returning to life and the significance of perfecting human nature and then indicates that the aesthetic leisure experience is the core value of the contemporary popular culture as well as the basic way to realized the improvement of the whole popular culture. Meanwhile, the thesis analyzes a series of popular culture phenomena, such as TV dramas, movies, TV programs, network culture and Shanzhai culture and points out the possibility of realization to enhance the contemporary Chinese popular culture by means of aesthetics of leisure. We have reasons to believe that the aesthetic improvement for the production and acceptance of the popular culture can provide a to-be-a-person environment for a person, and make the popular culture develop healthily.The structure of the thesis as follows:Chapter I: The development process of contemporary Chinese popular culture. This chapter will introduce the rise of contemporary Chinese popular culture and the cultural characteristics differing from the cultural concept in the Western academic field. Chapter II: The popular culture as the main choice in people's leisure life. This chapter will show that the popular culture has become the most important choice in people's leisure life in China where the leisure time is increasing and the leisure styles for people to choose are more and more.Chapter III: The typical analysis of the popular culture. This chapter will introduce several typical forms of popular culture, including "Class Joking" and "type scenes" drama, New Year movies, talent shows, network culture, and Shanzhai culture and state their leisure characteristics and consume attributes.Chapter IV: The enhancement of contemporary Chinese popular culture in view of leisure aesthetics. This chapter will analyze the value deviation of contemporary Chinese popular culture and stress the aesthetic enhancement of leisure of the popular culture by strengthening the construction of recreational facilities and the guide of aesthetic education so as to make the popular culture develop healthily.Conclusion: The great significance of aesthetic leisure to people. The popular culture is, to a great degree, a kind of leisure culture, and implies the elements of aesthetics of leisure itself. Aesthetics of leisure will play a role to guide and upgrade the development of contemporary Chinese popular culture.
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