Analysis On Physical Symbols Of Laoshan Temple Festival

The study on “the narrative of objects” at the perspective of multi–evidencepursues to uncover various meanings of objects. It is the academic choice that whetherfrom written material to substantial objects or on the contrary that determines anobject constructed by concepts or a natural object presented by itself. To find amethod studying on physical symbols, we borrowed the concepts of frame and scriptfrom linguistics, and by which we consider Laoshan temple festival as a physicalsymbol. We are to find how this ritual symbol narrates in the background of the wholecultural system in Laoshan.This thesis includes five chapters in total.Chapter1is introduction, in which research results of Laoshan temple would bereviewed. On the basis of the previous research results, the innovations of the thesiswill be introduced, that is, the semantic analysis of Laoshan temple festival from theperspective of semiotics. The analysis will be divided into two directions: one is thelongitudinal study of individual quantity; one is the horizontal research of objectsystem.Chapter2is about the longitudinal study of individual quantity to display theconnotation of the tale of Laoshan temple festival. This part will take Han Rivertemple festival as a case study to analyze its root elements, basic elements and derivedelements on the basis of the nature and system functions of individuals.Chapter3is the study on the relationship between the horizontal study ofsignifier system, signified system and the longitudinal study of signification structure.Based on the semantic structure of tales of individuals, Signifier——Monastictemples, that is, root elements, signified——appearance display, that is, basicelements and derived elements will be divided. Further analysis is the influencing factor of signifier system and signified system and the significance structurerelationship between signifier and signified.Chapter4is the horizontal study on systems of natural objects, that is, thesystematic function of tales of Laoshan temple festival. The role and function ofLaoshan temple festival in Qingdao and Laoshan District will be analyzed.Chapter5is conclusion which reviews the main contents of the whole thesis andrestates the methodology used in this thesis. This part also points out the innovation ofthis thesis, that is, it can help the related study jump out of the set pattern by providingnew methodology and creating new ways of thinking.