The Origin And Evolution Of Chinese Historiophoty

Historiophoty is one of the emerging branches of history,which was born in the late 1980 s.It gives the image writing the same status as the text writing,and aims to use image as a grammar to express and convey history.Its appearance has brought reform and new vitality to the study of historical materials and history.After the Historiophoty introduced into China from western countries,it is in the initial stage of research and accompanied by doubts and controversies,but the domestic research and development has made some preliminary results at the present,so it is necessary to systematically comb Historiophoty’s development in the China,the author intends to comb the development stage of Historiophoty in China to explore and examine its origin and evolution in China.By investigating the origin and evolution of Historiophoty,we can find that Historiophoty has internal vitality in China,which is reflected in the abundant image materials in Chinese history,including maps,drawings,photos,films,etc.These image data is valued by some historians from ancient times till now,in the meantime,the consciousness of the historical image data of historians constantly germinates and grows with the development of the times and the enrichment of the image data.Subsequently,the introduction of the concept of "Historiophoty",it uses image not only as a historical material or an auxiliary,but also as a carrier for historians to express history independently.This new concept is well combined with the consciousness of the historical image data that Chinese historians have accumulated for a long time.The combination has contributed to the initial development of "Historiophoty" in China.With the deepening of research,the development of "Historiophoty " in China has embarked on the road of independent exploration and research."History of film and television" has also "transformed" into "Historiophoty".The development from "History of film and television" to "Historiophoty " is more than a mere change of words on the surface,it shows that Chinese historians has cautious and scientific academic attitude and spirit.It also shows that Historiophoty has strong vitality,and its development in China is bound to have great potential.