Research On The Image Of China In The Perspective Of Rewi Alley

Rewi Alley was a famous educator and writer in New Zealand.In the 1930 s,Rewi Alley came to Shanghai,and since then,he has left a strong imprint on China.He was a soldier who made outstanding contributions to the Chinese revolution,an educator with unique views on education,and a writer who made great contributions to promoting the positive image of China to the world.However,when we focus on Rewi Alley’s unique educational ideas and poetic creation,we may overlook the image of China in his works.Rewi Alley looked at China through the eyes of others.He looked at himself and the world through the eyes of others.when he looks at China through the eyes of a foreign country,a picture of Chinese people,scenes and events is presented to the reader.He has made great contributions to China-New Zealand exchanges by shaping the image of China,it opens up new ways for the world to understand China,and it also allows Chinese people to reposition themselves in the eyes of others to better reflect their own national characteristics.At present,there is still a lack of research on the image of China in Rewi Alley’s works at home and abroad,this article selects several excellent works by Rewi Alley,with Comparative literary image as the main theoretical support,inductive Rewi Alley’s Chinese characters,Chinese folk custom scenery image and the image of the city in China,and then,summarized the uniqueness of Rewi Alley in shaping China’s image,and explore the reasons for the creation of Chinese images in his works,and then,look at the way for Rewi Alley to expressed his self-worth in shaping the image of China.The paper will discuss from the following aspects:The introduction mainly introduces Rewi Alley’s books for studying new China,Rewi Alley’s life experience,the current situation of Rewi Alley research at home and abroad.The first chapter discusses the reason why Rewi Alley arrived in China and Rewi Alley’s experience in China.The social situation in China deeply attracted Rewi Alley,during the journey in China,he made the right choice in life and fulfilled his ideal pursuit.The second chapter is a summary of the Chinese characters written by Rewi Alley.This chapter discusses the characteristics of Chinese characters from the perspective of senior officials and vulnerable groups.The image of the KMT,the image of women and the image of children were sorted out.Among them,the image characteristics of women and children reflect the development and progress of Chinese society.The third chapter mainly analyzes the Chinese folk landscape written by Rewi Alley.Rewi Alley’s description of China’s natural landscape is comfortable and beautiful,Chinese cultural landscape is prosperous and quiet,Chinese customs are natural and simple.This custom landscape is Rewi Alley’s description of China’s construction.Chapter four shows the image of Chinese cities depicted by Rewi Alley.Shanghai was the first city to attract Rewi Alley to China,Beijing was the place where Rewi Alley spent his last years.Rewi Alley was impressed by Guangzhou’s handling of Vietnamese refugees.These three cities are not only closely related to Rewi Alley’s life,but also a miniature of China’s social development.By shaping Shanghai,Beijing and Guangzhou,Rewi Alley conveys his admiration for China’s social progress and spiritual character.Chapter five discusses the causes of Rewi Alley’s writing of Chinese image.The first is Rewi Alley’s pursuit of objective and true records.Rewi Alley kept the authenticity of his writing to the greatest extent when he wrote the image of China,and treated the progress and development of China in all aspects with an objective attitude.The second is the pursuit and exploration of identity.Rewi Alley came to China in order to realize his own value and to pursue his identity as an individual contributing to world peace.Rewi Alley’s individual value has been manifested in his family,society and the world.The third is the subversion of the mainstream ideology of western society.The western formulaic summary of China and the presentation of social collective imagination are constantly emerging in the communication betweenChina and the west.As a witness,Rewi Alley hoped to eliminate some inherent prejudices and promote friendly exchanges between China and the west.He also hoped that both the east and the west should clearly realize that human beings are one and should go forward hand in hand.