The Significance Construction Of Cultural Symbols In Humanistic And Historical Documentaries

Cultural and historical documentaries carry rich cultural connotations,historical accumulations,and spiritual values.They are image carriers that present the current social style,historical civilization,and cultural heritage.They play a crucial role in disseminating the excellent historical culture of the Chinese nation,inheriting national spirit,highlighting cultural values and connotations,and constructing the national image.Cultural symbols are the product of a country’s and a nation’s long-term historical and cultural accumulation,embodying profound cultural connotations and metaphorical meanings.The presentation of cultural connotations requires the use of specific cultural symbols to achieve.Under the influence of cultural symbols such as "signifier" and "signified",humanities and history documentaries focus on the excellent historical and cultural heritage of China,interpreting profound cultural connotations.This paper systematically combs the development value,cultural characteristics,construction strategies and the application of digital technology of cultural symbols in humanistic and historical documentaries by using the methods of literature analysis and case analysis,and conducts research and analysis in combination with the relevant theories of semiotics to explain the cultural meaning and deep meaning of cultural symbols.This article is mainly divided into five parts.Firstly,it defines relevant concepts such as documentaries,humanities and history documentaries,symbols,cultural symbols,etc.It interprets the relationship between culture and symbols,as well as the relevant theories of cultural symbol meaning construction,and explains the internal relationship between humanities and history documentaries and cultural symbol meaning construction;Secondly,discuss the value of cultural symbols in human history documentaries,and analyze how to use cultural symbols to showcase value from three aspects: historical material value,cultural value,and aesthetic value,combined with the attributes of human history documentaries;Thirdly,cultural symbols in cultural and historical documentaries are divided from four aspects: regional space,daily life,spiritual activities,and historical heritage.They summarize and summarize the cultural characteristics of cultural symbols such as nature,city,clothing,food,architecture,festivals,cultural relics,and ruins.Natural symbols present regionalism,while urban symbols present polysemy.Clothing symbols are a true portrayal of ethnic culture and emotional value,Food symbols integrate food culture with ethnic concepts,architectural symbols condense local culture and historical memory,festival symbols are symbolic,ritual symbols are ambiguous,character symbols are typical,cultural relics symbols show commonness and uniqueness,site symbols show signs and inheritance,ceramic symbols show artistry and inheritance;Fourthly,analyze the construction strategies of cultural symbols in humanities and historical documentaries from three aspects:visual symbols,auditory symbols,and language symbols.Utilize visual symbols such as character images and physical images,auditory symbols such as voice,music,sound,and language symbols such as text and discourse to achieve the ideographic function of cultural symbols.Humanities and historical documentaries construct character images through positive presentation,detailed depiction,and fuzzy and virtual processing,The construction of physical images is realized through the expression of intention and the in-depth excavation of metaphorical meaning.The vocal symbols interpret cultural symbols through multiple perspectives.musical notation realize the ideographic function with film and television pictures.The acoustic symbols convey specific intentions by perceiving the surrounding environment.The literal symbols in the humanities and history documentaries are shown as film titles,titles,commentaries,etc.The film titles can be used as indicators to summarize the film content,The title can use condensed language to express potential meaning,while the commentary serves as explanatory text to explain the connotation.There are mainly two types of discourse symbols in cultural and historical documentaries: dialogue and monologue.Dialogue serves as a general language symbol to directly express meaning,while monologue uses emotional expression to refer to specific meanings;Fifthly,this article discusses the application of digital technology in humanities and history documentaries from three aspects: creation,space,and narrative,as well as the important role it plays in the construction of cultural symbol meanings.Humanities and history documentaries integrate the opening animation with digital technology in their creation,combine digital technology with real-life painting,achieve the unity of visual form and content,and present the geographical space of humanities and history documentaries through digital technology,Applying 2D animation to display geographical locations,3D animation to reproduce historical architectural sites,etc.Through stylized and vivid digital animation to narrate historical events and activate historical materials,achieving an organic combination of digital technology and cultural symbol representation.Humanities and history documentaries have a large proportion in the Chinese documentary market and are well produced.Research on the construction of cultural symbol meanings in humanities and history documentaries can deepen the understanding of the historical development and cultural connotations of the Chinese nation.In cross-cultural communication,the world can see the historical changes,traditional culture,and spirit of China,continuously enhancing cultural confidence and cohesion,and better constructing and disseminating China’s national image,It plays a positive role in the development,creation,and research of humanistic and historical documentaries.