A Study Of Red Cultural Symbols In Border Governance

The formation of red cultural resources in border areas has unique historical characteristics,and how to use the red cultural resources in border areas is an important part of border governance.Compared with the mainland,the red culture in border areas contains the cultural connotation of "garrisoning the border" and has unique characteristics of the border area,which is an important cultural resource for border governance.However,the fragmented form of red cultural resources in border areas makes its function more diffuse,and promoting the symbolization of red cultural resources has become an important "outlet" for border areas to use red cultural resources to meet real governance needs.Red cultural symbols at the border are the products of political construction,the process of transforming red cultural resources into red cultural symbols.It mainly includes the construction of connotation in three dimensions: time,space and process;the construction of value in three dimensions: national symbol,identity mark and ethical emotion;and the construction of authority over red cultural symbols in border governance.In the social communication of red cultural symbols,the localization,imagination,conceptualization and functionalization of red cultural symbols further strengthen red cultural symbols.The living narrative is the micro level of the construction of red cultural symbols,which has a strong political discipline.The red cultural landscape,discourse expressions,rituals,images and garrison heroes in the border areas regulate the thoughts and behaviors of the border people.With the proliferation of red cultural symbols at the border and their integration with new political values,the visibility,coverage,recognition,awareness and appeal of red cultural symbols in the border areas gradually increase,forming a symbolic domain of red cultural symbols.In the use of red cultural symbols,red cultural symbols are gradually integrated into border governance in the process of vertical,horizontal and oblique upward synergy between different levels of government.The political,cultural and economic values of red cultural symbols are also imported into the border society in the interaction between the government and different subjects of the society,gathering resources for border governance.The potential functions of red cultural symbols need to be flexibly grasped in the specific problem situations of border governance,so the use of red cultural symbols in border governance forms a meaning transformation strategy in practice,and the role of red cultural symbols in border governance is realized through different meaning expressions and different meaning output tools in different application contexts.At the level of practical operation,the institutionalized mechanism of government primacy in border governance is the fundamental path of using red cultural symbols,while the informal way of living is an important complementary and practical mechanism of using red cultural symbols.In border governance,red cultural symbols are the presentation of the spirit,value and concept inherent in red culture,and are important markers to promote social value integration.In addition,red cultural symbols are the basic resources for the cultural construction of local governments,and their spiritual values and ideals and beliefs are transformed into the construction of the government’s core values and internalized in the process of promoting the government’s cultural construction,and are continuously strengthened.In the practice of using red cultural symbols as a channel to mobilize the border people to participate in border guarding,the engagement of the living border people and the politicized border people is promoted.With the extension of the border governance field,red cultural symbols become an important channel for local governments to seek resources from higher levels of government.The symbolization,popularization and living of red culture have also become an important way to strengthen ideological construction in border areas.With the modernization of border governance,red cultural symbols at the border also need to be constantly innovated.The need for innovation is formed firstly by the fact that the use of red cultural symbols in border governance is facing new problems,mainly three aspects including market-oriented consumption,deconstructed meaning,and weak support power.The second is that with the prominence of the role of borders in national governance,the use of red cultural symbols needs to be continuously strengthened at three levels: border governance,national governance,and peripheral relations.Driven by this reality,red cultural symbols are also gradually and continuously reproduced in border governance,including guiding its meaning transformation with the border development strategy as the goal,promoting its function expansion with the needs of national border governance as the guide,and promoting its order reshaping with the support of national border governance capacity.