Cultural"confluence":Research of overseas Chinese artist Chou Wenchung and the foreign communication pathway of Chinese culture
Enhancing the international influence of Chinese culture is the top priority of China's foreign communication work at present and in the future.To this end,it is of necessity to break the"occidentalism"on the world cultural stage and create favorable conditions for the foreign exchange and communication of Chinese culture.On this issue,Chou Wen-chung,a well-known Chinese American composer,advocated and practiced the concept of"confluence"of eastern and western cultures,which has important reference significance.Firstly,the confluence of tradition and modernity propelled the integration of east and west,old and new and promoted the innovative development of traditional culture.Secondly,the confluence of experience and emotion could enhance cognition,build a good impression and create a smooth and fa-vorable environment for communication.Lastly,local and international confluence helped to cultivate art successors who attached importance to artistic tradition,possessed international vision and connected Chinese and western culture.There-fore,the overseas Chinese artists represented by Chou Wenchung used the"intellectual"and"emotional"commonalities between China and the West,which helped to break the"Occidentalism"of western art circles and create conditions for better promoting Chinese culture going global.Its beneficial experience provides reference for the exchange,mutual learn-ing and development of different civilizations and the foreign communication of Chinese culture.
Chinese cultureforeign communicationoverseas Chinese artistsChou Wenchung"confluence"China-U.S.art exchange