Cultural Nostalgia:Discussing the Image Narrative of Traditional Seasonal Customs in Beijing Customs Pictures
Beijing Customs Pictures was compiled by Japanese scholar Aoki Masaru in the 1920s,and the"Sui Shi"section shows a distinctly realistic pictorial narrative of Beijing's traditional seasonal festivals and customs.However,putting these images into the context of the calendar reform in the early Republic of China reveals the tension between the images and the historical reality.In the social context where new customs and old ones coexist,the compiler's"rewriting"of Beijing's yearly customs is due to the"cultural nostalgia"that Aoki Masaru,as a cultural other,holds for Chinese culture.By examining the Beijing Customs Pictures and interpreting its cultural nostalgia can reveal the compiler's recognition of the traditional customs and culture hidden in the image.
Beijing Customs Picturescustoms of the traditional festivalimage narrativecalendar reform in the Republic of Chinacultural nostalgia