From Scroll Painting to"Dream Journey":The Aesthetics of Chinese"Panorama"Visual Culture
The term"panorama"not only refers to specific media objects,but also includes observation styles and thoughts,which have rich manifestations in media technology and culture in various periods.As panoramic practices in ancient China,scroll landscape painting and panoramic landscape painting of Song Dynasty reflect the differences between Chinese and Western panoramic visual cultures.Western panoramic practices usually focus on the restoration of the real world,while ancient Chinese panoramic practices are centered around"aesthetic perception",highlighting the viewer's initiative in aesthetic appreciation.In addition,the concept of"dream journey"as a panoramic land-scape viewing pattern reflects the aesthetic concept of panoramic view in ancient China,further highlighting the im-portance of aesthetic literacy and spiritual realm in the panoramic observation style,and provide reference for the ap-plication of panoramic media technology in the context of contemporary digital context.