百年中国香港电影与中国文化传统

Century-old China Hong Kong Films and Chinese Cultural Tradition

百余年来,在娱乐本位的表象下,中国香港电影始终在多个维度保持着与内地主流文化的内在联系。在价值取向上,中国香港电影自萌芽之初便以儒家文化及岭南文化为精神内核,以“导人向善,导人向上”的文化追求聚焦于平民生活的日常呈现;一些代表性的中国香港影人,深受中国传统文化影响,追求古典化的影像风格,为海外华人观众提供了抒发故国思绪的影像载体;此外,对戏曲元素及民族音乐的创造性运用也彰显了中国香港电影与中国文化传统的另一层联结。这些继承自中国传统文化的宝贵经验构成了中国香港电影独特的美学范式。

Over the last century,despite the superficial entertainment orientation,China Hong Kong films have always been internally connected with the mainstream Chinese culture in many dimensions.In terms of value orientation,China Hong Kong films,since the very beginning of its formation,have upheld Confucian culture and Lingnan culture as the spiritual core,seeking the cultural pursuit of“guiding people to be good and upward”while focusing on the presentation of daily civilian life;some representative China Hong Kong filmmakers,deeply influenced by traditional Chinese culture,have pursued classical images that stimulate nostalgic thoughts about their motherland among overseas Chinese audiences;the creative use of traditional Chinese opera elements and folk music also highlights another link between China Hong Kong films and Chinese culture.These valuable experiences inherited from traditional Chinese culture constitute a unique aesthetic paradigm of Hong Kong films.