Chinese Mythology and the Reconstruction of Contemporary Chinese Film Aesthetics

Abstract Contemporary Chinese films, which tell mythological stories and presenting audio-visual wonders by means of film and television technology, have been fully recognized by the market. However, the context of storytelling has been too capitalized, resulting in the intervention of capital from the consumer terminal in the production of content, which has led to the secularization of the values of the mythological stories told, and even the tendency of deformed egoism. Chinese films should not only satisfy market consumption but also spread and inherit the cultural consciousness and collective memory of the myths. Therefore, Chinese films should break through the narrative mode and power aesthetics of Western films, construct a two-stage structure with a clear, cyclical and recurrent structure, give full play to its imagination, break through the boundaries of modern rationality, and then shape its own cultural identity, art form, and aesthetic style on a global scale.