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The Expressive Mechanism of Sound Symbols in Bai Niao Chao Feng for Ethnic Emotional Transmission

Yueying Ren

Abstract


As a canon of Chinese suona folk music and the last film shot by Wu Tianming (filmed in 2012, released posthumously in 2016),
Bai Niao Chao Feng uses complex systems of sound symbols to encode and transmit ethnic emotion. Drawing on ethnomusicology and film
semiotics, this review analyzes how timbre and melody construct cultural iconicity, trigger collective memory, and sustain ethnic feelings
across media. The study discusses how traditional music in film preserves and transforms ethnic emotional transmission.

Keywords


Sound symbolism; Ethnomusicology; Film semiotics; Bai Niao Chao Feng; Suona; Ethnic emotional transmission

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.70711/rcha.v4i4.9550

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