Early Audiovisual Culture:

The Important Origin of Chinese Modern Cultural Industries

HAN Han （Shenzhen University）

 

Abstract:When audiovisual technology which was composed of photography technology and recording technology was introduced into China during Late-Qing Dynasty,and formed Chinese early audiovisual culture.Early audiovisual culture not only built a bridge for modern audiovisual technology and Chinese modern cultural industries,but also opened the shift paradigm of “technology-culture”,which strengthened the effect of technology for culture and promoted economic and social position of technicians,so as to absorb more participators for Chinese modern cultural Industries development.Historically,early audiovisual culture proved that cultural and technological integration has demonstrative significance,and made it become a history of cultural and technological integration to certain extend,and early audiovisual culture is firstly to successfully achieve industrialization in different categories of Chinese modern cultural industries.The function and status of audiovisual culture should be valued for developing modern cultural industries.

Key words:audiovisual technologies; early audiovisual culture; Chinese modern cultural industries; Late-Qing Dynasty