Symbol deduction: Chinese Traditional Musical Instruments’ Creative representation on Streaming Media

Abstract

Due to the development of economy and the Internet, traditional Chinese musical instruments have gradually broken away from the limitations of elegant performance venues like concerts, and have entered the lives of more ordinary people through streaming media works such as animation, games, and online museums as a traditional Chinese cultural symbol. In animation, ekphrasis has enriched the meaning of musical instrument symbols through tangibility, reflecting the influence of traditional Chinese musical instruments; in games, traditional musical instruments have broken through the simple value as a kind of tool and expanded the value of consumer symbol as a social currency; and the online museums have developed due to the digital migration of traditional musical instruments, promoting the traditional musical instruments among the general public.