YANG Yilong,ZAHNG Qicheng.On the Dissemination of Traditional Chinese Medicine Culture from the Perspective of Semiotics and Symbo-logy[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2023,64(02):109-113.
YANG Yilong,ZAHNG Qicheng.On the Dissemination of Traditional Chinese Medicine Culture from the Perspective of Semiotics and Symbo-logy[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2023,64(02):109-113.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2023.02.001.
The inheritance and development of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) are facing new challenges. TCM has a long history and has formed a unique symbol system during its development. This study interprets TCM from the perspective of semiotics and symbology, by analyzing the typical symbolic signs in the field of TCM, which can be categorized into linguistic symbols and non-linguistic symbols. The former includes text symbols, metaphorical cognitive symbols and brand symbols, while the latter refers to body language and tool symbols. All these are taken as the core methodology to discuss the effective ways by using TCM symbolic signs to promote the dissemination of TCM culture, such as building the TCM museums, holding the competitions, creating cultural and creative products, promoting the time-honored TCM brands, integrating tourism resources, and using digital media technology to develope products, thereby promoting the dissemination of TCM culture and providing ideas for the its inheritance.