Abstract:

 The construction of the Chinese film aesthetics was initiated in the early 1980s. After that, it began to develop gradually. Due to the different cultural background and aesthetic tradition, the Chinese film aesthetics differs greatly from the Western film aesthetics although there is much similarity between them. Therefore, instead of being simply transplanted, the construction of the Chinese film aesthetics should be, on a basis of learning and borrowing, integrated into the elements of the Chinese culture and the Chinese theoretical tradition so as to give prominence to the characteristics of the Chinese indigenous culture. On the one hand, while the aesthetic relation between film and reality should further be probed into, the Chinese film theorists' research results on realism in film creation should be attached importance to; on the other hand, both a summary of all kinds of aesthetic experience and a further discussion on its creative rules should be underway. At the same time, a further research should be undergone on the aesthetic psychology and requirement of the Chinese audience, especially on the aesthetic psychological diversification when enjoying films so as to analyze the success of excellent films and make an approach to how the film beauty is produced in the integration of film and audience. And with the introduction to receptive esthetics, either the preexistent structure of audience or their expectant view or the influence of their receptive criticism on film creation, are worthy of studying. In a word, for the construction of the Chinese film aesthetics, it is necessary to introduce all kinds of basic Western theories, but an importance should be attached to drawing nutrition from the aesthetic tradition of the Chinese literature and art so as to integrate the aesthetic spirits of both Chinese film aesthetics and Chinese culture, to manifest richer eastern color and stronger indigenization.

Key words:  film aesthetics; Chinese culture; receptive esthetics; study of film audience; indigenization; national style