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CHARACTER TRANSFORMATION IN THE GAME MOBILE LEGENDS: BANG BANG! (MLBB) AND ITS IMPACT

Benediktus Rengga Irwanto, Nurni Wahyu Wuryandari — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 06:34:21 +0000

Chinese culture thrives on a lot of popular culture including gaming. One of the games that contain Chinese culture is Mobile Legends: Bang Bang! or MLBB, developed by Moonton as the developer company from Shanghai. Moonton elevates Chinese culture in MLBB through hero characters that gamers can choose from. There are 11 hero characters with Chinese culture, including the hero characters Chang'e, Sun, and Zilong who have the highest popularity. The three hero characters are based on mythical, literature and historical characters related to China, namely: (1) the mythical figure Chang'e as the hero character Chang'e, (2) the literature figure Sun Wukong as Sun, and (3) the historical character Zhao Yun as the hero character Zilong. The hero characters have undergone transformation from the name to the story background so there are differences from the figures. This transformation aims to be an adjustment to the game conceptualization as well as a marketing strategy to attract the players’ attention. This research will examine the figures’ transformation into selected MLBB hero characters (Chang'e, Sun, and Zilong), and it is concluded that the transformations made by the developers not only attract the players’ attention, but also eventually became MLBB's strategy to develop the market.

CHINESE EUPHEMISM ACQUISITION BY L2 LEARNERS IN INDONESIA

Nan Guan, Ronald Maraden Parlindungan Silalahi — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 06:53:01 +0000

As one of the most widely used communication strategies, euphemism is an important language behaviour in human society. Chinese euphemism has its unique characteristics reflecting the Chinese nation’s moderate and harmonious cultural psychology. This feature is particularly prominent in the daily communication applications of Chinese, so that it is often difficult for L2 learners to understand it. This article focuses on the acquisition of Chinese euphemism as the research object, and takes the inter-language pragmatics as the theoretical background, using the questionnaire as the main research method combining with the interview method to investigate the Chinese euphemism acquisition by the intermediate and advanced level students from the Chinese Department in a Jakarta private university. The results show that, in general, students have the awareness of using Chinese euphemism. The language level has positive correlation with euphemism acquisition. The error frequency in conventional euphemism is supreme to that in non-conventional euphemism. The euphemism used by the students has obvious inter-language characteristics in structure and speech strategies. Negative pragmatic transfer constraints students in euphemism acquisition. Insufficient language ability and cultural differences are the crucial obstacles. Some relevant suggestions from the perspectives of teacher-student interaction and textbook design are proposed to improve the euphemism acquisition for L2 learners.

CHINESE NEW YEAR CANDLE BUSINESS IN TANAH GOCAP TANGERANG

Inggrid Nur Afifah — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 07:07:42 +0000

This article discusses Chinese ethnic culture in Lilin Ong business in Tanah Gocap, Tangerang. The author uses qualitative research methods, namely collecting data from the library, as well as observations and interviews with the owner of Lilin "Ong", namely Mr Antonius. Chinese New Year candles are a work of Chinese ethnicity which is considered a characteristic of cultural traditions and shows Chinese identity in Indonesia. Apart from that, the author also explains the Chinese business culture that Lilin Ong maintains. When carrying out ceremonies in Chinese cultural traditions, food is always offered, and candles are needed to perform the prayer.

MAKNA SIMBOL DAN ORNAMEN PADA BANGUNAN VIHARA GUNUNG TIMUR

R Rudiansyah, Dessry Yanty, Julina Julina — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 07:22:57 +0000

The title of this research was ‘The Meaning of Symbols and Ornaments in the Building of Vihara Gunung Timur’. The research problems were 1) what types of symbol and ornament are found in the building of Vihara Gunung Timur? and 2) what the meaning of symbols and ornaments found in the building of Vihara Gunung Timur?. The research used descriptive qualitative method. The theory used in the research was the theory of semiotics of Charles Sanders Peirce. The data were gathered by conducting observation, interview, and documentary study and explaining the kinds of ornament the building of Vihara Gunung Timur, and 2) the symbols and ornaments in the building of the building of Vihara Gunung Timur contained the meanings: the Symbol of Chih-wen Dragon, the Ornament of Tian Lung Dragon, the Symbol of lion, the Symbols of Kwam-Im Goddess Statue, the Ornament of Hong Bird, the Ornamen Of Lotus, The Symbol of Paper Lantern, the Symbol of Drum, the Symbol of Peony, the Symbol of Geometry, the Ornament of Murals, the Ornamen of God of Gate, the Symbol of Koi Fish, the Symbol of Buddha Maitreya Statue, the Symbol of Buddha Sidharta Statue, The Symbol of Hok Tek Tjeng Sien Statue, the Symbol of Liu Ding Liu Jia Statue, the Symbols of Ou Sien Ku Statue, the Symbol of Ma Zu Statue, the Symbol of Cen Cing Tien Statue, and the Symbol of Ing Fu She Ce.

SANTRI VISIT CHINA: RE-AFFIRMING INDONESIA-CHINA CULTURAL RELATIONS

Anitasa Dewi, Feri Ansori, Saiful Hakim — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 07:35:50 +0000

Dalam lima tahun terakhir, kaum santri memecah kebuntuan, mengisi kehampaan, dan menghentak kesunyian hubungan bilateral Indonesia-Tiongkok yang terlalu kering dan bernuansa politik ekonomi. Kaum santri menawarkan perspektif baru mengenai hubungan kedua negara dan menjadikan Kebudayaan Islam sebagai jembatan kultural. Mereka layaknya aktor baru, non-state dan aktor non-etnis Tionghoa. Sesungguhnya Diplomasi kebudayaan dapat dipraktikkan oleh sektor publik, sektor swasta, dan masyarakat sipil, selain untuk memperkuat hubungan antara dua negara, juga untuk meningkatkan kerja sama sosial-budaya ataupun memajukan kepentingan nasional. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian kualitatif melibatkan tiga disiplin ilmu yakni budaya, sejarah, dan komunikasi. Narasumber dan obyek untuk penelitian ini adalah mahasiswa santri yang sedang studi di Tiongkok dan para santri alumni universitas-universitas Tiongkok yang kini berkarir di Jakarta, serta perkumpulan-perkumpulan mahasiswa Islam di Tiongkok. Hasil Penelitian membuktikan bahwa Diplomasi kebudayaan sangat penting dalam merekatkan hubungan diplomatik Indonesia-Tiongkok. Diplomasi kebudayan menjadi tindakan yang didasarkan pada memanfaatkan pertukaran ide, nilai, tradisi dan aspek budaya atau identitas lainnya. Penelitian ini juga menunjukkan bahwa para santri ataupun mahasiswa Indonesia yang studi ke Tiongkok telah menjadi aktor atau pelaku aktif yang menjembatani hubungan kebudayaan Indonesia-Tiongkok, memberi wawasan dan perspektif baru mengenai Tiongkok.