东方文化源起于农耕文明,西方源起于海洋文明和商业文明。民族文化的差异性,导致了纪录片表达方式的巨大差异性。本文将分析传统文化语境下中西方文化对各自纪录片表达方式影响的不同之处,目的是在纪录片的国际化、精品化、模式化的大趋势之下,使中国纪录片不断发展和成熟。 Eastern culture originated in farming civilization, the West originated in marine civilization and commercial civilization. The differences of national culture have led to the great difference of documentary expression. This article will analyze the differences between Chinese and Western cultures in the expression of their respective documentaries in the context of traditional culture. The purpose of this article is to make Chinese documentaries continue to develop and mature under the general trend of internationalization, fine-tuning and patternization of documentaries.