A Study on the Formation Path of Cultural Identity among Elderly Sojourners in Yunnan

Abstract

With the rise of the sojourn-based elderly care model, many older people from all over China have been attracted to Yunnan's rich ethnic culture and highland scenery. However, the participation of elderly sojourners in ethnic culture is still at the level of sightseeing and experience, and it has not been transformed into deep cultural identification through external symbolic exposure. The reason is that there is no good way to link the spread of cultural symbols with the cognitive traits and needs of older adults in learning. According to the theories of cultural gerontology and semiotics, this paper puts forward a three-level analysis system for ethnic cultural symbols at the symbolic foundation level: the material layer, the meaning layer and the regeneration layer, and a transformation path of "decoding-reconstruction". At the level of the need for adaptation, a three-dimensional system of needs has been established: "health tolerance", "cultural cognitive preference" and "digital skill level", and thus the dynamic generation mechanism of personalised learning paths can be explained. The three parts of the cooperative Design Model for age-friendly micro-learning products in carrier design are authenticity, multimodality and emotionalisation. The theory in this paper will help us understand how cultural identity is formed by older people in different places, and also provide theoretical support for the educational reform of ethnic cultural resources.