Connotation and characteristics of traditional Chinese culture

The basic connotation of traditional Chinese culture can be roughly summarized in three aspects: First, the basic ideas of traditional Chinese culture - strong and healthy, and and in the middle, the use of virtue, and the harmony of man and nature. & lt; Yi Chuan & gt; emphasized the "self-improvement", "virtue", is the concentrated embodiment of the spirit of the Chinese nation; advocating harmony and unity is the highest value of traditional Chinese culture; "mediocrity", is both the method of thought, principles, and cultivation. Second, focusing on people's inner cultivation, and emphasize the exploration of the external objective law, is an important value of traditional Chinese culture. Thirdly, the value of family ethics, which emphasizes family and bloodline, is an important value point of traditional Chinese culture. In conclusion, Chinese traditional culture has rich connotation, and the essence and dregs coexist, in order to make the essence of traditional culture play a positive role in the modern society, not only to critically inherit, but also to carry out creative transformation.

Keywords: traditional Chinese culture; basic connotation; essence; dregs; modern transformation

Chinese culture can be summarized into three main types: 1. patriarchal culture 2. agricultural culture 3. bloodline culture.

These three cultures constitute the mainstream of traditional Chinese culture. And with the evolution of history they are more and more closely interpenetrating each other. For example: in feudal society, the family, blood relations are very important, especially the emphasis on generation and status of the hierarchical gap, and therefore attach great importance to the family rules, they are even more cohesive to a certain extent than some of the country's system and prestige, in Mr. Lu Xun's novels, we can often see the influence of patriarchal culture on feudal rule and people's thinking; our country since ancient times until today is still an The so-called economic base determines the superstructure, the agricultural-based economic form will inevitably produce a cultural system that is compatible with it.

Confucianism, represented by the Four Books and Five Classics, has been influencing people's thinking for thousands of years. Therefore, I believe that the most important feature of Chinese culture is Confucianism: it emphasizes the unity of heaven and man, cultivating one's self, keeping one's family together, ruling the country and leveling the world, so that people's inner cultivation and outer governance can reach a perfect unity. The essence of Confucian culture is to be calm and neutral, and to think without evil!

Secondly, farming culture, family culture, and some regional cultures are interconnected and interpenetrate each other, and gradually form the rich and colorful connotation of our traditional Chinese culture in the long evolution of history.