Why should we promote traditional virtues?

1. An important purpose of inheriting and developing Chinese traditional virtues is to nourish socialist core values with it.

Socialist core values are the core of the socialist core value system, which embodies the fundamental nature and characteristics of the socialist core value system, reflects the rich connotation and practical requirements of the socialist core value system, and is a highly concise and concentrated embodiment of the socialist core value system.

Chinese traditional virtue bears the gene of Chinese ethical culture, corresponds to the cultural and psychological structure formed by the Chinese nation for a long time, has the natural advantage of being easily accepted by the broad masses of people, and can play a role in cultivating people's good moral conduct. It is an important source of socialist ideology and morality in China and an important resource for cultivating socialist core values.

2. The traditional virtue norms cultivated and formed by the Chinese nation in long-term practice are an important supporting force for the Chinese nation in the long history.

The traditional virtues of the Chinese nation refer to the outstanding moral heritage handed down from China's 5,000-year history, which is influential, can be inherited and continuously innovated and developed, and is beneficial to the next generation.

To sum up, it is the sum of the excellent moral quality, excellent national spirit, lofty national integrity, noble national feelings and good national habits of the Chinese nation.

It marks the "shape" and "soul" of the Chinese nation. It is also the crystallization of China people's practice in dealing with interpersonal relationships, the relationship between people and society, and the relationship between people and nature for more than 2,000 years.

3. Inheriting and carrying forward the excellent traditional morality and national spirit of the Chinese nation, its practical significance lies in affirming the value of human beings, emphasizing the sense of cooperation and promoting the orderly operation of the socialist market economy.