What influence does patriarchal clan system have on China culture?

First of all, China people's tradition of attaching importance to human relations, affection and family life has been formed, which is conducive to maintaining social harmony and stability. This is not available in many foreign countries.

Secondly, the Chinese national spirit of attaching importance to ancestors, traditions and unity has been formed. Today, China people at home and abroad call themselves descendants of the Chinese people and are proud of it. Every time the mainland holds ancestor worship activities such as the Yellow Emperor, Yan Di and Dayu, the descendants of the Chinese people at home and abroad come in an endless stream. China's 5,000-year-old civilization is the only uninterrupted civilization among the four ancient civilizations in the world, which is inseparable from this system.

negative impact

First, politically speaking, it has led to the formation of an authoritarian society and ideology, and people's democratic concept and spirit are generally lacking. In the patriarchal society, the ruling class and thinkers advocate the "three cardinal principles" and "five permanents", that is, "the monarch is the minister's cardinal principle, the father is the son's cardinal principle, and the husband is the wife's cardinal principle", "benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith", and even put forward that "the monarch wants his minister to die and has to die; The extreme autocratic thought and theory of "the father wants his son to die, but he has to die" has greatly imprisoned and bound people's thoughts, turned people with individuality and creativity into slaves and machines one by one, and made China's feudal society last for thousands of years, which is unprecedented.

Second, economically speaking, it has led to the long-term existence of self-sufficient small-scale peasant economy, stifled the development of capitalist economy in China and hindered the modernization of China.

Thirdly, from the cultural point of view, it leads to the Chinese nation's attaching importance to tradition and neglecting reform, attaching importance to ethics and neglecting science, lacking the pioneering and innovative spirit of seeking truth and being pragmatic, and being conservative in thought. Culture and politics have never been separated, especially in China. In a patriarchal society, tradition is more important than change, and ethics is above everything else.