The Role of Chinese Culture

The traditional Chinese culture is profound and has a long history. As early as more than two thousand years ago, it gave rise to the Confucianism represented by Confucius and Mencius and the Taoism represented by Laozhuang, as well as many other schools of thought that occupy an important position in the history of Chinese thought. In particular, Confucianism, represented by Confucius, can be said to be one of the sources of human civilization, especially Oriental civilization, and has not only exerted great influence in the course of history, but also still plays a role even today. From the point of view of ideological connotation, the basic spirit of traditional culture, which is decisive for the formation and development of the Chinese nation, is generally manifested in four aspects, i.e. the concept of the unity of heaven and mankind, the concept of putting people first, the concept of being robust and capable, and the concept of being valued by harmony. These traditional cultures, as the source of national wisdom and the carrier of cultural inheritance, are not only the inherent driving force of historical development, but also the valuable resources for us to build the culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Traditional culture, as a system of thought and culture that once played an important role in Chinese history for a long time, and as an official ideology for more than 2,000 years, has a profound influence on people's ideology, no matter in the deeper layers of social life or people's minds. As an official ideology for more than 2,000 years, it still has a profound influence on both social life and people's consciousness. Therefore, in the process of building a socialist culture with Chinese characteristics, we should always pay attention to refining and learning from all the excellent spiritual wealth created by our people in the past and present, including not only the traditional Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, but also all the excellent cultural achievements imported from abroad, on the basis of which we should build up a socialist ideological and cultural system that not only maintains the excellent traditions of the nation, but also suits the characteristics of contemporary society. Without the upgrading of culture and the inheritance and development of the national spirit, it is impossible to realize socialist modernization. One of the indispensable lessons in cultural revitalization is the in-depth study of China's outstanding cultural heritage, not only in terms of promoting and cultivating the national spirit, but also in terms of the inheritance and innovation of history and culture. Whether we can learn and be good at synthesizing the Chinese, Western, ancient and modern in the inheritance and innovation of history and culture is directly related to the direction of the development of advanced culture in contemporary China. Under the new situation of reform, opening up and modernization, we should make a comprehensive and scientific analysis of traditional culture, and should neither adopt a national nihilistic attitude nor favour the past over the present. The correct attitude is to inherit critically, innovate in the process of inheritance, and emphasize creative transformation. The soil on which the traditional culture dominated by Confucianism was based was a semi-natural and semi-educated society with the family as the root, agriculture as the foundation, and the characteristics of "cultivating and studying to pass on to the family". This socio-economic and cultural structure no longer exists in most parts of China, and people's lifestyles and cultural customs associated with it have also undergone profound changes. . The changes in the social structure have also brought about progress in ideological concepts and the upgrading of the national spirit, which has developed into the great national spirit of solidarity, unity, peace-loving, industriousness and courage, and self-improvement with patriotism at its core, and this is the most solid and reliable guarantee for our country and nation to stand on its own forever among the peoples of the world. From the reality of China today, it should be fully affirmed that the establishment of the socialist market economic system is a profound change, which not only opens up a broad field of development of the productive forces, creates new conditions for economic development and social progress, adds new vitality, and promotes the development of the productive forces. Moreover, in the ideological field, it has given birth to the formation of new moral concepts, and people's sense of competition, efficiency and enterprising spirit have been greatly enhanced. In the face of today's world of various ideological and cultural mutual agitation, we should be justified to promote traditional culture and cultivate the spirit of the nation closely together, as an important task of spiritual civilization construction, into the whole process of national education, so that all people always maintain a vigorous and upward state of mind.