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The Essence of China Traditional Culture

China culture mainly refers to the traditional culture of China, which is one of the main cultural forms in the world and an important part of all human cultures. It came into being and developed gradually to meet the particularity and special needs of China society in terms of geographical environment, economic structure, national psychology, language and writing, and way of thinking, and finally formed a unique national culture in China. Therefore, China culture has the same attributes and obvious differences with general human culture. In her body, it clearly embodies the organic unity of the world and nationality of culture.

The word "culture" originally means "humanity" and "turning into the world" in Chinese, which means that people exert influence on the so-called "world" and the whole world that people face with unnatural products such as devices, systems, languages, behaviors and ideas created by themselves, thus distinguishing "people" from things and making the world meet people's goals and needs at a certain level and significance. In this sense, culture is humanity's humanization of nature and the world.

Since "humanization" reflects people's purpose and needs, people's ideas and values play a vital role in various cultural elements, and it is here that philosophical wisdom begins to grow. Philosophy is usually regarded as the knowledge about the world outlook and outlook on life, and it is the duty of "philosophy" to love wisdom. The significance of philosophy to people lies in giving practical theoretical guidance to people's activities and daily life practice, and its position in the whole cultural tradition can be seen from this. Then, if you want to understand China culture, you must learn China's philosophy; Once you are familiar with China's philosophy, you will fundamentally understand China culture.