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Which one expresses the Chinese cultural heritage better, traditional or simplified Chinese characters?

There is no need to argue between simplified and traditional Chinese characters. Because they are both Chinese characters, and both are our own culture. Its connotations have not changed, but have only been improved according to the requirements of the times. In fact, don't look for the number of people using traditional Chinese characters to increase. However, it is still the simplified characters that are used in official international communications, such as the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Traditional Chinese characters are generally used by overseas Chinese in their daily lives, and some service-oriented websites at home and abroad generally provide simplified Chinese characters.

The reason foreigners use traditional characters is because of the country's long history and cultural heritage, which is charming and attractive. Traditional characters are also the essence of it and can help them better understand the ancient culture. Those Chinese expatriates, on the other hand, use the ancient script of their own country because they feel more of a sense of belonging when they are in a foreign land, spreading the culture and at the same time have a feeling of pride for the country they were born in.

Some may argue that traditional Chinese characters are the foundation of Chinese culture. Abandoning it is tantamount to abandoning traditional Chinese culture, which is not conducive to the inheritance and development of ancient culture. This concept is wrong. The use of simplified characters is precisely to better promote Chinese culture. Traditional characters may look beautiful and have more cultural flavor, but they are written with too many strokes, which makes learning more difficult and reduces people's literacy rate, which is very unfavorable to the development and spread of Chinese civilization.

Simplified Chinese characters, on the other hand, can be better recognized and are easier to write and less prone to mistakes. Given the same words at the same time, it is obvious that simplified Chinese characters can be learned faster and more accurately, which cannot be compared to traditional Chinese characters. And nowadays, people are not prevented from using traditional Chinese characters, instead, they are strongly supported, and many schools set up calligraphy classes for students to teach children to recognize and write traditional characters, so there is no need to be upset about the official Chinese characters not being used in traditional form at all.