Dialectical negation is used to explain how we should treat historical and cultural heritage correctly.

China is an ancient civilization with a long history. To treat historical and cultural heritage, we should adopt a critical inheritance attitude, critically eliminate the dross of feudalism and absorb its essence. We should not only oppose historical nihilism that totally denies traditional culture, but also oppose revivalism that totally affirms traditional culture. Make the past serve the present and bring forth the new. Inheriting the excellent culture of the nation is not to return to tradition and get old, but for today's cultural construction. Inherit the tradition, bring forth the old and bring forth the new, transcend the tradition, realize creative transformation, organically combine the excellent tradition of the Chinese nation with the spirit of the socialist era, make full use of the excellent cultural achievements of the Chinese nation for thousands of years, and gain a new life of the times. Inheritance and reference cannot replace one's own creation. To make the past serve the present and bring forth the new, we should not only scientifically analyze the historical value of the cultural heritage created by the ancients and affirm its historical position, but also study their value and significance to today from today's reality and needs. We can only absorb "what we need today", "what is useful to us" and "what the people of China actually need", and through digestion and absorption in the stomach, what is valuable in ancient times and what is useful today will become an organic part of the new culture. What a pity that foreigners still admire China's traditional culture so much and are keen on "making foreign things serve China", but our Chinese descendants have not properly inherited this precious heritage! Look, we should learn from the past now, and we can't do anything without the past. We are opposed to completely denying traditional culture, darkening it and denouncing it as decadent and outdated radical behavior. However, it is not advocated to copy all the time. The correct attitude is to inherit critically.