The basic characteristics of traditional Chinese culture

1. Chinese traditional culture is rich and varied, is based on Confucian ethics and morality as the core, to promote the good and punish evil, to the unity of truth, goodness and beauty, to the purpose of cultural indoctrination of ethical and political culture. It is a culture of unity of virtue and wisdom and regency politics with virtue, which is national, unique, and focuses on ethical values. Chinese traditional ethical and political thought not only determines the cultural personality of ancient Chinese people, but also determines the national characteristics of Chinese traditional culture.2. Tenacious vitality and pioneering innovation. Among the four major ancient civilizations in the world, Chinese civilization is the only cultural system that has lasted the longest and has never been interrupted. Entering civilization in the Xia Dynasty and passing through many dynasties, traditional culture has been passed on from generation to generation and endured for a long time. This also reflects its tenacious vitality and resilience, which is also an important characteristic of traditional Chinese culture. Chinese traditional culture has not only been tenaciously inherited in a long and tortuous process, but has also experienced countless descendants inheriting, developing and developing their predecessors, learning from them with an open mind, enriching them, and surpassing them according to the needs of the times. Such a continuous relay movement has been enriched, enriched, developed and innovated in the long course of history. In traditional Chinese society, Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and other types of sects coexisted, which determined that traditional Chinese culture has the obvious characteristic of bringing together the strengths of Sichuan and being compatible with the wisdom of the eight directions. China has a vast territory and many ethnic groups. There are great differences in the lifestyles and cultural concepts of various ethnic groups. There have been several large-scale ethnic fusions in Chinese history. After thousands of years of development, Chinese culture has experienced the integrated development of multi-ethnic and multi-regional cultures. Traditional Chinese culture, with Han culture as the main body and Central Plains culture as the core, has gradually integrated other minority cultures and surrounding regional cultures, forming a development trend combining homogeneity and diversity.