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What is it, traditional culture?

China's traditional culture should first include thought, writing and language, followed by the six arts of ceremony, music, shooting, imperial art, calligraphy and mathematics, and then the folk customs derived from calligraphy, music, martial arts, Quyi, chess, festivals and rich life. Traditional culture is closely related and integrated with our lives, and we enjoy it unconsciously.

The traditional culture of China, represented by pre-Qin Confucianism, talks about the understanding of people and society and the pursuit of social behavior norms, that is, "benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and faith". Confucianism emphasizes "ceremony" and pursues "ceremony", that is, to establish the same values in human society, so as to regulate and restrain people's social behavior.

"Wen" refers not only to words, articles and literary talents, but also to the system of rites and music and legal provisions. The ancient word "Wen" refers to the meaning of texture and pattern. Later, it developed into "Wen", including beautiful words, thoughts, behaviors, treating people with things and being human. The word civilization is a continuation of "Wen". "Culture" means "education" and "teaching behavior".

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Characteristics of traditional culture in China;

1. China's traditional culture has been handed down from generation to generation, interrupted in some short historical periods and changed more or less in different historical periods, but it has not been interrupted on the whole and has not changed much on the whole.

2. National characteristics: China traditional culture is unique to China, which is different from other national cultures in the world.

It has a long history, with a history of five thousand years.

4. Broad and profound, "broad" refers to the broadness of China's traditional culture-rich and colorful, and "profound" refers to the profundity of China's traditional culture-unfathomable.

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