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What is the significance of honoring the elderly?

The traditional virtues of the Chinese nation are precious spiritual wealth handed down by ancestors and a good emotional inheritance and development. Filial piety is filial piety, love and closeness to the elderly. "Filial piety for the elderly" is the essence of our traditional culture in China, and it is also an important content of building a harmonious society in today's world.

Our growth today is inseparable from the hard work of our elders.

The core connotation of "filial piety" is the obligation of children to their parents, including respecting the elderly and caring for their spiritual and material life.

Filial piety culture emphasizes love and gratitude for parents, which is the beginning of a person's moral behavior and the basis of moral education.