Qinghai-Tibetan culture·The past and future of Qinghai-Tibetan culture·The relationship between traditional culture and modern civilization

Qinghai-Tibetan culture·The past and future of Qinghai-Tibetan culture·The relationship between traditional culture and modern civilization

Tibetan traditional culture is deeply rooted in Tibetan history and relies on past social forms as a product and continuation of history. Modern civilization is a high degree of modern culture or modern cultural phenomena, and is an inevitable trend in the development of modern society.

Traditional culture and modern civilization are closely related, closely connected, dependent on each other, develop each other, and influence each other. On the one hand, traditional culture has a profound influence on modern civilization. It not only adapts to the progress of modern civilization and promotes the development of modern civilization because of the positive factors in traditional culture, but also hinders the development of modern civilization because of the negative factors in traditional culture. On the other hand, modern civilization is an inevitable requirement of modern society. Therefore, the higher the degree of modern civilization, the greater the impact on traditional culture. On the contrary, the higher the degree of modernization of traditional culture, that is, the update and development of traditional culture to adapt to modernization. The faster the development, the greater the impetus for the construction of modern civilization. The two are eclectic and mutually reinforcing.

Tibetan society has a special environment and Tibetan culture has a special style. Therefore, in order to build the civilization of modern Tibetan society or modern Tibetan culture, we must first attach great importance to and correctly treat the issues of Tibetan traditional culture. The practice of enshrining traditional culture as a holy book, enshrining it, inheriting it in its entirety and applying it to modern society without being able to transform it; The cultural practices are obviously very wrong and should not be promoted and even more unacceptable.

We know that the traditional culture of any nation, whether advanced or backward, often has duality. Tibetan traditional culture originated in the past era. It is indeed restricted by historical conditions and represents the historical and cultural level. It reflects the ideological and moral concepts of the people at that time, such as feudal hierarchical thoughts, family-based traditions, blood and regional concepts, and conservative thoughts. The reincarnation of cause and effect, feudal moral concepts, backward living customs, and thoughts that despise science and modern education, etc., will all affect the construction of modern civilization in Tibetan areas, affect the reform and opening up in Tibetan areas, and affect the economic construction and people's lives in Tibetan areas. Gradual improvement, therefore, should be criticized and discarded. Of course, the construction of modern Tibetan civilization must start from respecting traditional culture and regard it as an important foundation for building modern Tibetan civilization and even modern culture. Tibetan culture has its historical process of formation and development. Any kind of culture, in its long process of formation, always develops in the contradictory movement in which the new culture makes choices and inherits the old culture. The inheritance of culture is not only the continuation and development of culture, but also a contradictory process of survival of the fittest. Only those things that are more progressive, positive and adapted to the new social form will be accumulated and continued. The Tibetan nation is a great nation with a long history and glorious traditions. In their long-term life and production practices, they have accumulated rich material wealth and created a broad and profound national culture in the Snowy Land. Tibetan medicine, astronomy, calendar, architecture, song and dance, painting, sculpture, history, literature, etc. are all extremely precious cultural heritages and contain rich connotations. All should be reasonably inherited and carried forward in light of modern reality. In order to correctly understand and critically inherit traditional culture, we must conduct as comprehensive an inspection, analysis, and research on Tibetan culture as possible to avoid covering up the whole story with one bias. In particular, we should have a relatively deep understanding and research on the core philosophical ideas of traditional culture, and understand the exquisiteness in them, so as to serve modernization. There are many positive factors in Tibetan traditional culture, such as patriotism, persuading people to do good, opposing evil, studying hard, being proactive, altruistic, longing for happiness, loving peace, opposing division, supporting leaders, hating ambition, being diligent, brave, and simple. There is no pretentiousness, advocating etiquette, respecting the elderly and caring for the young, being hospitable, treating people sincerely, admiring heroes, as well as the fine traditions of studying, compiling history, and writing essays, etc. These are all very positive factors, which greatly promote the construction of modern civilization. If traditional culture is the important foundation of modern culture or modern civilization, then modern culture or modern civilization is the continuation and development of traditional culture, and it will naturally inherit (critically inherit) some of the reasonable elements of traditional culture. It can be seen that traditional culture and modern civilization are consistent. The richer the traditional culture, the richer the connotation of modern civilization, and vice versa.

In short, the relationship between Tibetan traditional culture and modern Tibetan civilization is very close and complex. We must make full use of the scientific theory of Marxism-Leninism, use Comrade ***'s theory on building socialism with Chinese characteristics as guidance, correctly grasp the evaluation and sublation of traditional culture and the inheritance and promotion of the outstanding parts, and correctly distinguish what is democracy. We should resolutely abandon those things that are incompatible with modern society, try to absorb, carry forward and inherit all the positive factors in traditional culture that are compatible with modern society, and carry them forward to continuously enhance the new features of modern culture. factors, accelerate the construction and development of modern civilization in Tibetan areas, and better serve the cause of socialist modernization in Tibetan areas.