Through what and material carriers is culture passed down?

Culture is passed down through language carrier and material carrier.

Culture is passed down through language carriers. Many historical books or customs in China have been handed down from generation to generation, including some legends and history, but the authenticity of this way of inheritance is not high, which needs to be verified by written records.

Culture is passed down through material carriers, such as written records in history books. Since ancient times, in order to record the 5,000-year history of the Chinese nation, many scholars have devoted themselves to compiling historical books, such as Historical Records, History of the Three Kingdoms and History as a Mirror. , and recorded the history of our country in words, which is helpful for cultural research and inheritance.

cultural heritage

Culture in a broad sense can be divided into material culture and intangible culture, and can also be divided into object culture, system culture and spiritual culture. Religious culture mainly belongs to intangible spiritual and institutional culture, but it also includes physical culture, such as religious architecture and sculpture. As a dominant ideology for a long time, religion has powerful control and infiltration functions, and is often regarded as the representative and soul of national culture, such as Christian culture and Islamic culture.

The traditional culture of all ethnic groups is often passed down and spread to other regions through religion. The representative of China's traditional culture is Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, but it does not mean that China's traditional culture is all religious culture, but that China's culture has been unified and integrated by the three religions for a long time and passed down and spread in the name of the three religions.