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Traditional Chinese culture is constantly changing and evolving

The traditional Chinese culture is constantly changing and evolving.

Traditional Chinese culture, the fundamental creativity of the achievements of Chinese civilization, is the totality of moral inheritance, various cultural thoughts and spiritual conceptual forms in the history of the nation. Chinese traditional culture, according to the order of the table of the Chinese history, went through the era of Youshao, Suiren, Fuxi, Shennong (Emperor Yan), Huangdi (Regulus), Yao, Shun, Yu, and so on, and then to the establishment of the Xia Dynasty. After that the development stretched to the present day.

Traditional Chinese culture originated in the ancient cultural period before the age of Shennong, according to the order of the Chinese history table, through the Youshao, Suirenshi, Fuxi, Shennong (Yandi), the Yellow Emperor (Regulus), Yao, Shun, Yu and so on, to the establishment of the Xia Dynasty, the development of the present, the formation of a splendid culture with a rich and colorful cultural elements.

The traditional Chinese culture is mainly composed of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. Traditional culture is not only profound and rounded in thought, but also broad in content; more importantly, the three cultures, Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, exalt morality and provide the people of China with behavioral norms for living in the world, as well as the ultimate spiritual destination. Confucianism is centered on benevolence and righteousness, which have been honored by Confucian scholars throughout the ages; Taoism is centered on adherence to nature; and Buddhism is centered on compassion, love, and liberation, emphasizing that "all evils should be avoided, and all good deeds should be practiced".

A variety of arts (such as painting, sculpture, calligraphy, theater, festivals, etc.) derived from the culture of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism are its specific forms of expression.