What does national essence mean

National Essence is the essence of a country's inherent culture.

Chinese national essence, as the name implies, refers to the essence of the inherent culture of China, which originated entirely in China. It is the most representative and unique cultural heritage of the Chinese traditional culture, which has been popular among people in many times.

There are many Chinese national heritages, among which Chinese Peking Opera, Chinese martial arts, Chinese calligraphy and Chinese medicine are known as the "four national heritages" of China.

National Quintessence of China

National Quintessence of China, generally refers to the excellent Chinese culture or inheritance, widely known as Peking Opera, martial arts, calligraphy, medicine, known as the "four national quintessence of China", normally belongs to the positive word, but at present in the network language, generally extended to "National Quintessence of China", the word "national quintessence of China". The first is the "Peking Opera", which is known as the "four national treasures", but now in the Internet language, it is generally referred to as the "national scolding".

Why this national essence has evolved into the words of cursing, this matter is really related to Lu Xun, this is because Mr. Lu Xun wrote in the article "On fucking" that "false? If the peony is the 'national flower' of China, then this (fuck) can be regarded as China's 'national curse'." And by the various netizens cited as Chinese swear words category belongs to the national essence of the middle, belongs to a kind of flirtation behavior, not really this thing is a national essence.

For example, when a person said swear words, can be used "open that is the national essence" to flirt.

References: Baidu Encyclopedia - National Essence