What important functions should the current socialist core values and excellent traditional culture play?

"Opinions on Cultivating and Practicing Socialist Core Values" points out: "Chinese excellent traditional culture has accumulated the deepest spiritual pursuit of the Chinese nation, contains the most fundamental spiritual genes of the Chinese nation, represents the unique spiritual identity of the Chinese nation, and is a rich nourishment for the Chinese nation to grow and develop endlessly."

Culture is the root of a nation. The rise or revival of a nation is often preceded by the revival of national culture and the rise of national spirit; The decline or collapse of a nation is often led by the decadence of national culture and the flagging of national spirit. Chinese excellent traditional culture contains profound values and ethical thoughts, and Chinese traditional virtues have eternal significance. To cultivate and practice socialist core values, we should base ourselves on the profound resources of Chinese excellent traditional culture, especially Chinese traditional virtues, make the past serve the present, bring forth the new, make it conform to the connotation and requirements of socialist core values, and become a value concept and code of conduct that meets the requirements of the times and the actual needs of the people.

"Ask where the canal is so clear, because there is flowing water from the source". The release of Opinions on Cultivating and Practicing Socialist Core Values has realized the leap of socialist core values from cohesion to conscious action, which will surely make the socialist core values continuously inject and penetrate into all aspects of the social body like running water, and provide a continuous and never-failing positive energy for the Chinese dream of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.