Is traditional culture the spiritual bond to maintain the survival and development of the nation? I think it's national spirit, don't you think? I'm torn. ...

Yes However, we should have a dynamic understanding of tradition, that is, tradition determines us, and we also create new traditions.

There are 56 ethnic groups in China and more than 140 in Russian, and some ethnic groups are quite small. Besides, why did they become a nation? Lies in the unique traditional culture of a nation. One nation may be similar in blood and religious belief to another, but after all, they have different traditions and become two nations. In other words, without a unique tradition, the differences between one nation and another will not exist, and this nation will exist in name only, and even gradually be assimilated by another nation and really die out.

Tradition is real, which is manifested in specific ways such as lifestyle, national festivals and folk customs. It is easy to observe and distinguish, while the national spirit is much more abstract. There are many ethnic groups that believe in Islam in the border areas of China, and it is hard to say that all of them can be distinguished spiritually, so it is not practical to distinguish ethnic groups with an abstract spirit.