Explain the definition and characteristics of China culture.

In China, the word "culture" has existed since ancient times. The original meaning of "Wen" refers to the interlaced texture of various colors, which means decoration and article. "Shuo Wen Jie Zi" said: "Wen, wrong painting, like writing." Its extension includes all kinds of symbols, including language, cultural relics laws and regulations, etiquette system and so on. The original meaning of "transformation" is change, generation and creation. The so-called "all things are transformed" is extended to transformation, enlightenment and cultivation. China's ancient concepts of "culture" basically belong to the category of spiritual civilization and often correspond to "force", "martial arts" and "barbarism". They contain positive idealism, embody the "yin" and "softness" in the general plan of governing the country, and have both political connotation and ethical significance. Secondly, this word was largely used as a verb in ancient times, and it was a method and proposition to govern society. It opposes military conquest, but it is related to it and complements each other. The so-called "courtesy before soldiers" is a martial art.

Its characteristics are as follows:

1, passed down from generation to generation. China's traditional culture has been interrupted in some short historical periods and changed more or less in different historical periods, but it has not been interrupted on the whole and has not changed much on the whole.

2. National characteristics. China's traditional culture is unique to China and different from other national cultures in the world.

It has a long history. It has a history of five thousand years.

4. Broad and profound. "Wide" refers to the breadth of China's traditional culture-rich and colorful, and "deep" refers to the depth of China's traditional culture-unfathomable.