Why is it difficult for many traditional cultures in China to integrate with modern culture?

Traditional culture and modernization are two links formed in the process of historical development, which are interrelated and contradictory. Traditional culture is the accumulation of yesterday's cultural creation activities, and it is a cultural achievement that can influence future generations. Modernization is the goal of the current historical process, and there are both differences and inevitable connections between them. It is biased to adopt a nationalist or nihilistic attitude towards traditional culture. Traditional culture is a civilized achievement created and accumulated by a nation in historical practice. It is either manifested in material carriers, such as, or in language; Or manifested as abstract personality, ability, national mentality, way of thinking, lifestyle and value standards; Or it is manifested in the accumulation and storage of various knowledge and information. In short, traditional culture is a cultural accumulation accumulated and passed down in the historical process, and it is constantly developing and changing in the process of circulation. People's creative activities today will accumulate in the long history of tomorrow, and at the same time, they will influence the future civilization with their own historical existence. For example, the remains of stone culture gave birth to bronze culture. This gradual inheritance, which is mutually causal, is a historical objective existence that is not transferred by human subjective will. Traditional culture and modernization are two links in historical development, and we should rationally grasp their differences and connections. We should abandon the dark and negative things in tradition, such as absolutism, personal superstition, feudal paternalism, closed doors, trampling on knowledge and human rights, etc. Modernization requires the development of democracy, science and legal system. This is what traditional culture lacks. Therefore, while affirming the essence of traditional culture, we should also clearly recognize the dross, so as not to be emotional and lose the ability to distinguish, so as to promote the modernization of the motherland while carrying forward the excellent traditional culture. The wrong reason is to oppose traditional culture and modernization. Traditional culture is not a stagnant pool. This is a dynamic system. Human beings have created traditional culture in their own social practice, and constantly innovated and enriched it in practice. Otherwise, it will not become a realistic cultural tradition. Therefore, we should not simply attribute traditional culture to "past history", but should realize that it is related to the present and the future at the same time. We regard development as "anti-tradition", and its way of thinking is to oppose traditional culture and modern culture. In fact, any modernization can only proceed from the realistic traditional culture. Otherwise, it will become water without a source and a tree without a root. Once tradition is destroyed, civilization will disappear. Therefore, we must never take a completely negative attitude towards traditional culture, but must seek truth from facts, analyze specific problems, test them in practice, and eliminate those outdated things. Human society has entered a modern civilization characterized by industrialization, popularization of education and scientificity. The fact that modern civilization dominates the world determines that no matter what state a country is in, it will move towards modernization.

In the process of modernization, due to different national conditions, countries encounter different problems and obstacles. China is an ancient civilization with 5,000 years of traditional culture. In the process of China's modernization, there have been repeated debates about whether China's traditional culture can be modernized. This historical phenomenon clearly enlightens us: Can China's traditional culture be modernized? How to modernize? This is a problem of great practical significance and must be understood.