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The Influence of Farming Natural Economy on the Traditional Cultural Structure of China

(1) Farming economy is sustainable. The continuation of farming economy has created the continuation of China culture. The sustainable development of traditional agriculture ensures the continuation of Chinese civilization and makes it have great endurance, healing power and cohesion. Since ancient times, China culture has experienced the periodic movements of war and stability, the rise and fall of dynasties, short-lived ethnic division and nomadic invasion of the Central Plains. However, the farming economy in China has been developing continuously, and the civilization in China has not been interrupted. The short-term war and division have enhanced the resilience and centripetal force of China culture. With the long-term continuation of farming economy, China culture has a long history and has been enriched and sublimated in the baptism of turmoil and division. This cultural tradition cannot be cut off by any external force.

(2) The farming economy has a pluralistic structure. The pluralistic structure of farming economy makes China culture inclusive. The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period is an important transition period of China's farming economy, and it is also a prosperous time for a hundred schools of thought to contend in China's cultural circles. A hundred schools of thought contend to learn from each other's strong points and exercise their own theories. By the Qin and Han Dynasties, Confucianism and Taoism had merged, and a hundred schools of thought contended all the time, and the shit-eating culture in the Warring States reached its climax. The Warring States is a vast country, and different natural conditions will lead to different levels of political and cultural development in many aspects. British female culture and Warring States culture have formed different regional cultural structures. China culture is not only good at accommodating a hundred schools of thought and the cultural essence of different regions, but also absorbs the outstanding civilizations of neighboring ethnic minorities and outlands for a long time, making them complement each other and add luster. Even for foreign cultures, the Chinese nation can finally open its broad mind and discard the bad and absorb it. This cultural openness is the expression of China's tolerant character.

(3) Early maturity of farming economy. The precocity of farming economy makes China culture dignified. The diversified structure of farming economy promoted the all-round development of feudal society and economy in China and created the splendid ancient culture in China. However, China's farming economy is both premature and immature, which also contributes to the precocity and dignified character of China culture. China had the idea of respecting morality and protecting the people as early as the pre-Qin period, and the people were the foundation of the country. However, this thought did not develop normally during the Warring States Period, and so did China's science and technology. The precocity of farming economy and culture in China, coupled with the pluralistic structure of China society, enhanced the resilience of traditional society. With the transition of feudal society in China from the early stage to the later stage, China culture is more and more dignified and conservative.