What do the roots and souls of the Chinese nation represent respectively?

Chinese excellent traditional culture is the crystallization and essence of Chinese civilization, the root and soul of the Chinese nation, and the foundation for us to gain a firm foothold in the agitation of world culture. National culture refers to the traditional culture with obvious characteristics formed by the Chinese nation in the past history. National spirit is the spiritual support of a nation's survival and development, the essence of a nation's excellent culture, the spiritual pillar to promote young students to realize their ideals and pursue their life goals, and the spiritual motive force to promote young students' determination to become talents, grow healthily and develop in an all-round way, which plays an important role in the ideological and moral construction of young students.