What spirit did the Beijing Olympic Games spread?

The Olympic Charter points out that the Olympic spirit is the spirit of mutual understanding, friendship, unity and fair competition.

The Response of China Culture to the Olympic Spirit

China's traditional philosophy pays attention to the harmony between man and nature, and never overemphasizes man's challenge to nature and himself, nor does he unilaterally emphasize man's transcendence over nature and heaven and earth. But pay attention to "learning from heaven and earth", conform to nature, and follow the principle of living in the world within your own limits. "Tian Xingjian, the gentleman strives for self-improvement. The terrain is vast, and the gentleman is virtuous. " It means that people should keep making progress and be responsible for the existence of individuals, but they should be alert, not just emphasizing progress, and keep the coordination among individuals, environment and society. This is an important response and supplement to the Olympic spirit of "Faster, Higher and Stronger".

China's ritual and music culture advocates the harmony of all things and the coordination of Yin and Yang, with neutralization, harmony and coordination as the highest realm of beauty. In ancient China, there were so-called "six arts", namely "ritual", "music", "shooting", "imperial", "calligraphy" and "number". "Six Arts" emphasizes not the competition of skills, but the perfection of personality, inner harmony and harmonious interaction between body and mind through the cultivation of skills. This is very consistent with the ideal that the Olympic spirit aims to promote the harmonious development of people's sports and minds, and it is of great enlightenment to the phenomenon that the Olympic competition overemphasizes the results of the competition and ignores the spiritual improvement.

China's traditional culture not only advocates harmony, but also advocates harmony but differences, emphasizing differences in unity and diversity in harmony, and accommodating individuals while pursuing consistency. This is a good response and supplement of the Olympic spirit to the strong oppression and infringement of western culture on weak cultures in other parts of the world. Today, Olympic culture should emphasize harmonious communication and dialogue between different cultures and respect cultural identity, cultural individuality and cultural diversity. This is of great significance in the era of globalization.

The spirit of attaching importance to students and achieving career is an important dimension of China traditional culture. In ancient China, it was believed that man is "the heart of heaven and earth", "the nature of heaven and earth is expensive", and "the talent of heaven and earth is equal to the ear. Why is man light and the herringbone light?" Starting from this concept, the pursuit and possession of things in China ancient culture is not the goal of life, but the highest goal of life is to improve people's moral cultivation and inner virtue. This is an enlightening response and supplement to the phenomenon of excessive commercialization, excessive competition and corresponding sports corruption in the contemporary Olympic movement.

China's traditional natural ethics thought thinks that man is in harmony with everything in the universe, advocates self-denial and reciprocity, and limits man's role and behavior to the cosmic order in harmony with the universe. China ancient society advocated moderation and reasonable control of people's desires, and opposed excessive consumption and possession of foreign objects. This ethical concept is a powerful response to the over-commercialization and doping scandal in Olympic culture, and responds to the Olympic spirit that promotes the harmonious development of human body and mind from the perspective of oriental philosophy and wisdom. At the same time, it provides enlightenment for answering many major challenges faced by contemporary human civilization, such as ecological problems and sustainable development problems.