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How to realize the modernization of traditional culture

To realize the modernization of traditional culture, the most important part is to take the essence of the dregs of cultural innovation on the basis of traditional culture to keep up with the pulse of the times and the development of the same generation with the times is also to realize the modernization of traditional culture A country towards modernization, there is always a need to be based on a certain economy, politics, culture, the denial of the traditional culture is also the denial of the history, the denial of the spirit of the nation, and artificially cut off their "roots", and the "roots" of their own. Denying traditional culture is also denying history, denying national spirit, and artificially cutting off one's own "root". White, the American cultural philosopher, said: "Culture is a continuous unity, and each stage of cultural development arises from earlier cultural environments", "The present culture is determined by the past culture, and the future culture is only the current cultural trend". It can be said that the history of the development of a nation and a people is also the history of the development and enrichment of traditions. Similarly, the national spirit, which is an important force to unite and inspire the people, is also the result of the long-term cultivation and nurturing of traditional culture. It is not frightening for a nation to be in any kind of trouble, but it is frightening to lose the pillar of the national spirit and have nothing to rely on. Therefore, the question of how to deal with traditional culture is by no means purely a cultural issue, but one that has a bearing on the development of the destiny of the nation. Many historical facts have proved that when a country embarks on national revitalization and modernization, it always starts with the promotion of the national spirit. National spirit is the soul of the nation. The denial of traditional culture is bound to erase the national spirit. It is wrong to believe that China's modernization can only draw strength from heterogeneous cultures, and that the process of attempting to replace China's traditional cultural model with a Western cultural model (the Westernization school) is culture. Traditional culture and modernization are two links in the development of history, which are both interconnected and contradictory, and should be sensibly grasped in terms of their distinction and connection. Traditional culture is the accumulation of yesterday's cultural creative activities, and is a cultural achievement that can influence future generations. Modernization, on the other hand, is the goal of the current historical process, and the two are both different and inevitably linked. It is biased to adopt a nationalist or national nihilist attitude towards traditional culture. The dark and negative aspects of tradition, such as authoritarianism, personal superstition, feudal patriarchy, closed-door policy, and the trampling of knowledge and human rights, should be discarded as dregs. Modernization requires the development of democracy, science and the rule of law, which are lacking in traditional culture. Therefore, while recognizing the essence of traditional culture, it is necessary to recognize the dregs of it. In today's world, there are already examples of good combination of traditional culture and modernization, which shows that traditional culture and modernization are not diametrically opposed to each other. Japan, Singapore and South Korea are more modernized than we are, yet they respect the role of traditional culture more than we do. Japan has made astonishing progress in turning Confucianism into a sense of mutual collaboration and community. Today, the process of modernization in China continues irreversibly. But traditional culture is, after all, the root of modernization, in order to build a socialist China's modernization, for the excellent traditional culture can not be ignored, but only critically inherited, and should be based on the first to promote, so that the modernization of the better articulation with the traditional, combined.