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What is oriental culture?

Oriental culture mainly refers to the history and traditional culture of Asia, including some African regions.

Originally, the East was only a relative geographical concept, and countries in different geographical locations in history called the East differently. Since modern times, people have gradually formed a conventional understanding that the areas east of Europe (mainly Asia) are called the East, such as the cultures of Japan, Korea, India, Southeast Asia, Arabia and other countries and regions. In modern times, the concept of the East has been endowed with political and economic meanings. For example, capitalist society and economically developed countries are called the western world, while socialist society and economically underdeveloped countries are called the eastern world. Our understanding of the East is more from the cultural level. The oriental culture mentioned here mainly refers to the historical and traditional culture of Asia, including some African regions. China culture is the most representative ideological and philosophical system in oriental culture.