Reasons for the Diversity of Traditional Culture in China

Due to the vast territory and complex natural geographical environment of China, it will inevitably lead to the diversified development of traditional culture in China. The Great Wall is a natural dividing line. To the north of the Great Wall are desert and grassland areas, where nomadic people live and gather, such as the Northern Emperor, Xiongnu and later Mongolia and Manchu, forming a nomadic culture that lives on aquatic plants.

Nomads are highly mobile, erratic, predatory and aggressive, and often invade the Central Plains. The area south of the Great Wall is an agricultural area, where farming nationalities live together, forming a farming culture of settlement and relocation. In order to prevent nomads from invading and destroying the south, the farmers built the Great Wall of Wan Li. The Great Wall is mainly used for military purposes to prevent damage, but it has not blocked the exchange of business people between the two sides. The communication between the two sides can be controlled through the gateway, that is, communication and city closure.

The farming culture south of the Great Wall has formed many regional cultures with regional characteristics, such as Qin Jin culture, Bashu culture, Chu culture, Central Plains culture, Qilu culture, Wuyue culture and Lingnan culture. This has formed a vivid pattern of pluralistic integration of traditional culture in China.

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Characteristics of China traditional culture;

China traditional culture is a relatively stable cultural form formed and developed by the Chinese nation in the ancient society of China, the crystallization of Chinese wisdom and the display of Chinese historical heritage in real life. This ideological system contains rich cultural and scientific spirit, which is mainly reflected in three aspects:

1, cohesion theory, China traditional culture is a kind of culture with internal cohesion. The basic spirit of this culture is to pay attention to harmony, organically link individuals with others, individuals with groups, and people with nature to form a cultural relationship.

2. Compatibility theory: China traditional culture is not a closed system. Although China's external communication was restricted in ancient times, it achieved the compatibility of foreign Buddhism with an open attitude.

3. The essence of culture is to promote the humanization of nature and society. China traditional culture highlights the Confucian style of study, starting with the study of the relationship between man and nature, aiming at self-cultivation, governing the country and leveling the world, and striving to realize its value in the real society. Practice is the basic spirit of cultural science.

Baidu Encyclopedia-China Traditional Culture