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What is the spiritual gene of the Chinese nation?

The spiritual gene of the Chinese nation is Chinese culture.

The most fundamental spiritual gene of the Chinese nation is deeply rooted in the deep structure of Chinese culture, which has relatively long-term stability and can radiate new glory under the new era conditions; This dialectical unity of stability and rebirth is the vitality of Chinese excellent traditional culture.

Looking at the development history of China culture, it is not difficult to find that China culture has experienced disasters in the course of thousands of years, but it can be carried forward every time and passed down to this day.

Characteristics of national culture in China;

In the process of historical development, Chinese culture has always been in an open and inclusive state. In this historical process, the Han culture in the Central Plains has always been the main body, and the cultures of the surrounding ethnic minorities have also developed in an inclusive and integrated way. For example, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, a hundred schools of thought contended, which was a process in which various cultures and theories blended with each other and learned from each other, and finally moved towards ideological integration and unity.

For example, during the Han Dynasty, China came to China to accept Buddhist ideas, which is also an example of China culture accepting foreign cultures. It was only after Buddhism was introduced into China that it merged with Confucianism, Taoism and medicine. Formed today's China Buddhist thought and culture with local characteristics of China.