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How to understand the inclusiveness of Chinese culture and its role

How to understand the inclusiveness of the Chinese culture and its role in the basic spirit of the Chinese nation, although there are different views, but there is a publicly recognized, that is, the virtue of carrying things, self-improvement. The spirit of tolerance of the Chinese nation is embedded in the concept of "carrying things on one's own initiative".

Tracing back the formation process of the Chinese nation's pluralistic pattern, the mainstream of which is the formation of a pluralistic unity of tolerance by many scattered and isolated ethnic units through contact, mixing, union and fusion. For example, in quite an early period, in the Yellow River basin appeared a number of nationalities convergence and gradual integration of the core, that is, the early Chinese civilization, it is by virtue of her spirit of inclusiveness, the surrounding foreigners are attracted to this core.

She possessed the Yellow River and the plains of East Asia in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, which were called Han by other peoples. The Han nationality continued to grow by absorbing elements of other nationalities, forming a network of cohesion and connection, laying the foundation for a unity of many nationalities within the territory and becoming a self-contained system of nationalities. One of the most important characteristics of such a nation is its tolerance, strong assimilation and resilience. Like any culture that has survived to the present day, one of the most important characteristics of traditional Chinese culture that has survived to the present day is that it is tolerant and inclusive. This explains why, among the four major cultural systems of the world, traditional Chinese culture is considered to be the only one that has not been interrupted. It is this inclusiveness.

Maintained the traditional Chinese culture vein unceasingly, it feeds out of the national spirit to maintain the survival of our nation. Chen Yin Ke said: "China is more cultural than racial", that is to say, the contradiction between different races can be tolerated with culture, and different.