What influence does Taoism have on China culture?

Taoism and Buddhism are both traditional cultures that have existed in China for thousands of years. Even in today's fast-changing and fast-paced life, they are not overwhelmed by digitalization. Such traditional ideas and thoughts are still circulating in the blood of China people, and have had a certain impact on our culture.

First, the influence of Taoism on China culture Taoism is one of the main schools of thought in China, and it is also an important basis for imparting knowledge and reasoning. The core concept of Taoism is that there is no nature in Taoism, but there is nature. Taoism believes that heaven does nothing and Taoism is natural, that is to say, let nature take its course. They believe that everything has its opposite, and according to this concept, they put forward the political and military thoughts and strategies of doing nothing and being soft, which have had a far-reaching and impossible impact on the culture of China for thousands of years. The influence on China's traditional politics lies in the practice and theory of the Taoist school of Huang Lao. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, a hundred schools of thought contended. The concept of the Huang family made the pre-Qin dynasty embark on an advanced and realistic road. On this basis, Huang Laodao also put forward the proposition that Tao gives birth to law, which is what we often hear now: Tao gives birth to one, two, two, three and three things. Once this proposition was put forward, it not only solved the problem of legal legitimacy, but also opened the way for later generations to govern the country with Taoist thought.

Second, the influence of Buddhism After Buddhism was introduced into China from India, it played a great role in the cultural development of China, mainly in architecture, literature, painting, music, etc., and to a certain extent, it deeply influenced national governance, language and writing. As far as architecture and literature are concerned, the oldest preserved buildings in China today are pagodas, such as the brick pagodas of Song Yue Temple in Songshan, Henan Province and nanzenji in Wutai Mountain, Shanxi Province. Many of these temples are precious records of China's ancient architectural history, and they are China's national characteristic art developed by absorbing Indian Buddhist characteristics. Literally speaking, the most obvious thing is that the thoughts of Prajna and Zen influenced the works of China poets in the Tang Dynasty, especially Bai Juyi and Wang Wei.

It can be seen that sometimes a revolutionary thought without a single soldier is more meaningful than a revolutionary battle in blood shed. It takes a long time to change a nation's thinking, and it needs to gradually infiltrate a change of thinking, so we can't rush for success.