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What is the traditional natural economic structure?

It is the main economic form under the feudal economic form of traditional society.

Natural economy is the main economic form under the feudal economic form of traditional society. It is combined with commodity economy and mutually exclusive. It cannot be said that there is no commodity exchange in the natural economy. It refers to an economic form in which production is to directly meet the needs of producers or economic units, rather than to exchange.

Natural economy is the opposite of commodity economy and a manifestation of private ownership economy. It is an economic form existing in the period of small market, and it is the product of low level of social productivity and underdeveloped social division of labor. The ruling period of this economic form covers primitive society, feudal society, early capitalist society and semi-colonial and semi-feudal society.

The influence of China's traditional natural economy on the development of China culture is reflected in three aspects: first, the persistence of farming economy has created the continuation of China culture, and the continuous development of traditional agriculture has ensured the continuation of Chinese civilization, making it have great endurance, healing power and cohesion; Secondly, the diversified structure of farming economy has created the inclusiveness of China culture. China culture not only contains hundreds of thoughts and cultures from different regions, but also absorbs the excellent civilizations of neighboring ethnic minorities for a long time; Thirdly, the precocity of farming economy promoted the dignity and precocity of China culture.