Why are farming economy and patriarchal clan system the two keys to understand China's traditional culture?

Agricultural economy and patriarchal clan system are two keys to understand the traditional culture of China;

1. Patriarchal culture is the core of traditional culture in China.

The patriarchal culture formed by the combination of patriarchal clan system and Confucianism is the core of China traditional culture.

As far as productivity is concerned, China's traditional society belongs to the form of agricultural society, and the basic unit of its society is the family. The family bears the main functions of production, life and reproduction, and the blood relationship radiated and diffused by the family constitutes the main link of agricultural society. Patriarchal culture, which maintains and strengthens this relationship, is derived from the consanguinity of family-clan-clan, and it has risen to Confucianism, becoming the orthodox and mainstream culture in ancient China.

Under the guidance of patriarchal culture, the country has also become the emperor's home world. Since 2000, China has experienced many dynasty changes, and there have also been turbulence and division, but the main body of political culture has not changed substantially, and the core is still patriarchal culture.

2. Farming economy is the economic basis for the emergence and development of traditional culture in China.

Farming economy runs through the development of traditional culture in China until modern times. The formation of the main features of China traditional culture is inseparable from the influence of farming economy.

(1) The persistence of farming economy has created the continuity of Chinese culture, and the continuous development of traditional agriculture has ensured the continuity of Chinese civilization, with great endurance, healing power and cohesion;

(2) The diversified structure of farming economy makes China culture inclusive. 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;

(3) The precocity of farming economy promoted the dignity and precocity of China culture.