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What are the reasons for the preservation of traditional culture to this day?

The reasons for the preservation of traditional culture to this day are manifold, and the following are a few of them:

I. Significant value of traditional culture

The main body of traditional culture is Confucianism, and its modern value is manifested, first of all, in its openness to other cultures. This is a basic prerequisite for traditional Chinese culture to be able to develop to the present day and play a role in modern society. But the openness of traditional culture or Confucianism also has its own specific meaning, which is to advocate the openness of each individual to the social state in which he lives, and to emphasize that the individual has a sense of participation in the social state.

The ideological beliefs of traditional culture

Traditional Chinese culture is strongly humanistic. China was the first country to free itself from the authoritative control of the gods. Although there are various kinds of religious ceremonies in ancient China, such as sacrifices to heaven, ancestor worship, etc., traditional Chinese culture on the ghosts and gods to take the attitude of "respect and distance"; on the contrary, it is more concerned about people, care about the physical body of the composition of the multitude of beings, the son said: "benevolent people love people", "generalization of the human body", "the humanistic people love people", "the humanistic people love people", "the humanistic people love people", "the humanistic people love people". The "love of man" and "love of all people", advocating the care of people is a major essence of traditional Chinese culture.

Third, the excellent qualities of traditional culture

The excellent qualities of Chinese traditional culture, as well as the splendid traditional culture, are praised by many countries in the world. This is important not only for building up China's self-confidence, but also for the development of world culture. When utilitarianism and money worship are increasingly eroding people's minds, when people are facing the spiritual wilderness of "post-industrialization" and "post-modernization", and when they can no longer find their value beliefs in the materialistic modern society, traditional Chinese culture has become "inwardly inclined" and "inwardly inclined", and its splendid traditional culture has been praised by many countries in the world. The traditional Chinese culture of "internal inclination" quality, as well as the principle of "internal saint and external king", how many people have given solace to the soul.

Traditional culture is a kind of national culture reflecting the characteristics and style of the nation, which is a general representation of various thoughts and concepts in the history of the nation. All over the world, each nation has its own traditional culture. China's traditional culture is based on Confucianism and Taoism as the core, as well as Mohist, Famous Schools, Shiism, Islam, Western studies, modern Western culture and other cultural forms, including: ancient texts, poems, lyrics, songs, fugues, folk music, national theater, wine orders, hermetic phrases, and so on.

The full name of traditional culture is probably traditional culture, which corresponds to contemporary culture and foreign culture. The content of the traditional culture is a variety of material, institutional and spiritual cultural entities and cultural consciousness that have existed throughout the ages. For example, national costumes, living customs, classical poetry, loyalty and filial piety concepts; that is, usually called cultural heritage.