Chinese culture is a culture based on Chinese civilization and fully integrated with the cultural elements of various regions and ethnic groups in China. The connotation of China culture includes "Yellow River Culture" with inland cultural characteristics and "Yangtze River Culture" with marine culture characteristics.
Why among the four ancient civilizations, only ancient Egypt, ancient Babylon and ancient India are lost in the dust of history, and only the culture of "China ancient civilization" can be passed on? The fundamental reason is that the biggest difference between China's culture and that of other countries in the world is its long history and profound culture.
Opening the history of human civilization, Fuxi founded the Eight Diagrams and Four Elephants, which made China take the lead in entering civilized society. The source of western civilization is Sumerian civilization, and ancient civilizations such as Sumerian civilization are directly or indirectly influenced by Chinese civilization, so the world civilization originated in China! This is the greatest feature of China culture, and China culture has a long history and is profound.
So, where is the long history and profoundness of China culture mainly reflected?
The first is the long history of culture. China is an ancient civilization with a long history and great changes. From the ancient mythological era to the beautiful Yao and Shun, from the magical Dayu flood control to the flourishing age of Xia, Shang and Zhou, from the contention of a hundred schools of thought in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to the glory of Qin, Han, Sui and Tang Dynasties, from the splendid culture of Sui and Tang Dynasties to the end of the feudal monarchy in Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Then from the Republic of China to the modern pluralistic society. This is a highly concentrated history of China's 5,000-year civilization; It is also the inheritance and promotion of the splendid civilization history of the Chinese nation.
The second is the massiness of culture. China culture is extensive and profound. There is no culture in the world that can last for 5,000 years like China culture. The longer the history, the more vigorous the vitality. The continuation of Chinese culture shows the brilliance, greatness, resilience and vigorous wisdom of life of the basic concepts and humanistic spirit of Chinese culture.
The third is the uniqueness of culture. Literature and art in China culture is unique in the world literature and art treasure house. Such as schools of thought contend, Chu ci, ceramics, calligraphy, Taoist culture, Tang poetry and Song ci, four classical novels, history and fairy tales, national characteristics and so on. , including education, history, philosophy, morality, as well as literature, art, science and technology. This is also the place where China culture shows its profound connotation to the world.
The fourth is the regionality of culture. The influence of region on culture is a comprehensive influence, which is not only limited to natural conditions such as topography and climate, but also includes various factors of humanistic environment formed by history, such as historical evolution, ethnic relations, population migration, education status, customs and people's feelings, language and local accent. Therefore, the cultures of different regions have obvious regional characteristics. Different regional cultures communicate with each other for a long time, learn from each other and absorb each other. Basically, you have me and I have you, and they are gradually merging and maintaining their own characteristics. This feature is also outstanding in the world.
The fifth is the nationality of culture. The nationality of China traditional culture should be unique to the Chinese nation. The Chinese nation is a multi-ethnic unity. China's culture has its own characteristics, many ethnic cultures are colorful, and the differences in the formation of cultural nationalities are also varied, but they have all made their own important contributions to the formation and development of China culture.
Similarly, just as the Chinese nation is multi-ethnic, the relationship between multi-ethnic Chinese culture and the world is not antagonistic but unified, and Chinese national culture is the world culture. Because world culture is composed of national culture, which is the root and source of world culture, without which there would be no great achievements of world culture. This is also a clear manifestation of China's cultural inclusiveness.