1. The great contribution of Chinese culture to the world

In the first 13th century after A.D., there were many technological inventions in China. One of the most important roots in the whole chemistry was that it came from China, and China's inventions and discoveries often far exceeded those in Europe at the same time. China people's contribution to the understanding and control of nature is great. (Preamble to Joseph Needham's History of Science and Technology in China)

2. Inheritance and sublation of traditional culture

Hutong culture's "neighborhood", "contentment" and "forbearance" are very useful for building a harmonious society and worth promoting. However, "easy to satisfy", "not meddling" and "being content and resigned" are not conducive to reform and enterprising, and are not the qualities that modern citizens should have, so they should be discarded. (Wang Zengqi's Hutong Culture)

3. Music beautifies life

Music is the voice of the soul-awakening memories, gathering sadness, compiling happiness, and turning tears into smiles; Music is the power of life-the leading of battle, the driving of loneliness, and the sedan chair of travelers; Music is the companion of the soul-welcome you when you are born, witness you when you are married, and send you to the funeral when you die. Therefore, Goethe said, "People who don't love music are not worthy to be human ... Only those who are addicted to music can be completely called human." (Ji Bolun's Music Short Chapters)

4. Writing inherits humanity

Writing is the home of spiritual existence, and the departure of writing is essentially the loss of humanistic spirit and personality. "The beginning of China people abandoning Chinese characters is the time to abandon national culture." (Gao Benhan, a Swedish sinologist, said) (If Beautiful Words Leave Us by Deng Hainan)

People in Jin Dynasty were fond of rhyme, people in Tang Dynasty were fond of law, people in Song Dynasty were fond of meaning, and people in Yuan Dynasty were fond of state. Calligraphy in China has its own charm, which is a must of Chinese culture. It is our responsibility to promote the art of calligraphy. (Chen Xiejun's "The Book of One Hundred Generations")

5. Aesthetic expression of the nation

China's language and literature pays attention to the aesthetic implication, highlighting the effect of empathy. Empathy for the scenery, inanimate objects are endowed with human feelings, so the scenery comes alive and has moving charm. Western language and literature focuses on psychological anatomy, highlighting the flow of consciousness and the dominant role of characters' thoughts and psychology. (Zhu Guangqian, "Why do you feel beautiful?")

Chinese painting emphasizes charm, while western painting emphasizes shape; Chinese painting focuses on emptiness, giving people interest and taste (emphasizing art), while western painting focuses on realism, giving people a sense of substance and less interest (emphasizing science). Eastern and western cultures have their own advantages, and their complementarity is even more spectacular. (Feng Zikai's "Chinese Painting and Western Painting")

The national aesthetic characteristics are: the large and medium take the small, the small sees the big, the virtual is real, the real is empty, or hidden or exposed, or shallow or deep, paying attention to openness (connectivity, integration); Western aesthetics pays attention to the local (isolated and closed) and is realistic. (Zong Baihua's Beauty of Space)