[daily idiom] excavate the ideological concept, humanistic spirit and moral tradition of Chinese excellent traditional culture | China | Culture
Xi Jinping: it is necessary to excavate the ideological concepts, humanistic spirit, and moral standards of excellent Chinese traditional culture, integrate artistic creativity with Chinese cultural values, and combine Chinese aesthetic spirit with contemporary aesthetic pursuits to activate the vitality of Chinese culture.
These words come from General Secretary Xi Jinping's speech at the opening ceremony of the 11th National Congress of the China Federation of Literature and Art and the 10th National Congress of the Chinese Writers Association on December 14, 2021.
Culture is the soul of a country and a nation, and an important spiritual force that supports the survival and development of the country and the nation. In the continuous development process of over 5000 years, the Chinese nation has created and accumulated a long and profound Chinese culture and civilization. From pottery to bronze ware, oracle bone inscriptions, from poetry, songs and prose to qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, from traditional craftsmanship to traditional opera, from traditional customs to traditional festivals... To this day, excellent traditional Chinese culture remains an important component of Chinese daily life, enriching people's lives and nurturing their spirit. The ideological concepts, humanistic spirit, and moral norms contained in the excellent traditional Chinese culture still deeply influence the way Chinese people think and behave. Especially the patriotism and spirit of struggle in our culture have always inspired generations of Chinese people to continue striving and overcoming difficulties in building a richer and stronger country and achieving a better life.
Inheriting and developing China's excellent traditional culture, making all people, especially the majority of young people, deeply understand its spiritual essence and profound connotation, and endowing it with new era connotation, will play an extremely important role in strengthening our historical confidence and cultural confidence, achieving spiritual independence, and taking the road of Chinese path to modernization on the new journey.
As an active leader and practitioner of China's advanced culture, the CPC is also a faithful inheritor and promoter of China's excellent traditional culture.
Literary and artistic creation is a work aimed at spreading and innovating culture to the public, and has great potential in inheriting and developing Chinese culture. Literary and artistic workers should shoulder the new cultural mission of the new era, adhere to the people's position, adhere to integrity and innovation, constantly explore and extract the most resonant and timeless spiritual values, era values, and world significance of Chinese excellent traditional culture, combine them with the daily life of contemporary Chinese people, make them unconscious, actively explore and demonstrate the spiritual core of Chinese excellent traditional culture in its current value, achieve creative transformation and innovative development of Chinese excellent traditional culture, and radiate new vitality in the new era.
Interpretation of this issue: Chen Ruihai, commentator of CCTV