People's Daily Review: Fully Understanding the "Five Prominent Characteristics" of Chinese Civilization Culture | China | Characteristics
Chinese culture has a long and rich history, and Chinese civilization is vast and profound.Based on the present and facing the future, only by comprehensively and deeply understanding the history of Chinese civilization can we more effectively promote the creative transformation and innovative development of excellent traditional Chinese culture, and more effectively promote the construction of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics and the construction of modern civilization of the Chinese nation.
Chinese civilization has outstanding continuity. The research results of major projects such as the Exploration of the Origins of Chinese Civilization have demonstrated China's million year human history, 10000 year cultural history, and over 5000 years of civilization history. In the long history of over 5000 years of civilization development, the Chinese people have created a brilliant and dazzling Chinese civilization, which is the only civilization in the world that has continued from ancient times to the present day without interruption. If we do not understand China from its long-standing historical continuity, it is impossible to understand ancient China, modern China, and future China. The distant history and profound land are where our confidence and confidence lie.
Chinese civilization has outstanding innovation. Although Zhou was an old country, its destiny was constantly evolving. Whether it was classics and allusions, or inventions and creations, it was full of the relentless pursuit of keeping up with the times and daring to innovate. In the thousands of years of history, the Chinese nation has produced great ideas, craftsmen, scientific and technological achievements, and literary and artistic works that have influenced the progress of human civilization. It has cultivated the enterprising spirit of upholding integrity and respecting the past, and the fearless character of not fearing new challenges and being brave enough to accept new things. The fact has proven that the Chinese people are people with great creative spirit, and Chinese civilization is a civilization with innovative and enterprising characteristics.
Chinese civilization has outstanding unity. A Chinese history is a history of various ethnic groups blending and converging into a diverse and integrated Chinese nation. It is a history of all ethnic groups working together to create, develop, and consolidate a unified great motherland. The characteristic of tightly embracing each other like pomegranate seeds fundamentally determines the integration of various ethnic cultures of the Chinese nation, and the firm cohesion even in the face of major setbacks. It determines the common belief that the land cannot be separated, the country cannot be chaotic, the nation cannot be separated, and the civilization cannot be interrupted. It also determines that national unity will always be the core of China's core interests, and that a strong and unified country is the fate of all ethnic groups.
Chinese civilization has outstanding inclusiveness. Only a confident civilization can tolerate, learn from, and absorb the excellent achievements of various civilizations while maintaining its own characteristics. Chinese civilization has been known for its openness and inclusiveness since ancient times, constantly radiating new vitality through exchanges and mutual learning with other civilizations. Civilizations exchange due to diversity, learn from each other through exchange, and develop through mutual learning. The outstanding inclusiveness fundamentally determines the historical orientation of communication, exchange, and integration of the Chinese nation, the harmonious pattern of diverse coexistence of various religious beliefs in China, and the open mind of Chinese culture to embrace world civilization.
Chinese civilization has outstanding peacefulness. Peace, harmony, and harmony have always been pursued and inherited by the Chinese nation. There is no gene in the blood of the Chinese nation to invade others and dominate. The Chinese people not only hope to develop themselves well, but also hope that people from all countries can have a happy and peaceful life. This characteristic fundamentally determines that China has always been a builder of world peace, a contributor to global development, and a maintainer of the international order. It determines that China continuously pursues cultural exchange and mutual learning without engaging in cultural hegemony. It also determines that China will not impose its own values and political system on others. It determines that China insists on cooperation, does not engage in confrontation, and will never engage in a small circle of "same party and differences".
As far as you can see the past, you can see the future. By comprehensively and deeply understanding the more than 5000 years of development history of Chinese civilization, deeply grasping its outstanding characteristics, and better understanding and recognizing Chinese civilization, we can definitely build a solid foundation to stand firm in the world cultural turbulence, and gather a strong spiritual force to unite and struggle on the new era and new journey.
