Strive to build the modern civilization characteristics of the Chinese nation | Culture | The Chinese nation
Study and implement Xi Jinping's ideological theme Education of Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the New era
This speech is of significant milestone significance, pointing out the direction for continuing the Chinese culture and building a modern civilization and socialist cultural power of the Chinese nation at a new historical starting point.
● New era and new cultural mission
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: it is our new cultural mission in the new era to continue to promote cultural prosperity, build a cultural power, and build the modern civilization of the Chinese nation at a new starting point.
Chinese path to modernization is a kind of modernization in which material civilization and spiritual civilization are coordinated. The realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the construction of a socialist modernized strong country cannot be achieved without the guidance of Marxist scientific theory and the nourishment of excellent traditional Chinese culture, without firm cultural confidence and high cultural prosperity, and without the independence, autonomy, and nourishment of the spiritual world.
Reviewing the magnificent history of our party's struggle, the CPC is not only a faithful believer and firm practitioner of Marxism, but also a faithful inheritor and promoter of China's excellent traditional culture, an active leader and practitioner of China's advanced culture, and an important contributor and demonstration of the Chinese spirit.
These new perspectives and judgments guide billions of people to move forward and overcome difficulties, overcoming seemingly impossible obstacles and creating miracles among people. The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China declared that we are standing at a new historical starting point. To embark on a new journey of preparing for the exam, our party must take the initiative in history, forge a strong spiritual defense line, bravely shoulder new cultural missions, and promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation by sailing with the wind and waves.
Strong cultural confidence and self-improvement
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that only by having a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of the history of Chinese civilization can we more effectively promote the creative transformation and innovative development of excellent Chinese traditional culture, and more effectively promote the construction of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics and build the modern civilization of the Chinese nation.
Chinese path to modernization is a modernization that grows out of the land of China and continues the ancient civilization. For a long time, many people in the West have been accustomed to viewing China as a modern nation state in the perspective of Western modernization theory, without looking at China from the perspective of over 5000 years of civilization history, making it difficult to truly understand China's past, present, and future. As the only uninterrupted civilization in the world, China is not only a "nation state", but also a fully civilized country. This determines that not only should we not sever our connection with history, but we should also summarize and inherit this precious heritage from Confucius to Sun Yat sen.
Chinese civilization is vast and profound, possessing many important elements and shaping many outstanding characteristics.
Chinese civilization has outstanding continuity. More than 5000 years have passed, but we still have the same skin and hair color, speak the same language, write the same words, identify with the same ideas, and abide by the same norms. This is extremely rare among all ethnic groups in the world. History and practice have fully proved that Chinese civilization has outstanding continuity, which fundamentally determines that the Chinese nation will inevitably follow its own path.
Chinese civilization has outstanding innovation. This innovation is reflected on one hand in the fact that traditional culture often keeps up with the times as it evolves, and on the other hand, it is reflected in the way of absorbing and integrating foreign cultures, revitalizing and revitalizing them in a way of "discarding and discarding". History and practice have fully proved that the innovation contained in Chinese civilization fundamentally determines the enterprising spirit of the Chinese nation to uphold integrity and respect the past, and to have the fearless character of not fearing new challenges and accepting new things.
Chinese civilization has outstanding unity. Although the term "Chinese nation" first appeared in modern times, as Mr. Fei Xiaotong said, the Chinese nation, as a form of "freedom", began in the Qin and Han dynasties. Since then, the Chinese national community, as a unified multi-ethnic country, has been engraved in the memory of human civilization. Throughout the centuries, Qin's politics and laws have been practiced. The "county system" that originated in the Qin and Han dynasties, as well as the unified political pattern of "central county" formed from it, are the significant differences in China's path compared to Western society, and are also the basic characteristics of China's unified multi-ethnic country to this day.
Chinese civilization has outstanding inclusiveness. Integration and diversity are both the history and reality of Chinese civilization. Unity refers to a unified multi-ethnic country, while diversity refers to the diverse and blended ethnic characteristics of different ethnic groups. History and reality all demonstrate that Chinese civilization itself has great inclusiveness and has always been evolving through inclusiveness.
Chinese civilization has outstanding peacefulness. Harmony among nations and universal harmony have always been the fine traditions and beautiful vision of the Chinese nation. The peaceful nature of Chinese civilization embodies the profound dialectical wisdom of our ancestors. This kind of peace is not about dissolving differences and pursuing absolute unity, but requires reserving differences in similarities and seeking similarities in differences.
The "second combination" is another ideological liberation
The second combination is another ideological liberation, allowing us to grasp the initiative of thinking and culture on the way forward.
The prerequisite for the combination of Marxism and excellent traditional Chinese culture is mutual compatibility. Although Marxism and excellent traditional Chinese culture have different origins, they have a high degree of compatibility in their worldview, worldview, social view, and moral view. In terms of cosmology, Marxism advocates harmonious coexistence between humans and nature, and Chinese civilization pursues "unity of heaven and humanity" and "Dao follows nature". In terms of the worldview, Marxism pursues human liberation, while Chinese civilization emphasizes "universal unity". In terms of social views, Marxism adheres to the analysis of contradictions, and Chinese civilization upholds the principle of "harmony but difference". In terms of morality, Marxism pursues a great improvement in the spiritual realm of humanity, while Chinese civilization emphasizes promoting oneself and others, and cultivating a noble spirit.
The result of the combination of Marxism and excellent traditional Chinese culture is mutual achievement. The combination of Marxism and Chinese culture is not farfetched and mechanically copied, but organic integration, prosperity and symbiosis. The two are intertwined and forged in the turbulent century struggle of the CPC. At the most critical moment in China, the people of the CPC use Marxist scientific truth to activate Chinese civilization, and use conscious cultural responsibility to awaken hundreds of millions of compatriots. In the great process of promoting the modernization of Marxism in China, the people of the CPC, relying on integrity, innovation and determination, successfully stimulated the vitality of the Chinese spirit, refined the governance value of Chinese culture, demonstrated the world significance of Chinese wisdom, and led the Chinese people to create a new form of human civilization beyond capitalist civilization.
The combination of Marxism and excellent traditional Chinese culture has laid a solid foundation on the road. The path of socialism with Chinese characteristics is a historical choice and the choice of the people. If you choose the right path, you must persist in going forward. The combination of Marxism and excellent traditional Chinese culture continuously endows Marxism with distinct Chinese characteristics, solidifies the cultural foundation of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and expands the historical depth of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Chinese path to modernization endows Chinese civilization with modern strength, and Chinese civilization endows Chinese path to modernization with profound connotation.
The combination of Marxism and excellent traditional Chinese culture has opened up space for innovation. "If it weren't for the 5000 years of Chinese civilization, where would there be any Chinese characteristics? If it weren't for Chinese characteristics, how could there be such a successful path of socialism with Chinese characteristics today?" Excellent traditional Chinese culture is the root and soul of the Chinese nation, accumulating the deepest spiritual pursuit of the Chinese nation and representing the spiritual symbol of the Chinese nation. Facing a new journey, we must be good at supplementing nutrients and drawing wisdom from excellent traditional Chinese culture, mastering ideological and cultural initiative, and continuously promoting the path, theory, and institutional innovation of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
The combination of Marxism and excellent traditional Chinese culture has consolidated cultural subjectivity. For a nation, cultural subjectivity refers to its distinct cultural traditions, value systems, institutional culture, and way of life from other ethnic groups. Every progress in culture is a step towards freedom.This indicates that our party's understanding of the development laws of Chinese civilization has reached a new height, and our party's historical and cultural confidence has reached a new height. It will undoubtedly lay a solid cultural foundation for the construction of modern Chinese civilization and the realization of the great rejuvenation of the nation.
Tianjin Daily
