Basic concept: Cultural diversity is a social reality and cannot be changed at will by our subjective wishes. Everything that exists has its rationality and a reason to support its existence.
The connotation of cultural pluralism (cultural pluralism): The so-called cultural pluralism means that in the process of social development, a country or a nation, on the basis of inheriting the excellent culture of its own nation, incorporates other countries or nations. Excellent culture, thus forming a harmonious social atmosphere in which a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend, with domestic or ethnic culture as the mainstay and foreign culture as the supplement. In the words of Mr. Fei Xiaotong: "Everyone appreciates his own beauty, the beauty of the beauty, the beauty and the harmony, the world is unified." To put it more simply, you can also use a famous saying of Confucius recorded in "The Analects of Confucius Zilu": "Harmony." And different”.
Cultural assimilation can be understood as cultural homogenization: Cultural assimilation refers to the gradual introduction and learning of the strong and advanced culture after the relatively weak and backward culture comes into contact with the relatively strong, advanced and perfect culture. , this process is influenced by a strong culture and has the characteristics of a strong and advanced culture. When a weak culture has the characteristics of a strong culture, we say that the weak culture has been assimilated by the strong culture. The law of cultural assimilation is that the advanced assimilate the backward. For example, the northern ethnic minorities in ancient my country conquered the Han militarily, but were culturally assimilated by the Han culture. For example, Emperor Xiaowen of Wei's reforms.
Difference: Cultural homogenization is a single development with limitations, while cultural diversity is a complete development and opens up a lot of space.