Everyone knows the virtues of China. Allusions such as "Kong Rong gave the pear" all reflect the supreme virtues of the Chinese nation for five thousand years, and also illustrate that the Chinese nation is a cultural capital. But today, Chinese virtues seem to have been forgotten by people, and people ignore them. As the saying goes: This way is abandoned by people today.
Every country has its own unique traditional culture, and our country is no exception. And Chinese virtues are unique treasures among all cultures. We are all Chinese, so naturally we should inherit a rich gift given to us by our ancestors. Just like we are Chinese, we should speak Chinese, harmoniously. Society needs Chinese virtues to build up and fill this empty world, otherwise our lives will become boring and boring. This is what Chinese virtues give us, a Chinese heart.
Consider this famous saying: Forgetting the past is tantamount to betrayal. If you really abandon the Chinese virtues, you will be betraying the ancestors of the Chinese nation. Although this is an increasingly progressive society, doesn't it mean that because of progress, the Chinese virtues can be abandoned like garbage? And then blindly pursue foreign culture, while the culture of one’s own hometown is indifferent? So, are you still a descendant of the dragon, or are you not an authentic Chinese dragon? If so, how can you be willing to be a foreign donkey?
Ah! Let us maintain a pure Chinese heart, and a Chinese heart with Chinese virtues! Always remember that you are Chinese and you must learn Chinese culture and Chinese virtues!
Uncle Lei Feng is always worthy of our respect, because he has many Chinese virtues that we do not have. Everyone can have Chinese virtues. The key is whether you want to have them. If you unite with your classmates, you will have Chinese virtues. If you are humble and studious, you will have Chinese virtues. If you wash your parents' feet once, you will also have Chinese virtues...Chinese virtues. It's in the subtleties, you can only discover it if you work hard.
It is imperative to "carry forward Chinese virtues and build a harmonious society." This is an action to protect Chinese culture. Let us protect the Chinese heart and prevent it from losing its former glory over time! Please don’t just look forward to the future and forget the past. There are many places in the past worth learning and recalling!
Chinese traditional culture is a kind of national culture that reflects the characteristics and style of the nation and is the evolution of Chinese civilization. It is the overall representation of various ideological cultures and conceptual forms in the history of the nation. It is a culture with distinctive national characteristics, a long history, extensive and profound connotations, and excellent traditions that was created by the Chinese nation and its ancestors and inherited and developed by the Chinese nation from generation to generation. It is the crystallization of thousands of years of civilization of the Chinese nation
Other ancient civilizations in the world have experienced significant civilizational faults, and even flourished and declined. Only the Chinese civilization, although it has gone through many vicissitudes and hardships, has been passed down through ups and downs, which shows that Chinese culture has strong vitality. Folk culture, with traditional national festivals as its basic carrier, is what distinguishes the Chinese nation from other nations and is a huge driving force for the Chinese nation's endless prosperity. Inheriting and carrying forward the rich and excellent cultural traditions in traditional festivals can promote national identity, unite people's hearts, stimulate national will, reverse the lack of integrity and moral aberration of some social members, and help maintain social stability and harmony.
Under the conditions of globalization, competition in comprehensive national strength has become increasingly fierce, cultural conflicts and cultural competition have become increasingly prominent, and China's soft power with culture as its core has been severely challenged. China has risen peacefully and the Chinese nation is moving towards comprehensive rejuvenation. While integrating into the world and absorbing the world's advanced culture, it is very important to carry forward its own excellent traditional culture, carry forward the core values ??of Chinese culture, and improve the quality of the people. Compared with Hong Kong, traditional festivals in the mainland, including Qingming Festival, are not only not listed as statutory holidays, but the festive atmosphere has gradually faded. This is a worrying phenomenon.
The loss of traditional culture is not only reflected in the culture of filial piety, but also in the loss of integrity and morality, the core content of Chinese traditional culture. Confucius said: "If a person has no faith, he does not know what he is capable of." Honesty is not only the foundation of a person, but also an important manifestation of the quality of a citizen. In recent years, public security problems have become prominent in the Mainland. Various fraud cases have emerged in an endless stream. Counterfeit and shoddy products have been repeatedly banned. Food safety problems have occurred from time to time. Businessmen have lacked business ethics, doctors have lacked medical ethics, and teachers have lacked teacher ethics. On the surface, it seems that Economic and social governance issues, but fundamentally speaking, they are still issues of integrity and morality and the loss of traditional culture.
Chinese culture pays attention to etiquette, justice, integrity, loyalty, filial piety and benevolence. The "Eight Honors and Eight Shames" proposed by President Hu Jintao inherit the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation while injecting the characteristics of the times. This has enlightening significance for Hong Kong and mainland China to jointly revive traditional culture. Only when the people inherit and carry forward excellent and advanced culture and become a common practice, can the country and the nation truly prosper.
Grasp the traditional festival system
The establishment and popularization of Chinese traditional festivals is a gradual development process, and the generation of festival culture is a constantly evolving process, which is composed of multiple cultures. The process of synthesizing and refining elements is a continuous process of extracting their essence. This forms a complete and harmonious festival system.
1. It is nature-oriented. Respect nature, follow the changes in natural phenology, use objects as metaphors for people, and then trigger feelings about society and life. The Spring Festival, the first full-moon night of the new year, the Lantern Festival, Qingming outings, Mid-Autumn Festival moon appreciation, Double Ninth Festival farewell, etc. all follow the rhythm of nature. Therefore, emphasizing the harmony between man and nature reflects the Chinese nation's understanding and grasp of the laws of nature to a certain extent, and is a concentrated expression of the ancient Chinese philosophy of the unity of nature and man.
2. It is the expression of culture. It is joyful and profound from the heart, and contains a unique understanding of history and value. A series of customs such as sacrifices, gatherings or meals all contain elements of entertainment or leisure, and also have specific humanistic orientations.
Through various forms or rituals of the festival, the natural instinct, wisdom, cleverness and astuteness of pursuing advantages and disadvantages are brought into full play. It gives a vivid display and full expression of national emotions such as joy, anger, sorrow, separation and reunion, showing that the Chinese nation is a very responsible, imaginative and romantic nation.
3. It is a process of constantly extracting the essence. The Spring Festival is such a process. The Qingming Festival has refined the essence of the three festivals, Shangsi Festival, Cold Food Festival and Qingming Festival, and has become the connotation and form it has today. The Dragon Boat Festival commemorates Qu Yuan and demonstrates the national character and spirit with a high-spirited sports competitive spirit. The same is true for the Chinese Valentine's Day, which has many meanings, but is constantly refining its character and characteristics worthy of singing.
At the same time, the values ????of "loyalty, filial piety, sincerity, trust, etiquette, righteousness, integrity, and shame" of the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation are fully reflected in the various expressions of traditional festivals, so we It makes sense to call traditional festivals the carrier of traditional culture. From this, it can be said that continuously injecting the spirit of the times and enriching the connotation of traditional festivals is also an inevitable requirement of its essence.
3. Understanding the cultural significance of traditional festivals
"Think of your loved ones even more during the festive season." In these traditional festivals, it is easiest to arouse emotions for relatives, family, hometown, and motherland, arouse the memory of national culture, identify with the national spirit, and arouse the affinity of the same ethnic origin and cultural roots. On this festival day, in the spiritual world of the Chinese nation, the same emotions and expectations surge, which is the most exciting and proud thing.
1. By experiencing the breadth of China’s excellent traditional culture embodied in traditional festivals, people can enrich their spiritual life and sublimate their moral realm. Feeling the charm and power of culture in a subtle process has an indelible impact on people's spirit and psychology.
2. After thousands of years, these traditional festivals at home and abroad can still attract widespread participation and enjoyment by Chinese people. The root cause is that they are the reappearance of beautiful humanity and the epitome of Chinese virtues. It is a huge spiritual legacy left to us by our ancestors. At the same time, as a cultural symbol, it condenses the national spirit and national emotions of the Chinese nation, and carries the cultural blood and ideological essence of the Chinese nation. It symbolizes the sense of national identity and has become an important link to maintain the integration and unity of the Chinese nation. Its tradition has become the distinctive cultural and spiritual characteristics of the country and nation. The existence of these festivals has become a link between national unity, ethnic unity and social harmony.
3. Traditional Chinese festivals embody the values, thinking patterns, ethics, behavioral norms, and aesthetic tastes of the Chinese nation. It embodies the social ethical thought of the Chinese nation that harmony is the beauty, and emphasizes the logical process from harmony between people, family harmony, neighborhood harmony to social harmony. It embodies the cultural values ??of the Chinese nation’s infinite love for life and desire for social progress. It embodies the simple, enthusiastic, cheerful and healthy quality characteristics of the Chinese nation, and the national temperament is fully displayed. It embodies the traditional ethical concepts of the Chinese nation such as advocating labor, respecting relatives and ancestors, respecting the elderly and virtuous, and pursuing the future with caution.
Therefore, our research on traditional festivals is the pursuit of the national spirit, the exploration of the attitude towards life, and the inheritance of the national culture. The value of traditional festivals lies in the fact that they demonstrate national sentiments, reveal the meaning of life, and nourish the national spirit. They are an effective carrier of China’s excellent traditional moral education.
Although the connotations of each traditional festival are different, and the forms of commemoration and celebration are different, the inheritance of traditional festivals is the recognition of the roots of the nation. This is the huge culture of the most spiritual home of the Chinese nation. resource. In this sense, traditional festivals are important days worthy of commemoration by the entire nation.
Chinese traditional festivals move from ancient times to modern times, and from the nation to the world. It represents both the past and the future. It is a precious historical and cultural heritage and a typical symbol of national cohesion.
Today, we commemorate traditional festivals and understand the objects and meanings of each festival, so that our spiritual life can be enriched and our moral realm can be improved. Over and over again, year after year, we experience the unique lifestyle and cultural orientation of the Chinese nation, and experience the warmth and harmony of our unique spiritual home.
As an important part and expression of traditional Chinese culture, Chinese traditional festivals have endured for thousands of years and are everlasting.
It displays the spiritual world of the Chinese nation in a subtle and entertaining way, expressing the pursuit and yearning for beautiful ideals, wisdom and ethics. It is an important tool for carrying forward the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation and inheriting the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation. important carrier. In today's world where multiple cultures coexist and Eastern and Western cultures blend, we use the concepts and perspectives of modern society to reveal the intrinsic value of traditional culture, give full play to, expand and strengthen its functions, which is essential for maintaining national characteristics, carrying forward national spirit, and strengthening national culture. Cohesion is of great significance.