Every civilization is rooted in its own survival soil, embodies the extraordinary wisdom and spiritual pursuit of a country and a nation. The Chinese nation has been through hardships for thousands of years and has been in constant succession. The fundamental reason is that it has a strong cultural awareness and firm cultural confidence. Cultural awareness and cultural confidence run through, integrate and permeate the cultural bloodline of the Chinese nation, and continue to last forever and become new. Babaylan 1990 cloth drawFundamentally speaking, cultural awareness and cultural self-consciousness are derived from our cultural subjectivity.
Strengthening cultural subjectivity is the fundamental direction of building modern civilization of the Chinese nation
Babaylan 1990 cloth draw ”China” and “China” are not only a geographical reference, but also a historical and cultural concept. The “Chinese nation” not only focuses on blood ties, but also emphasizes cultural integration. A nation that has lost its cultural subjectivity can only follow others, and it is difficult to be self-reliant and unable to move forward for a long time. Building a socialist cultural power and the modern civilization of the Chinese nation are both great practices carried out with “China” as the main body, so it is extremely important to enhance cultural subjectivity. Only by constantly consolidating the subjectivity of Chinese culture can we have a high degree of recognition of our own culture, truly have a firm self in the cultural sense, have the confidence and consciousness to “go on our own way”, demonstrate the Chinese spirit, gather Chinese strength, and show the Chinese atmosphere, and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation has the deepest spiritual power.
In modern times, Western powers opened the door of China with strong ships and powerful guns. The normal development process of Chinese society was forced to interrupt and fell into the abyss of suffering of semi-colonial and semi-feudal society. The country was humiliated, the people were distressed, and civilization was covered with dust. The confidence of the Chinese people in their own culture was ruthlessly destroyed by Western colonialists. After modern times, China was backward and beaten, resulting in some intellectuals beginning to “open their eyes to the world” and seek wealth and strength. Modern intellectual elites in thought, culture and spiritHe was also brainwashed by the West and fully recognized the thinking of the great powers “determining literary and wild” by their strengths. Because of their relatively backward hard power such as material and force, they considered themselves as barbaric, lost their cultural confidence, and even adopted a radical attitude of total denial of traditional culture. They were trapped in “Western-centrism” and could not extricate themselves, nor did they have the confidence and ability to objectively examine the connotation, value and vitality of Chinese culture. Even the history that has accumulated a profound foundation has been derogated, and the extreme “China’s theory of no history” is mostly in line with the extreme. Chinese historiography unconsciously embarked on the path of imitating Western academics. The most important carrier of Chinese culture, Chinese characters, has also become a burden of being eager to get rid of it quickly. The abolition of Chinese characters in the early 20th century once became the focus of discussion, believing that Chinese characters can only represent “ancient childish thoughts” and cannot represent “civilization of the new world.” In the name of seeking in oneself, the reality of culture condemnation, China’s cultural foundation is shaken and dissolved, and cultural confidence is scattered. Respecting the West and moving to the new world has become a trend of the times that no one can control. Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw
Since the founding of the Communist Party of China, the advanced Marxist culture has been transformed into the organizational culture of the proletarian party and taken root in the land of China. The face of the Chinese revolution has been completely renewed. The Communist Party of China has led the people to fight bloody battles for 28 years and finally created a brand new People’s Republic of China. Chinese civilization has finally begun to revive and regain its glory after experiencing the decline of modern times. Looking back on the more than a hundred years of history that the Communist Party of China has gone through, the Communist Party of China shoulders the important task of protecting and inheriting the excellent traditional Chinese culture, and through reform and innovation, Chinese civilization will shine with new vitality in the process of modernization.
Establishing the cultural subjectSexuality
Achieve spiritual independence
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Babaylan 1990 cloth draw Socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era. With the rapid growth of the country’s hard power, China’s rise is unstoppable, and the cultural confidence of the Chinese people is becoming increasingly firm. Western theories, which were regarded as the norm in the past, are increasingly showing difficulties when explaining China’s development path. Saying goodbye to “Western-centrism”, getting rid of the shackles of Western culture since modern times, and establishing the subjectivity of Chinese culture are inherent requirements for building modern civilization of the Chinese nation. China must base itself on the great historical practice and contemporary practice of the Chinese nation, use Chinese principles to summarize Chinese experience, elevate Chinese experience into Chinese theory, establish cultural subjectivity, and achieve spiritual independence and autonomy.
From the perspective of modern history, before Marxism entered China, Western capital Komiks 1960 witch cloth drawThe naturalist culture had been spread in China for more than half a century. However, capitalism has never taken root in China. The fundamental reason is that Western capitalist culture and Chinese traditional culture are not in line with some aspects. The core of Western capitalist culture is individualism, while traditional Chinese culture is based on society (the whole). It is by no means accidental that the Chinese people choose Marxism. Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw However, it has its profound historical and cultural roots.
The Communist Party of China’s understanding of Chinese traditional culture has undergone a continuous deepening process. Early Communists were also influenced by the trend of the times, and their understanding of traditional culture was extreme and biased. As revolutionary practice continues to advance, the Communist Party of China continues to mature in its ideology. Comrade Mao Zedong, the first generation leader of the Communist Party of China, has a profound understanding of the value of China’s excellent traditional culture. He clearly stated that traditional culture should not be completely denied, but should be removed from the dross, take the essence, and be critically inherited. Many important contents of Mao ZeCinema 1950 witch cloth drawEastern Thought are directly derived from the life wisdom and political wisdom of Chinese traditional culture, with a distinct Chinese style and Chinese style. Guided by materialism, Mao Zedong founded the new democratic cultural theory and criticized the conservative thought of respecting Confucius and retro. He also pointed out that the long feudal society in our history has left a large amount of precious cultural wealth for future generations. We should remove the dross, take the essence, and use excellent traditional culture as the nourishment for the development of new culture; he proposed “The cultural exclusion principle of “using the past for the present and using foreign for the Chinese” emphasizes the absorption of the “element of democracy in ancient culture and is a necessary condition for developing new national culture to improve national self-confidence”, thus affirming the strong vitality and contemporary value of “excellent national culture of ancient times”.
General Secretary Xi Jinping inherited the scientific attitude of leaders of the Communist Party of China towards Chinese traditional culture with a strong spirit of cultural responsibility, and deeply realized that the Communist Party of China is in inheriting Chinese civilization. The historical mission undertaken by the Communist Party of China clearly defines the main responsibility of the Communist Party of China in the inheritance of national culture. General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out: “Chinese traditional culture has a long history and is profound. The various ideological and cultural emerged in the formation and development of the Chinese nation. It records the spiritual activities carried out by the Chinese nation, rational thinking and cultural achievements created in its long-term struggle, and reflects the spiritual pursuit of the Chinese nation. The core content has become the most basic cultural gene of the Chinese nation. “Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has attached great importance to the historical inheritance and innovative development of the excellent traditional Chinese culture, and has always viewed the excellent traditional Chinese culture from the depth of the deepest and deepest spiritual pursuit of the Chinese nation, inherited the excellent traditional Chinese culture from the perspective of promoting the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities. Under the new situation of great changes in the world that has not been seen in a century, General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important thoughts on promoting the excellent traditional Chinese culture have united their hearts and souls for establishing roots and souls for the spiritual home of the Chinese nation and the development of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Draw strength is of vital significance.
Consolidating the dominant position of Chinese culture
It is the foundation for the Chinese nation to settle down
The subjectivity of Chinese culture was established by the Communist Party of China on the basis of promoting the excellent traditional Chinese culture, inheriting revolutionary culture, and developing advanced socialist culture, and learning from and absorbing all the excellent achievements of mankind. It was established through the “two combinations”. The existence of a nation is inseparable from the inheritance of culture. If a nation loses its cultural tradition, it is like a rootless duckweed. History and reality show that the rise and fall of a nation is ultimately the rise and fall of this national culture. Chinese traditional culture has a unique content and a rigorous system, carries the basic value pursuit of the Chinese nation, contains the national spirit of the Chinese nation, is the spiritual lifeline of the Chinese nation, and has distinct national characteristics.
From the historical dimension and the perspective of comparison between China and foreign countries, China’s excellent traditional culture is a unique logo and unique advantage gradually formed in the long historical evolution, which is different from other nations. It is the collective memory of the Chinese nation. It is for the formation and maintenance of the political bureau of China’s unity and unity. It is for the formation and consolidation of China’s multi-ethnic integration, for the formation and enrichment of the spirit of the Chinese nation, and for the inspiration of the Chinese people to safeguard national independence.Both have played a crucial role. The rich wisdom contained in China’s excellent traditional culture has provided important enlightenment and solution paths in solving the difficulties of modernization, promoting ecological protection, improving social governance, improving administrative ethics, promoting ethnic exchanges, and strengthening moral construction.
Consolidating the dominant position of Chinese culture is the foundation for the Chinese nation to settle down and the fundamental qualification of the Chinese nation to stand tall among the nations in the world. History and reality show us that China’s excellent traditional culture is the profound foundation of the spiritual edifice of the Chinese nation. It not only preserves and inherits in the form of classics and classics, but has also penetrated into the blood of contemporary Chinese people, and is reflected in daily life at all times. It has become a deep historical and cultural psychological accumulation of the nation, a rich nourishment for us to gather the spirit of the people, an indispensable and precious wealth for the construction of China’s contemporary culture, and an inexhaustible driving force for promoting the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. China’s national governance in the new era, the great cause of the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and the human vision of building a community with a shared future for mankind must be rooted in the deep soil of China’s excellent traditional culture.
(This article is the second series of “Lantai Youth Scholars” by the Chinese Academy of History)
(The author is a researcher at the Institute of Historical Theory of the Chinese Academy of History and “Lantai Youth Scholars” by the Chinese Academy of History)