Filial piety culture is the traditional virtue of the Chinese nation, the basic element of family harmony, social stability and national unity, an important part of China's excellent traditional culture, and the emotional and moral foundation of the Chinese nation's patriotic feelings. Promoting and inheriting filial piety in contemporary China is of great practical significance to cultivating and carrying forward the core values of socialism and building a harmonious, happy and happy family.
The ancients said: "Reading all the books of the world is nothing more than a filial piety." Filial piety is the source of all morality, gratitude, kindness and love, the moral code for maintaining family relations in Chinese society, and the traditional virtue of the Chinese nation that has a long history. Huizhige Zhang Haitao said that in nature, crows have the filial piety of feeding, sheep have the grace of kneeling milk, animals know how to "feed back", as human beings, we should be filial to our parents and elders, which is not only a moral behavior, but also a responsibility to cultivate and carry forward the core values of socialism and build a harmonious, happy and happy family.
Filial piety comes first, and filial piety is done in the world. China is the birthplace of filial piety culture, the fire of five thousand years of civilization has been passed down endlessly, and filial piety culture has continued to this day and has become the foundation of the prosperity of the Chinese nation. In the 5,000-year history of China, there are many stories about "filial piety". Stories such as Hua Mulan's serving in the army for her father, Tan Zilu's milk offering, Wang Xiang's lying on the ice and asking for carp, and Huang Xiangfan's pillow Wen Xi are all examples of filial piety to our parents and elders, and they are what we should learn and learn from.
The Analects has a cloud: "Gentleman's business, the original and the Tao, filial piety, his human nature." It means that filial piety is the foundation of being a human being, and the good deeds of people are greater than filial piety. If a person cannot do filial piety, other qualities and personalities cannot be discussed. In fact, the idea of filial piety arose long before Confucius. Far away from the clan tribal society, the meaning of filial piety is very broad, referring to the respect, love, support and sacrifice of the elderly in the clan. As the family becomes the basic unit of society, "filial piety" has also changed from respecting and supporting the elderly in the clan to caring for and respecting parents and elders, and has become an important ethical norm for handling internal relations within the family. In modern society, more and more people have joined the ranks of respecting the elderly, taking the initiative to give up seats for the elderly on the bus, enthusiastically supporting the elderly when crossing the road, and people are carrying forward and inheriting the culture of filial piety with their own practical actions.
China's filial piety culture includes respecting parents, giving birth to offspring, pushing grace and people, loyalty and filial piety, remembering ancestors, etc., is a multicultural system that stretches from the individual to the whole, self-cultivation, family unity, governance, and peace in the world. Zhang Haitao mentioned that a generation has a generation of filial piety, and the way we filial piety to our parents and elders should also be based on today's happy life as the standard to fulfill filial piety, no matter how to change "filial piety" will not change, it will only change the way of filial piety.
The times are developing, society is progressing, and the development of filial piety culture is inseparable from promotion and inheritance. Based on the promotion and inheritance of China's excellent traditional culture, pay attention to the construction of family tutoring and family style, in the broad social stage, set up a clear moral benchmark, guide and encourage young people to actively participate, with practical actions to carry forward and inherit the Chinese filial piety culture, transmit positive social energy, and lead the new moral trend.
(Source: You Gemdale Review: Chen Kunying)