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An American netizen, he raised such a question on Quora, the largest Q&A website abroad: "China is more westernized in terms of food and clothing, are they losing their traditional culture?" This kind of question deserves a sentence of ignorance, Chinese culture is not only not gradually Westernized, but popularized all over the world, and many foreign netizens have also expressed their own views on this.
"One can quickly recall the definition of culture, which is something that is passed down from generation to generation, which shows that the visibility of a society is not the whole picture of culture, but the visibility of society, the main part of which is the intangible beliefs and core values.
You can see that some of the Chinese people now like the goods or lifestyles of European countries, just like all over the world, but the Chinese's views and attitudes towards imported things are still carried out in their own way."
"Actually, that's a very stupid question, if China has been westernized, why are you getting culture shock here?"
Just like the answers of these two netizens, culture itself is a concept that has been passed down from generation to generation, and the main inheritance is important core values and beliefs, not necessarily to learn all the experience to truly achieve cultural inheritance.
In terms of eating and wearing, China has always paid attention to grains and grains, dressed appropriately, and is not like Western countries, daily habits of using fried food or bread as a staple food, Chinese diet is carried out with "chopsticks", but Western people use knives and forks, which also reflects that the Chinese nation does not have the "Westernization" problem in the American population, everything is just nonsense.
For example, in the current era, if the Chinese people still retain the living habits of the last century, it will naturally cause a burden on the development of the country, and the Chinese people have also moved from a semi-feudal society to a new China.
And in the subsequent development, we continue to learn from experience to improve life, and at the same time, we do not discard the customs and habits that have been passed down from generation to generation of the country, and use the method of "taking the essence and removing the dross" to improve the quality.
The Chinese nation has a cultural history of 5,000 years, and China is a civilization that exists in the name of the state, during this period, the Chinese nation retains the culture of Chinese characters, and Chinese characters as a symbol of the inheritance of Chinese culture not only inherit the recognition of Chinese characters for thousands of years, but also admire the crystallization of cultural wisdom for thousands of years.
It was during the later life that the Chinese nation developed "calligraphy", using calligraphy to write Chinese characters, and each process showed an elegant style of subtle introvertedness, self-observation and self-reflection.
Chinese characters have now become one of the international common languages, which undoubtedly represents the recognition of Chinese characters around the world, proving that Chinese culture is not discarded, but more quickly integrated into the world.
As this foreign netizen said: "Can you read anything in your culture from 3,000 years ago? If not, let alone that China has lost its ancient culture in the traditional sense, it will only make you a representative of ignorance."
It is not that Western countries feel that China has lost its traditional culture in a sense, but that the people of those Western countries cannot easily understand the meaning of the current cultural inheritance.
Let's take a look at the Chinese festivals, the traditional Chinese festivals Spring Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival, etc. as an important festival in the year, people will always do the corresponding things on this day, the Spring Festival people will put up lanterns to celebrate the most important time of the year, the Mid-Autumn Festival families gather together, the Dragon Boat Festival people use "zongzi", "dragon boat" way to record.
These festivals, which should have belonged to China, are now being imitated in many Western countries, and these cultural origins are all from the Chinese nation, and if it is not for the recognition of traditional Chinese festivals, how can they rush to imitate them.
Take Russia as an example, during the Spring Festival in 2023, the Russian people have used lanterns that can represent the Spring Festival in Moscow Square to decorate the entire square, presenting a joyful picture, and the local people are also immersed in the Chinese national culture, which not only represents a symbol of friendly relations between China and Russia, but also a recognition of Chinese culture.
A Chinese friend who saw this American netizen's question also expressed his opinion: "Chinese traditional culture has a profound heritage, a long history, and a wide range of coverage can be described as vast, some things can be said to be integrated into the blood and bone marrow of every Chinese, will not disappear easily, I believe that Chinese civilization will have a long history and advance with the times." ”
Chinese what needs to be inherited is not only the Chinese civilization, but also the essence of this to create a more convenient lifestyle for the Chinese. For example, in the ancient society before, the Chinese nation at that time was in the status quo of "men prefer women to women", because women were restricted from many actions, and they lost some freedom, and their husbands and children at home were what women were supposed to do, and Chinese society at that time had serious patriarchal behavior.
Until modern society, people's thinking was abandoned by the times, this is the progress of the Chinese nation, people have not retained those unnecessary vices, but through continuous improvement to improve the quality of life of the people, now women can also occupy the right to choose in their study career, work or family, everyone is equal to make the society more harmonious.
Including Chinese martial arts, it has also been passed down through thousands of years of civilization, and every move and style has demonstrated the charm and courage of the Chinese sons and daughters.
"Very chic and powerful, with huge wrist strength", "This is the first time I've seen something like this, it's fantastic", "Chinese kung fu is the best fighting style". Such comments are the most powerful recognition of the Chinese culture.
Chinese Hanfu is also a record of thousands of years of history, not only to record the Han period of arts and crafts inspiration, but also to represent the meaning and respect for historical inheritance, after generations of development and improvement, before it appears in front of people's eyes.
Now Chinese Hanfu is also going to the world, many foreign friends will experience the feeling of being an "ancient" when they travel to China, and they are loved by many foreign netizens.
These are the best answers to highlight the Chinese culture, perhaps many foreign friends feel that they do not understand Chinese culture, but in fact, they do not know that many cultures have gone to the world, and there is no "Westernization" in their mouths.
Chinese culture has always adopted the method of "taking the essence and removing the dross", and I believe that in this way, we can retain and present more of the cultural charm of the Chinese nation.