With the continuous development of history, ancient Babylon, ancient India, and ancient Egypt, which were once recognized by the world, have disappeared one after another, and only China has continued to do so alone. Of course, China's survival is closely related to its own concepts and systems, and it can also show that the vitality of Chinese civilization is vigorous, resulting in standing tall among the four ancient civilizations.
When it comes to China, some foreigners will say that China is a country without faith, full of rejection of China, and unwilling to come to China. There are also foreigners who have come to the conclusion that the countries of the world are only divided into China and foreign countries because they have seen China's faith and understood Chinese culture. Does China have faith? If so, what is the Chinese faith?
Chinese culture is broad and profound, has a long history, the history is constantly changing, and the influence of Chinese culture is constantly affecting every Chinese. In China, Chinese civilization is called Chinese civilization, which is an indelible spiritual source in the five-thousand-year history of the Chinese nation. Nowadays, the Yangtze River civilization, the Yellow River civilization and the northern grassland civilization are recognized as the origin of Chinese civilization, and under the common development of these three civilizations, the tribes can be inherited, and the civilizations are more closely linked.
Martin Jacques, a British scholar who has studied Chinese civilization for ten years, once said that "Western civilization has long been tired, and now the world is only divided into China and foreign countries, and the faith of Chinese cannot be done in the world." In this sentence, Martin did not directly say British civilization, nor did he say other countries' civilizations, but collectively referred to all civilizations other than Chinese civilization as "Western civilization", because there was a fault line in the ancient Western countries, and the civilizations of various countries began to integrate with each other and influence each other. Therefore, the ancient civilization of the West is a foreign civilization.
Martin also said that China is not just a country, but a country wrapped in civilization, and the etiquette culture forged by five thousand years of civilization is not comparable to Western civilization.
The differences between Chinese and foreign civilizations include the different understandings of "God". In the eyes of foreigners, gods are basically the same, they all have divine powers, and they can show super power in their respective fields, which is why they are willing to believe and worship Gods. Foreigners believe that in the world of gods, human beings can only submit to the subordination and have no other power. But most of these gods have no human breath and have directly become gods.
Looking at the gods in Chinese eyes, they all have their own unique stories, and through those ups and downs, they embody God to the fullest. The reason why they can be admired by people is precisely because their stories are twisted and bumpy, and they have gone through countless hardships and escaped death to see the light. For example, in the Chinese legend of "eight immortals crossing the sea", the eight immortals in it were originally ordinary people, who evolved into gods after suffering.
The gods worshiped by foreign countries almost all judge sentient beings, while China has added a lot of human touch, and each mythological story is to inspire future generations, inspire people, and be more grounded than foreign gods. Although not all Chinese believe in God, but for God everyone is very respectful, the old Chinese saying often says: there is a god three feet up, people are doing the sky to see, God is Chinese the rules they have set for themselves, as long as they pay, they will definitely gain.
Therefore, through comparison, we can see that foreigners and Chinese express their expressions to God in completely different ways, just imagine, when you really encounter a problem, you can really solve it by praying in front of the gods? The result is not known.
Many European and American countries are very faithful to Christianity, especially God, and their status is particularly high, and they believe that as long as they sincerely pray before God, God will protect themselves safely. The world is so big, it is normal for countries to have different cultural views between countries, but there is one point, the power of faith is enormous, and if a nation has faith, the country will progress.
In some countries, even if there is no state religion, there will be religious beliefs, but China, the birthplace of the Confucian and Mencius Way, has become a non-belief in the eyes of foreigners because it does not believe in ghosts and gods. However, this is only a foreign prejudice, and Chinese faith is not on the surface, but is carved in the bones, which has been precipitated by thousands of years of Chinese culture. In the previous article, when analyzing the difference between China and foreign gods, we also said that China fears God, compared with the three prostrations and nine prayers in foreign countries, is not a reverent heart the most important?
This is why Martin said that "Chinese faith others can't do", Chinese faith is the tenacity and hard work in the bones, our faith is to Chinese ourselves, not like foreign countries, when they encounter problems, they will start to pray, but do their best to solve.
For thousands of years, China has been riddled with holes, but fortunately, Chinese culture is strong and unremitting, which is the reason why ancient China can continue, and it is the charm of Chinese civilization. what Chinese believe in is the jedi life of many difficulties, the turning of danger into safety when danger comes, and the national spirit of thousands of years, and the "mysterious oriental divine power" in foreign countries is the efforts and persistence of thousands of years of Chinese.