"Don't let people boast about the good color, just leave the air full of dry air."
On October 25, 2017, after the victory of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the new member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee was unveiled. In the face of Chinese and foreign journalists, Xi Jinping quoted the famous sentence of the Yuan Dynasty poet Wang Mian Yong Momei, with poetic words, so that the world can see the self-confidence of the big country and the big party to look at the world and face the future.
In today's world, if we want to talk about self-confidence, the Communist Party of China, the People's Republic of China, and the Chinese nation have the most reason to be confident. This self-confidence is road confidence, theoretical self-confidence, institutional self-confidence, and cultural self-confidence.
"If there is no Chinese five-thousand-year civilization, where is there any Chinese characteristics?" If it were not for Chinese characteristics, where would we have such a successful path of socialism with Chinese characteristics today? Xi Jinping said the source of the Chinese nation's self-confidence.
On the morning of August 20, 2019, Xi Jinping came to Jiayuguan Guancheng, climbed the city tower to inspect the overall appearance of Guancheng, and listened to the introduction of the history and culture of the Great Wall and Guan pass in the Hexi Corridor. (Source: Xinhua News Agency)
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Self-knowledge is clear, and self-confidence wins. Looking at ancient and modern China and abroad, the growth of a person, the rise of a country, and the prosperity of a nation are inseparable from the spiritual quality of self-confidence.
Xi Jinping pointed out: "Cultural self-confidence is a more basic, broader and deeper self-confidence, and a more basic, deeper and more lasting force. Strengthening cultural self-confidence is a major issue related to the rise and fall of national fortunes, cultural security, and the independence of the national spirit. ”
Confidence doesn't fall from the sky. Before modern times, China has always been one of the world's great powers, and our people have a strong sense of identity and pride in their own culture. After the Opium War, China fell into a dark situation of internal and external troubles, and the Chinese people experienced the deep suffering of frequent wars, broken mountains and rivers, and people's lack of livelihood. Because they have been bullied all the time, many places are inferior to others, many people have insufficient national self-confidence, and even the extreme argument of "total Westernization" has emerged.
The founding of New China enabled Chinese to stand up, reform and opening up made Chinese rich, and the days became more and more prosperous. However, for a period of time, many Chinese are keen on "foreign festivals" such as Christmas, Thanksgiving, and Halloween, snubbing the traditional festivals of the Chinese nation; in many places, real estate, hotels, streets, etc. are popular "foreign names", "Manhattan Square", "Roman homeland", "Champs-Elysées", etc.; young people are fashionable with foreign language decorations on their clothes; film and television dramas and variety shows also regard catching up with foreign trends as "eye-catching" tricks...
Under the impact of Western values and lifestyles, there have been mentalities in society such as "the moon of foreign countries is rounder than China", "respecting foreigners", and "admiring foreigners".
It can be seen that the strength of the economy does not necessarily bring about the strength of the spirit. Xi Jinping pointed out: "The rejuvenation of a nation requires strong material strength and also strong spiritual strength. Without the active guidance of advanced culture, without the great enrichment of the people's spiritual world, and without the continuous enhancement of the spiritual strength of the nation, it is impossible for a country and a nation to stand tall among the nations of the world. ”
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"Cultural identity is the deepest level of identity", Xi Jinping sees it very thoroughly.
Spiritual power is not as visible and tangible as material power, where do we find the source of strength that nourishes contemporary Chinese?
Xi Jinping pointed out: "China's excellent traditional culture is the spiritual lifeblood of the Chinese nation, an important source of cultivating the core values of socialism, and a solid foundation for us to stand firm in the turmoil of world culture." ”
In the vast starry sky of human civilization, Chinese culture is dazzling and unmatched in the world.
On December 20, 2014, when Xi Jinping participated in the "Traditional Chinese Culture and Contemporary Youth" theme salon at the University of Macau, he told the students, "Chinese culture is broad and profound, and I myself am also a ardent supporter and loyal learner of Chinese culture", and he encouraged students to enhance their cultural self-confidence and strengthen their backbone and background as a Chinese.
He once said that when he was five or six years old, his mother took him to buy the villain book "Mother-in-law's Thorn Letter", and "jing loyal to the country" became the goal he pursued all his life.
On many occasions at home and abroad, Xi Jinping often "speaks for" traditional Chinese culture. In his speeches and articles, he cleverly quotes classical Chinese sentences and often expounds topics related to traditional Chinese culture.
When visiting local areas, Xi Jinping often goes to local cultural heritage sites, museums, and cultural relics protection units to take a look, such as Beijing's Yuhe River, Xi'an City Wall, Guangzhou's Yongqingfang, Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, Datong Yungang Grottoes, Wuyishan Zhuxi Garden... Everywhere we went, we set off a "cultural relics fever", "intangible cultural heritage fever" and "Traditional Chinese studies fever".
On September 28, 2020, the unpopular study of archaeology entered the classroom of the Politburo. Xi Jinping stressed: "In the long river of history, the Chinese nation has formed a great national spirit and excellent traditional culture, which is the cultural gene of the Chinese nation that is endless and prosperous, and it is also the spiritual force to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, which should be carried forward in combination with new realities." ”
On July 1, 2021, in an important speech celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping further clarified that he insisted on integrating the basic principles of Marxism with China's specific reality and with China's excellent traditional culture.
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Poetry follows the fortunes of the world and is always new. Innovation is the soul and driving force for cultural development and progress.
On November 26, 2013, Xi Jinping visited The Confucius Mansion in Qufu, Shandong Province. In a discussion with experts and scholars, Xi Jinping said: "The Chinese nation has a long-standing traditional culture, and it will certainly create a new glory of Chinese culture. ”
In recent years, thanks to effective protection and inheritance, the development of traditional culture has become a new situation.
Civilization exploration continues to make breakthroughs. The archaeological discoveries of the Liangzhu site have demonstrated to the world the 5,000-year-old Chinese civilization; the excavation of the Erlitou site has constantly refreshed the "best of China" and unveiled the mystery of the capital of The earliest dynasty in China; the ruins of Shenmu Shiya and the stone of the Sanxingdui site have broken the sky, adding luster to the map of Chinese civilization.
Heritage preservation has been remarkable. The total number of World Heritage Sites in China has reached 56, the number of national key cultural relics protection units has reached more than 5,000, there are more than 5,800 large and small museums, and the number of people visiting museums every year exceeds 1 billion. Popular museums represented by the Forbidden City and the National Museum are often difficult to get a ticket, and the "museum fever" has become a new cultural scene in China.
Traditional "revitalization" is a grand view. Traditional cultural programs such as "Chinese Poetry Conference", "National Treasures", "China in Classics", "Tang Palace Night Banquet" and so on are on the hot search; the "new national tide" such as national style music, forbidden city cultural creation, and old-fashioned new brands are gradually heating up; some Chinese style bloggers frequently "go out of the circle"; in daily life, the "little brother" and "little sister" wearing Hanfu are full of self-confidence, and the Hanfu economy has created a blue ocean of tens of billions...
China's excellent traditional culture provides unique Chinese values for the development of the world. From the ecological civilization concept of "the people are light and the nobles are light, and the government is in the care of the people" to the people-oriented and people-first ruling concept, from the ecological civilization idea of "the unity of heaven and man" and "the taoist nature" to the ecological civilization idea of "green water and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains", from the diplomatic concept of "benevolence and good neighborliness, harmony and harmony of all nations" to the diplomatic concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind... On May 15, 2019, at the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations, Xi Jinping stressed that the Chinese civilization is an open system formed through continuous exchanges and mutual learning with other civilizations. In the future, China will embrace the world with a more open attitude and contribute to the world with more dynamic civilizational achievements.
A hundred years of prosperity, five thousand years of string songs. More than 1.4 billion Chinese people, standing on more than 9.6 million square kilometers of fertile land, sucked in the cultural nutrients accumulated by the Chinese nation's long struggle and regained the self-confidence of a big country.
Xi Jinping said: "China can already look at the world. What an amazing change!
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Text/Zheng Na Zhang Pengyu
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Source: Study Group