The sun rose and the weather began to get hot. The people building the roads sang chants, which drifted in the breeze. Some people sang folk songs, accompanied by the high-pitched chants, which gave the heavy work a somewhat graceful feel.

Wang Xiaolie suddenly had some enlightenment. What exactly is culture? The culture of a region is inseparable from the vast majority of the people. Chinese culture cannot be separated from these hard-working people. Only by going deep into the people can we

Really feel the Chinese culture.

When New China was just founded, many things took on a new look. Many people were sent to work among the working people to summarize the people’s cultural life. At that time, there were collections of folk songs, various studies on folk dances, and many programs targeting the working people.

cultural collection. If society develops normally and these research activities are finally sublimated, the renaissance of Chinese culture will have a foundation.

It's a pity that this activity was quickly interrupted. Research activities fell into silence. No one was allowed to talk nonsense or conduct random research. The whole society had to be uniform, and culture could not develop. After that, the society was liberalized, but the immersion

There are no more people who can go among the people, understand their sufferings, and understand their cultural life. Even some musicians who engage in ethnic music research do not want to go among the people. Instead, they have to go to the mountains and forests, to remote areas.

among the ethnic minorities.

Thinking of this, Wang Xiaolie couldn't help but think of a famous singer Daolang in his previous life. He came out of nowhere, but was not accepted by the music circle. Some people insisted that his music was not called music. Why? It's hard to say why. It can only be said that China has no music culture.

It took a long time. After that, all kinds of popular things from foreigners came in, such as rock, jazz, folk songs, and even rap became popular for a while.

People's entertainment cannot be called culture in most cases. It either has a long history or a long-lasting culture. To form culture, it needs precipitation and sublimation. Without precipitation and sublimation, it cannot be called culture in most cases.

culture.

On this basis, combined with the politics, religion, ideology, etc. of one's own nation, a complete system can be formed, which can be called civilization.

Culture is not that low-level, and civilization is not that simple. A truly civilized society is not copied from other places, but rather learned from the strengths of others and grown from its own genes.

From this perspective, the official statement that because dog meat is not eaten in any civilized place, we cannot eat it either. It shows that these people do not understand civilization at all, and they do not understand the party's policies, systems, etc., and have no idea what they do.

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In the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, faced with internal and external troubles, a group of people came forward. They accused the darkness of the old society and praised the future civilization. They called for Mr. De and Mr. Sai to come in and build a new society. A hundred years later, looking back,

There is a different understanding. The biggest role of these people is to call for the breakup of the old society and old civilization. To a certain extent, they are destroyers.

Destroyers cannot represent progress? Of course not. Only when they are rotten to the core can they be established through great destruction. Breaking down the old itself heralds the arrival of the new. It’s just that it’s easy to break through, but too difficult to establish. This difficulty is beyond the imagination of almost everyone.

A great man once said that we are not only good at breaking an old world, but also good at building a new world. Looking back, looking back, we are only good at breaking up the old world, but building a new world is still far away.

In the previous life, the two largest countries in the world were the United States and China. As the world hegemon, the United States has almost all the glory of all great civilizations in history. It defeated Japan and spanned four oceans.

, Tokgo seeks defeat, and all nations come to Korea, it has even become a beacon of civilization in the hearts of many people around the world. No matter how fast China develops, it will still face many difficulties in the face of the suppression of this hegemon.

But what? After dominating the world, the halo of the United States began to fade compared with China. People can sum up countless reasons for this problem, from politics, to military, to economy, and all aspects. But the core thing is civilization.

Something went wrong. They became confused about the future of mankind, social development, etc. Academically, some people became famous for proposing the end of history. Politically, they turned freedom, equality, democracy, etc. into slogans, and politicians

They think it is normal for them to lie, cheat, and rob.

Civilization does not come from deception, nor does it come from robbery. It relies on force to rob, and the most successful people in the world should be the Mongols. However, hundreds of years later, Mongolia only left its name in history, and there has never been another one in the history of human civilization.

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The rise of the West has ushered in an era of science. With the technological revolution and rapid changes in productivity, the entire human society has become completely unimaginable in hundreds of years. Regarding human civilization, we believe that people should be free and equal. Human beings should be free and equal.

They should be liberated and set off an unprecedented human revolution. This is a contribution to mankind. No matter what they become in the end, they cannot be forgotten.

Merits are merits and faults are faults. This is the attitude we should have towards history. The rise of the West was accompanied by colonization, invasion, massacre, and even genocide. This should not be denied. However, during the rise of Western civilization, it is true that

It also brought about the sublimation of human civilization.

The rise of the West has affected everyone in the world, including Chinese civilization. If a new Chinese civilization is born, it will inevitably bear the imprint of Western civilization. This is undeniable. However, if new civilizations arise in various parts of the world, they should be in line with Western civilization.

It is different, and this is what it should be. Just copy it, why should Western civilization be transferred to your hands?

The most typical ones are the developed countries and regions in East Asia. Including Japan, South Korea, etc. It is obvious that even if they have entered a developed society, they are still completely different from the West. Of course, their development cannot support a new civilization.

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Some people always say that China does not have a status commensurate with its strength in the world because of the suppression by the United States, or even by the entire Western society. Some people have a deep-rooted impression in their minds that the Chinese are inferior. Maybe it makes sense, but it is only a little bit.

It's just logic.

During the confrontation between China and the United States, if the United States suddenly collapses, there will be no one left to suppress China. China should ask itself, will the world treat China the same way it treats the United States? What is your civilization? What is your ideology? What is politics?

What? What is the economy? From a basic theoretical perspective, what can other countries learn from? What do they admire?

Criticism and self-criticism. Criticism is easy, but self-criticism is difficult. The founding of New China was fought by the people's army. It was not new ideas or new theories that caused ideological changes and established a new society.

There are always some people who don’t think so. They think that the people’s army is nothing special. It is either cheating here or playing tricks there, and it is not sweeping the world in an upright and upright manner. There are always some people who think that they have learned a few sentences of this theory or three sentences of that theory from foreigners.

Just two sentences, and you should be superior. There are always people who think that there is no need to study the Chinese people in depth. The Chinese people just need to listen to their preaching, enlightenment, and copy. There are also many people who think that they have learned so much from foreigners.

, but talents are always underappreciated in China.

Can you learn a few sentences from foreigners and become a master in China? If this is true, there will be no hope for Chinese civilization. The great rejuvenation of Chinese civilization will be even more distant. What you learn from foreigners must be used

The purpose is to integrate into Chinese civilization. Rather than turning China into the image of foreigners, it becomes civilized and modernized.

Wang Xiaolie remembered that with the development of technology and the advancement of the Internet, some new phenomena have emerged in society.

For example, in music, most of the singers and stars who are highly praised by fans and professional circles are sold to fans. Some widely circulated songs are criticized as peasant music, vulgar music, and are nothing more than saliva songs, music that cannot be considered elegant.

Music is the note of civilization and one of the signs that civilization has developed to an advanced stage. Objectively speaking, music does include vulgar music and elegant music, and there are music used for different occasions. However, if it is also vulgar music, don't pretend to be elegant music.

For a period of time, ancient styles were popular in society, liked by many people, and sung to a high degree. Some people said that the meaning of these new ancient styles was empty and meaningless. The melodies were often copied, which represented the degeneration of the music industry. At this time, there was a saying

That's right. The people like it, but who do you think you are if you don't like it? These entertainment forms that have become popular among the vast majority of the people are indeed of a relatively low level at the beginning and have many shortcomings. At this time, it takes time to settle.

It requires the sublimation of cultural people. Once sublimation is completed, progress will be achieved.

For another example, ancient costumes have become popular for a period of time. Some people are talking about the wrong format. Han style and Tang style are not ancient costumes but fairy clothes. In fact, it has nothing to do with elegance. But some people are different, saying that China's feudal culture is resurrected. And their ancient costumes

, give a Western name, and use some Chinese elements to embellish the Western clothing.

With the development of the times, although cultural people have neglected their duties, some new trends have emerged. In addition to ancient costumes, there are also rich people's daughters becoming celebrities. In the past, they were all proud of attending foreign schools and attending foreign gatherings. Being able to recognize the domestic

Development is always a good start. Even if many people ridicule it, it is still much better than before.

In the final analysis, they are some people with a little bit of foreign ink who feel that they are China's mentors, that they are better than the Chinese, and that their own things represent civilization. But they do not know that what they represent is only Western culture and has nothing to do with civilization.

What should the new Chinese civilization look like? Of course it does not mean going back to the past. Instead, it should be compatible with the past and the present. It should have both the accumulation of Chinese history and the advanced elements of Western civilization. The most important thing is to point out the future of mankind and the direction of the development of human society.

Humanity has a future, human society has a direction for development, and civilization is established. Only then can the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation be realized.

How to do it? Western civilization has proposed that human equality, freedom, political democracy, and economic development, reform and innovation are indispensable. On this basis, combined with Chinese history, thought, etc., more

further.

How to move forward? We should work hard on the word "people". What is the people? Who are the people? How can the people be the masters of the country? With the people as the core, we should develop theoretical doctrines, political systems, and ideological systems. Without the people, there will be no

Leaving behind the achievements of New China.

If we want to take a step forward, how can we still be constrained by the theoretical system of Westerners? Their civilizational achievements can be used for reference and learning, but they cannot be copied. What needs to be understood more is some words of great men. Seek truth from facts, integrate theory with practice, and make the people the country.
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