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October 22, 2022, in the golden autumn season, the inner forests of the Mutianyu Great Wall Scenic Area in Beijing were dyed. The Great Wall is also an important symbol of Chinese traditional culture. Photo/Xinhua News Agency
In the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping proposed that we should enhance the influence of the communication power and influence of Chinese civilization, adhere to the position of Chinese culture, tell Chinese stories well, spread Chinese voice well, show a credible, lovely and respectable Chinese image, and promote Chinese culture to better go to the world. Standing at the historical node of the new era that carries forward the past and opens up the future, the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China clearly states the central task of our party, which is to unite and lead the people of all ethnic groups in the country to fully build a socialist modern power, achieve the second centenary goal, and comprehensively promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization.
To achieve this grand goal, adhere to confidence in the path, system and culture is the prerequisite. And " national rejuvenation should essentially be the rejuvenation of national culture." It is difficult to achieve the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation without the tremendous power and spiritual power of cultural China.
To this end, the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China established the strategy of building a cultural power and raised cultural development to the height of the national strategy and attached importance to it. Over the past decade, Chinese culture has not only become the cohesion of the Chinese nation community, but also become the iconic spiritual force to showcase the credible, lovely and respectable Chinese image on the world stage.
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics data map. The display of Chinese traditional cultural elements at this Winter Olympics stunned the world. Photo by Tao Ran, reporter of Beijing News
Excellent traditional culture has given the Chinese nation confidence in the development path
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that culture is the soul of a country and a nation. Culture will prosper the country and prosperity will prosper, culture will be strong, and nation will be strong.
Cultural confidence is a more basic, deeper and more lasting force in the development of a country and a nation. The five thousand years of Chinese civilization is the only civilization in human history that has never stopped flowing. In the process of civilization development over the past five thousand years, the Chinese nation has created a splendid culture with profoundness.
This is a deep foundation for our cultural confidence. Only a civilization full of confidence can maintain its national characteristics while tolerating, learning from and absorbing the essence of various civilizations.
Chinese civilization has been continuous and lasting for five thousand years. In the long-term evolution, it has formed a unique value system, cultural connotation and spiritual quality for Chinese people to view the world, society, and life. This is a fundamental feature that distinguishes us from other countries and nations, and it also creates the Chinese nation's cultural confidence to learn from others' strengths.
With the development of globalization, China has deeply intervened in the world and has a deeper understanding of the world. In this process, China's understanding of its own culture and Western culture have become increasingly profound.
The historical traditions, cultural accumulation and basic national conditions of each country and nation are different, and its development path must have its own characteristics. Therefore, the more you understand the world, the more you cherish your own essence, the more you can have confidence in your own culture, and you will have confidence in your path and system.
A country's governance system and governance capabilities are closely related to the country's historical heritage and cultural traditions. The excellent traditional Chinese culture is our deepest cultural soft power and the fertile cultural soil rooted in the socialism with Chinese characteristics.
Chinese culture is unique in understanding and handling nature, life and the world. For thousands of years, the Chinese nation has taken a path of civilized development that is different from other countries and nations. To solve China's problems, we can only explore the path and methods that suit us on the land of China.
To this day, we have opened up the path of modernization of socialism with Chinese characteristics not by chance, but determined by our historical heritage and cultural traditions. Only by understanding Chinese culture can we better understand Chinese model , Chinese roads and Chinese modernization.
The more national it is, the more world it is. The Chinese culture that embraces all rivers and embraces all the world culture is essentially world culture.
In 1993, the World Declaration of Ethics placed Confucius 's "Do not do to others what you do not want others to do to others" as the cornerstone of global ethics and became an important position. The consensus is that Confucius' idea helps mutual respect, understanding and communication between countries, religions, ethnic groups, communities and individuals.
It can also be seen from this that Chinese culture belongs to our nation and to the world; Chinese culture should also contribute indispensable Chinese wisdom, Chinese spirit and Chinese strength to the community of human civilization.
On October 13, 2022, a teacher from Zhangzhuang Primary School in Huaiyin District, Jinan City, Shandong Province guided paper cutting to cultivate students' interest in excellent traditional culture. Photo/Xinhua News Agency
Inclusive and promote communication. Different civilizations in the world should be harmoniously coexist
"Diversity is the basic feature of the world and the charm of human civilization." However, in the current Western-centered world cultural pattern, cultural diversity faces unprecedented challenges.
Under this situation, China today feels the importance and urgency of cultural power more deeply than ever before.
Faced with the stigma of the West and the encirclement of hard power, China stands on the moral high ground and transcends the narrow nationalism and selfish protectionist bias of some Western countries from the perspective of building a community of human civilization.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that every civilization is the crystallization of beauty and demonstrates the beauty of creation. All beautiful things are connected, and people's yearning for beautiful things cannot be stopped by any force.
There is no conflict in various civilizations, but you need to have eyes to appreciate the beauty of all civilizations. We must not only make our country's civilization full of vitality, but also create conditions for the development of civilizations in other countries, so that the world's civilization gardens can be full of beauty.
Only by communicating and learning from other civilizations and learning from each other's strengths and weaknesses can we maintain vigorous vitality. To this end, the report of the 19th National Congress also specifically proposed to strengthen cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries, focus on ourselves and inclusively integrate them.
Civilization exchanges and mutual learning should be equal, equal, diverse and multi-directional, rather than forced or forced, and not single or one-way. We must break the barriers of cultural exchanges with a broad mind that embraces all rivers, absorb the nutrients of other civilizations with an eclectic attitude, and promote civilizations to advance together through exchanges and mutual learning.
In 2014, in a speech at the UNESCO headquarters in , General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations are an important driving force for promoting the progress of human civilization and the peaceful development of world.
In 2019, at the Asian Civilization Dialogue Conference , General Secretary Xi Jinping once again made a more systematic and profound explanation of the exchanges and integration, mutual learning and mutual learning of different civilizations, pointing out that exchanges and mutual learning are the essential requirements for the development of civilization. Civilizations communicate because of diversity, learn from each other through communication, and develop from mutual learning.
Humans only have different skin color and language, and civilizations only have different colors and colorful colors, but there is no distinction between high and low quality and good or bad. It is stupid to think that one's own race and civilization are superior to others and insist on transforming or even replacing other civilizations, but it is stupid in terms of understanding and dangerous in terms of practice.
Every civilization is rooted in its own survival soil, embodies the extraordinary wisdom and spiritual pursuit of a country and a nation, and has its own value of existence.
We should uphold equality and respect, abandon arrogance and prejudice, deepen our understanding of the differences between our own civilization and other civilizations, and promote exchanges, dialogues and harmonious coexistence between different civilizations.
On October 13, 2022, a "intangible cultural heritage workshop" in Chengyang Street, Ju County, Rizhao City, Shandong Province. hand-painted promoted cultural and creative works on live broadcast, and its related products have been sold overseas. Photo/Xinhua News Agency
Chinese stories should be told well, credible, lovely and respectable is culture, China
Today, at this historical juncture towards the second centenary goal, we need to stand firm in the standpoint of Chinese culture, tell Chinese stories well, spread Chinese voice well, show the world a credible, lovely and respectable image of China, and promote Chinese culture to the world better.
The credibility, loveliness and respectability in the image of China are integrated and inseparable, and are the three sides of the concreteization of cultural China.
is trustworthy, which means that China’s words and actions are trustworthy and trustworthy; cuteness means that China is emotionally acquainted and close, which can win the good emotional reaction of the people of the world; respectable means that China has the responsibility of a great country, which is worthy of respect and admiration. The unity of these three is a sensible and tactile three-dimensional China.
Of course, the world is already bumpy and is currently undergoing major changes unseen in a century. To spread a comprehensive, real and three-dimensional China into the world, tell the Chinese story well in an unprecedentedly divided world, and show a credible, cute and respectable image of China. The difficulties and challenges are unprecedented.
But, as General Secretary Xi Jinping said, we have the ability to do things well in China, but we still don’t have the ability to tell the Chinese story well? We should have this confidence!
In fact, today's China has stood tall in the center of the world stage, and the world also has the desire to understand, understand and identify with China. This is not only due to the development and progress of our country over the years, but also directly related to the large amount of cultural "going out" work we have done.
From an international academic seminar to commemorating the 2565th anniversary of Confucius' birth to the first conference on dialogue on Asian civilizations; from the UNESCO headquarters to the Arab League of Arab States headquarters, we actively build a platform for exchanges and mutual learning of civilizations, and explain the concept of Chinese civilization to the world.
From the countdown to the "Twenty-Four Solars" at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics amazed the world, to the China International Service Trade Fair, the national trend became a new fashion, cultural and creative products became a new internet celebrity, and Chinese culture attracted the attention of the world with its unique aesthetic style.
We are also committed to building the "Belt and Road" into a path of civilization and promoting the construction of a humanistic community within the framework of Shanghai Cooperation Organization ... The beauty of beauty and sharing beauty is the common value of all mankind and the responsibility of a cultural power.
"Whoever can tell stories will have the world." The prerequisite for telling a good Chinese story is to know yourself and your enemy. Moreover, knowing oneself and the enemy is important and needs to be truly done.
Especially at present, the world has entered an unprecedented era of public communication, and the subjects of storytelling are particularly diverse. In the Internet space, how to continue to promote the "going out" of Chinese culture will face a series of new opportunities and challenges.
For this reason, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out as early as the 2013 "August 19" speech that it is necessary to guide people to understand contemporary China and view the external world more comprehensively and objectively.
Internet space provides a brand new channel and space for people to understand China and the world, and also provides a broader platform for the interconnection between China and the world. China cannot be absent from building a community with a shared future in the Internet and will surely play an increasingly important role.
In the current countercurrent of global political "de-globalization", China, as the protagonist of globalization, must take the initiative to tell Chinese stories and spread Chinese voices well, and present a credible, lovely and respectable image of China in a world where virtual and real blend and interact.
This actually puts forward higher requirements for us - internally, we must continue our historical context, retain China's cultural genes, and make it truly the driving force for national development and social progress; externally, we must embrace the world with a more open attitude, be confident and inclusive, learn from each other, and build a community of human civilization together.
We also have this cultural confidence. In the community of human civilization, the credible, lovely and respectable image of China must be as we wish and as the world expects.
Written by Zhang Taofu (Dean of the School of Journalism of Fudan University and Vice Dean of the Development Research Institute of Fudan University)
Editing / He Rui
Proofreading / Fu Chunyan
