Before we talk about the “revival” of Chinese culture, we must first define what Chinese culture is.
In Chinese imperial politics, the ruler and his ministers, the patriarchs’ authority, and the people’s ability to run their own businesses, trusting no outsiders but their children’s relatives and favorites, as well as internal strife, are regarded by some as dross and by others as “national conditions.
In addition, it is generally accepted that what is eagerly awaiting revival is nothing more than the essence of Chinese culture, such as qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, Beijing Opera and Kunqu Opera. Poetry, couplets, Chinese medicine, herbs, Chinese clothing, and many people’s enthusiasm for these traditional and refined cultures have all been revived to varying degrees. Whenever a Chinese person sees a foreigner wearing a Zhongshan suit and says “Hello” in fluent Mandarin with a bow, he or she will feel a little bit relieved, a little bit relieved of national inferiority and a little bit relieved of self-confidence, which is a beautiful thing.
However, is it really possible to revive the essence of Chinese culture on all fronts? Let us assess the reality. Culture needs a “carrier”, just like fetching water, it always needs a wooden barrel to contain it. First of all, traditional Chinese architecture, pavilions and pavilions, tiles and corridors, is one of the main carriers of Chinese culture. The West Gate in Guangzhou, the Hutong in Beijing, the ancient mansions of Jin merchants in Shanxi, and the lanes and towers in the same lane. The rich and the noble, in no particular order, had to co-exist with each other.
The structure of Chinese society has always been stable and harmonious, with a class of landlords who supported a group of scholars and doctors.
In addition to the so-called “feng shui”, the layout of the house is actually about rituals, and this class is the basis of China’s exquisite culture, which includes respecting teachers, employing masters for their children, reading poetry and reciting sutras, and building a stage for birthday celebrations in the high hall. Festival lanterns, eating moon cakes, riddles, all are not cultural life cultivation. Such a big family, even the kitchen head, boudoir maid, even if not literate, but also have a large number of folk tales of memory: the Three Kingdoms, said Yue, Sui and Tang dynasties, not only the history passed down from generation to generation, loyalty, crooked and straight, black and white, and human inculcation of education, as well as the lack of.
The movie “Mulan” is a gilt sticker for the Chinese brand, and it was stuck on the controversial location in Xinjiang.
If you are obsessed with Hollywood, you know you are dead. Why don’t we watch Israeli and French films to learn what true cultural heritage is?
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