2. Traditional Chinese characters, also known as traditional Chinese characters, generally refer to Chinese characters replaced by simplified characters in the Chinese character simplification movement, and sometimes refer to the whole Chinese character regular script and official script writing system before the Chinese character simplification movement.
3. Traditional Chinese characters have a history of more than 3,000 years, and up to 1956, they are standard Chinese characters commonly used by Chinese people all over the world.
4. At present, traditional Chinese characters are still used in Taiwan Province Province, China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Macao Special Administrative Region, countries with cultural circle of Chinese characters, and overseas Chinese communities such as Singapore and Malaysia. In the case of cultural relics, variant surnames, calligraphy seal cutting, handwritten inscriptions and special needs, traditional Chinese characters are retained or used in Chinese mainland.
5.200 1. 1. The implementation of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Common Language and Characters clearly stipulates the promotion of standardized Chinese characters in China, and at the same time clarifies the scope of retaining or using traditional Chinese characters.
6.2065438+On June 5, 2003, the State Council, China published the List of General Standardized Chinese Characters, including the schedules of standardized Chinese characters, traditional Chinese characters and variant characters. Chinese characters used in general fields shall be subject to the Standard Chinese Characters List.