What are the values of Chinese excellent traditional culture such as ancient city ruins and calligraphy?

Regarding the value of ancient cultural heritage, whether it is the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on the Protection of Cultural Relics or the Guidelines for the Protection of Cultural Relics and Monuments in China, there is a clear definition of the concept scope. On this basis, relevant experts and scholars have made a detailed and in-depth discussion on the value of cultural relics, and some have proposed that the core value system of cultural relics is culture; The core content is historical value, artistic value and scientific value. (Li Xiaodong's "Core Value System of Literature", China Heritage Newspaper, 3rd edition, June 2, 2008) Others pointed out that the most essential attributes of cultural heritage are cultural resources and knowledge resources, and their values are mainly reflected in social education, historical reference, research appreciation, etc. Economic value is a derivative of its historical, artistic and scientific values. (Can Chen's cultural heritage be discounted? Liberation Daily, June 30, 2003) Undoubtedly, the above-mentioned identification and evaluation of the value of cultural heritage are basically based on the three major values of history, science and art.

There are many ancient cities in China, which can be classified from different angles. According to the administrative level, there are ancient capitals, provincial capitals and counties. According to the purpose, there are administrative centers, military castles, commercial cities and so on. Its famous representative ancient cities are:

(1) Intangible culture with important historical value bears the history and has specific historical conditions and characteristics of the times. Through intangible cultural heritage, we can understand the social development level, lifestyle and moral customs in the past historical period. Intangible cultural heritage absorbs the essence of the historical era and is the national live transmission; Intangible national culture has very important historical value, is the best embodiment of a national world outlook, and provides basic conditions for understanding the social and group situation at that time; Folk, oral and other intangible cultural heritage can make up for the lack of official classics and help people understand the previous history and culture more comprehensively. (2) Intangible cultural heritage with important cultural value is the crystallization of wisdom of different nationalities and groups, which contains the essence of culture and has important reference value for understanding population culture. Intangible cultural heritage reflects the way of thinking and cultural characteristics of the nation, embodies the development track of the nation and is the best embodiment of the national cultural value; Society is developing and culture is accumulating. These cultures are the pillars of the existence and development of different regions. Every nation and population has its own way of life, ideas and cultural patterns, and the cultural characteristics of these different nationalities and populations together constitute the diversity of human culture. Intangible culture has gone through a long period of development, merging and crossing in different national cultures, and finally forming a harmonious but different situation, which embodies the specificity and adaptability of culture. Cultural diversity plays an important role in the development of national culture and is also the value of intangible cultural heritage.