What is the general impact of Chinese traditional culture on the West?

Cultural consciousness and cultural self-confidence reflect a country and a nation’s deep understanding of its own cultural development,

its own culture

Firm recognition of values ??and full understanding of the impact of one’s own culture. At present, cultivating a high degree of cultural consciousness and cultural self-confidence requires both

a deeper understanding and mastery of the socialist core value system and core values, and also the need to "use the past for the present"

and promote

Promote my country’s excellent traditional culture,

be more broadly aware of the great contributions my country’s traditional culture has made to human civilization,

including

influence on Western culture.

Chinese culture has long been full of self-confidence, and its cultural inferiority in modern times has its historical and practical reasons

In ancient times, China's economic and social development has always been at the forefront of the world. Tradition, cultural value,

Cultural influence has always been full of confidence and pride.

The cultural inferiority complex in modern times has both historical and practical reasons.

From a historical perspective, after the Opium War,

Western

cultural borrowing

"strong ships and powerful guns"

frontally invaded Chinese tradition Culture,

Chinese traditional culture is declining, and

the traditional value system has been greatly impacted

. Under this situation, some people advocate the theory of "total Westernization" and believe that Chinese traditional culture is inferior to Western culture in every aspect.

This kind of cultural inferiority still has an impact on people's psychology today.

From a practical perspective,

With the deepening

development of economic globalization,

the value of Western culture as a strong culture to the Chinese people Concepts,

ways of thinking,

aesthetic tastes, etc. have a profound impact.

Some people have a profound influence on Chinese traditional culture and

enhancement They feel unconfident about the international influence of Chinese culture.

Some even maliciously belittle their own

excellent traditional culture.

In this case,

To rebuild the cultural confidence of the Chinese people,

it is necessary to macroscopically explore the profoundness and openness of Chinese traditional culture

content,

it is also necessary to systematically sort out the evolution of Chinese traditional culture,

to make scientific judgments on its reasonable factors and intrinsic value,

especially

It is necessary to make a proper analysis and evaluation of the influence of Chinese traditional culture on the West. This is a weakness of the current academic community, and it is easily overlooked by Chinese people.

In fact,

Historically,

Chinese traditional culture has penetrated into the West in all aspects with the contact with the West

Culture has even influenced the direction of Western culture.

Chinese culture has profoundly influenced Western culture, and some of its influence is even greater than the mutual influence between Western countries.

Here we discuss the influence of Chinese culture on the West,

take a broad sense,

mainly talk about the influence of ancient Chinese material civilization and spiritual civilization on the West

party's wide-ranging influence.

In terms of material civilization, the influence of China's silk and porcelain on Europe is universally recognized. This impact is not only material,

but also contains rich spiritual value.

From the

8th century BC

to the 2nd century AD

Chinese silk was continuously shipped to Europe through

the "Silk Road

Road". During this period, Chinese culture had its first major impact on the West through the silk trade. Around the 5th century BC, Chinese silk fabrics appeared on Greek statues as the clothing of ancient Greek nobles. At that time, Westerners marveled at Chinese silk

silk,

calling China

"Serris"

that is

"The Kingdom of Silk"

Silk's thinness,

softness,

lightness and shape-taking qualities,

It is consistent with the pursuit of human body freedom established by the ancient Greeks and respected by future generations of Westerners.

With its material properties

Silk is a good interpretation of Western aesthetic concepts.

From the Renaissance to modern times,

Silk has always been China’s bulk export to the West

Porcelain is another major carrier that reflects the influence of Chinese culture on the West.

Porcelain production has a long history in China.

However, due to its relatively fragile and

inconvenient land transportation,

Europe is extremely expensive,

a few upper-class people regard owning it as a capital to show off

Later,

as the main trade route between the East and the West was changed from land to sea,

provided the West with a large number of Chinese porcelain imports

Realistic possibilities. By the end of

the number of porcelain shipments shipped from Guangzhou, Quanzhou and other places each year reached

3 million

. China

The exquisite, delicate and gorgeous style of porcelain gave birth to the "Rococo style" that emerged in France

, and even Western scholars

I have to admit

“The compatibility between Rococo art style and ancient Chinese culture

The whole secret lies in the delicate and nuanced sentiment embodied in porcelain

”

In terms of spiritual civilization,

the impact of ancient Chinese philosophy and art on the West is equally recognized throughout the world.

Ideological theories such as Confucianism, Taoism, and Zen Buddhism

have always influenced the Western ideological circles from the Enlightenment era to the present. The influence of literature and art is particularly significant.

Yuan dramas once became popular in Europe in the

18th century

and it became fashionable to use Chinese materials to create dramas. For example, pioneers in the European Enlightenment Age used Chinese dramas to promote the rational spirit of the Enlightenment.

Voltaire's adaptation of "The Orphan of China" was staged in France.

Sensational

Europe. The artistic techniques of Chinese opera had a major influence on the West mainly in the 20th century, with the German Brecht's "Expressionism"

Drama theory is represented by the influence of Chinese Peking Opera.

Brecht had long wanted to break through the barriers of Western drama theory,

but lacked practical evidence.

When he saw the Peking Opera performed by Mei Lanfang,

the kind of stage practice that focuses on the actor's performance

and virtuality and procedures He was inspired by the modern expression techniques and put forward two important "expressionist" theoretical principles of "alienation effect" in stage practice and "breaking the fourth wall", thus laying the foundation for "expressionism" in drama. Expressionist" status. Drama (opera)

Performance, the West emphasizes "experience"

, while the East emphasizes "expression"

The brilliance of Brecht lies in the The strengths of Chinese opera made up for

the deficiencies of Western drama performances, and

it achieved great success.

When Chinese paintings using ink and wash on rice paper appeared in the West,

These were mainly used to depict landscapes,

flowers and birds, and

animals. Chinese painting, which is good at painting, complements Western oil painting, which is good at painting figures.

It immediately attracted Westerners.

The style of Chinese painting has gradually exerted an influence on the French painting world.

Many landscape paintings with Chinese style have appeared.

The freehand style of Chinese painting truly penetrated into the creative aesthetics of Western painters during the

19th

—

20th

century , successful painters include Matisse, Picasso, etc. Matisse's abstraction developed from the "Oriental style" of his teacher Moreau's Fauvism

and Picasso's Cubism evolved in the direction of "Rococo style". Other Western modernist painters whose main theme is freehand brushwork

are also more or less influenced by the Chinese painting style.

They created a new style in the Western painting world. new ambience.

Westerners

have known Chinese literary stories for a long time.

These stories followed the

"Silk Road"

Word of mouth from merchant travelers spread to the West

for example, a collection of Arabic stories written in the 10th century AD

Some Chinese stories in "One Thousand and One Nights" etc. In the

18th

—

19th

century, with the increase in trade between the East and the West, a large number of Chinese novels were translated to the West. The most famous among them is "Hao

Qiu Zhuan"

, with more than ten translations published successively. Goethe greatly appreciated the harmony between people and the coordination between people and nature shown in "The Story of Haoqiu":

"With them, nature is always there.

" After that, many famous Chinese classical novels such as "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms"

"Water Margin"

"A Dream of Red Mansions", etc. have all been translated and introduced to the West. In addition, China's

ancient poetry's vivid, concise,

concise aesthetics with distinctive imagery had a direct impact on Imagist poetry,

opening up a new realm of American poetry.

Ancient China’s institutional civilization,

scientific and technological ideas and their achievements also have a great influence on the West.

With the increasing prosperity of Western Sinology, Westerners' presentation and interpretation of their own influence on Chinese culture are becoming more and more detailed and specific.

Cultural exchanges have always been two-way, and Chinese culture will make greater contributions to the world

Cultural exchanges have always been two-way, and cultural influences are often mutual.

Contact and collision,

rejection and selection,

absorption and transformation,

different cultures are constantly communicating in this process blend.

Western culture has a profound impact on Chinese society,

but by understanding

the impact of traditional Chinese culture on the West,

we also I have seen the positive role that China's understanding of traditional culture has played in the Western world.

Even in modern times, with the rolling torrent of "Western learning spreading eastward", Chinese traditional culture has continuously penetrated into the blood of Western culture, converging into another landscape of "Eastern learning spreading eastward".

Since the 20th century,

with the unprecedented development of Western science, technology and productivity,

the Western world has faced cultural challenges. The crisis is also getting worse.

This prompted many Western intellectuals to

rethink the shortcomings of Western culture,

one after another turning their attention to the ancient East,

Hope to draw nourishment from Chinese civilization.

Tang

Yinbi’s famous dialogue with Daisaku Ikeda placed high hopes on Chinese culture as a new way out for human civilization.

To grasp the influence of traditional Chinese culture on the West,

is neither blind arrogance nor a call for cultural centralism.

Rather, we must

maintain due respect and pride for Chinese traditional culture,

and have a firm belief in the vitality and development prospects of our own culture in cultural comparison

Beliefs, form cultural consciousness, and get rid of the mentality of cultural unconfidence; do not belittle oneself and worship different cultures excessively, but seek common ground while reserving differences and complement each other in the external exchanges of Chinese culture to achieve cultural self-improvement and strengthen China The international influence of culture.

It can be believed

In the near future,

with the increasing development of China's economy and society, its international status will be further improved,

Chinese culture will have a greater impact on mankind

Civilization will make new and greater contributions