The Value of Chinese Traditional Cultural Spirit for Building Harmonious Society

It is considered that the cultural spirit refers to the summation of the dominant values and behavioral features of the national culture of a country.It is an important principle of methodology to study the cultural issue starting with the cultural spirit.To study the Chinese traditional cultural spirit,it is necessary to first study the external and internal factors for its formation and development.The basic spirit of Chinese traditional culture mainly includes four aspects: being people-oriented,attaching importance to morality and righteousness,keeping within bounds,valuing harmony,and practical rationality.The creative digging-out and utilization of the value of the resources of Chinese traditional cultural spirit for the construction of the harmonious society in China is mainly manifested in its role in such aspects as social stability,political democracy,economic development,construction of spiritual and ecological culture,etc.