1. integration. The integration function of culture refers to its coordinating effect on the actions of group members, just like ants crossing the river. Different members of social groups are unique actors, who act according to their own needs and their judgment and understanding of the situation.

2. direction. The guiding function of culture means that culture can provide direction and alternative ways for people's actions. By sharing culture, actors can know what kind of behavior they think is appropriate, which can arouse positive responses and tend to choose effective actions. This is the guidance of culture to behavior.

3. Maintain order. Culture is the accumulation of people's common life experience in the past, and it is something that people think is reasonable and generally accepted through comparison and choice. The formation and establishment of a certain culture means that certain values and behavioral norms are recognized and followed, and it also means the formation of a certain order.

4. continue. From the perspective of generations, if culture can be spread to new generations, that is, the next generation also recognizes and shares the culture of the previous generation, then culture has the function of inheritance.