At present, what the cultural circles generally call "the fever of Chinese studies" is actually the fever of traditional culture in terms of its phenomenon.

The contemporary craze for Chinese studies indicates the awakening of the Chinese nation's self-consciousness, embodies the improvement of national self-esteem and self-confidence, and opens up the consciousness of national culture.

Traditional culture is not omnipotent, nor can it solve all the problems we encounter in real life.

1 As a vocabulary of Chinese characters, "Sinology" refers to the national official school that was first established in the capital in the Zhou Dynasty. /kloc-In the 8th century, a school of Sinology appeared in Japan, which refers to Japan's own ancient studies, so as to distinguish it from those from China. This usage of "Guo" as the meaning of "Guo" developed a "quintessence of Chinese culture" school in modern Japan, which advocated the preservation of national culture and opposed Europeanization. Influenced by this, at the beginning of the 20th century, China scholars put forward the concept of "Sinology", which is generally regarded as a comparative concept of "Western learning", in which "country" refers to "one's own country" and "learning" refers to academic culture. Of course, the "Sinology" used by China people refers to the local academic culture of China, which is different from foreign cultures. This is the original meaning of the concept of modern Chinese studies. In the cultural discourse since then, three usages of Chinese studies have gradually formed. The first one refers to China's inherent academic culture, that is, the academic system created by China culture thousands of years before the introduction of modern western culture. The so-called academic culture refers to academic culture, but does not include non-academic culture, such as folk customs. The second one refers to the traditional culture of China, which is larger than academic culture and includes all traditional cultural forms. The third kind refers to the research system of traditional knowledge and culture by China scholars since modern times, that is, the study of Chinese studies. By understanding the three meanings of the concept of Chinese studies, we can know that the "Chinese studies fever" commonly known in the cultural circles at present is actually a traditional cultural fever, and its concept of Chinese studies is used in the second meaning.

After criticizing and denying China's traditional culture for most of the 20th century, with the initial establishment of the socialist market economy, the first wave of "Sinology fever" came in the mid-1990s. However, the so-called craze for Chinese studies at that time, in terms of scale and nature, was only the beginning of China's "Return of One Yang". Since the beginning of the new century, the all-round upsurge of Chinese studies has risen in an all-round way and continues to heat up. The participation of the media has certainly played a great role, and the enthusiasm and demand of the people for traditional culture has become the main driving force. The fundamental reason for the rise and persistence of Sinology craze in the new century lies in the rapid and successful development of China's modernization process since 1990s, and the resulting changes in national cultural psychology. Historically, in the early stage of modernization project, post-modern countries often adopt enlightenment culture mobilization, criticize tradition and introduce western culture; However, when modernization is frustrated, it is easier to completely deny one's own cultural traditions, which reflects the collective anxiety of unsuccessful pursuit of modernization. When the modernization process enters the track of rapid development and the economy develops successfully, people's cultural self-confidence will gradually recover and their cultural identity will be enhanced. This is common in the modernization history of countries with late modernization. Since the mid-1990s in China, people who have been isolated from traditional culture to varying degrees for many years have been eager to know the splendid culture created by their ancestors while their cultural self-confidence has been restored, which has contributed to the overall demand for Chinese studies resources. From this point of view, the emergence of the craze for Chinese studies is a cultural symbol of the successful development of China's modernization, which is inevitable.

Chinese civilization is the only civilization in the world that has lasted for thousands of years and has made great contributions to the development of human civilization. The Chinese nation has suffered humiliation and twists and turns for more than a hundred years. Restoring the cultural self-confidence of the Chinese nation is of great significance to the smooth and development of national life. The craze for Chinese studies has made us realize that we can't look at China's modernization process since the 1990s in isolation, but we should understand it from the overall development of the Chinese nation and the tortuous history since modern times, and we should connect it with the vitality and life process of the Chinese nation, regard it as a new chapter in the history of China's struggle and the new development of Chinese civilization, and understand its achievements from the perspective of the Chinese nation. In other words, the development achievements in the past 30 years of reform and opening up have made more and more people realize that these great achievements are attributed to the hard work and creativity of the people of China and to the culture and values of the Chinese nation. The contemporary craze for Chinese studies indicates the awakening of the Chinese nation's self-consciousness, embodies the improvement of national self-esteem and self-confidence, and opens up the consciousness of national culture, which is of great significance to the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

This also involves the relationship between cultural tradition and national spirit. China culture is the foundation of China people's life. The spirit of the Chinese nation has been nourished and strengthened in the history of Chinese civilization for thousands of years. Therefore, the national spirit of the Chinese nation and its connotation cannot be separated from the traditional culture of China, and the traditional culture of China is the main soil and environment for the formation of the Chinese national spirit. The national spirit is consistent, but its performance will be influenced by various social factors, so sometimes it is obvious and carried forward, and sometimes it is unremarkable. It should be said that the more culturally conscious people are, the more fully and completely the national spirit can be carried forward. The craze for Chinese studies shows that with the rise of China in the world, China people's understanding and attitude towards traditional culture has changed or is changing fundamentally, and the national spirit of the Chinese nation is going through a process from freedom to consciousness, which is a crucial period to carry forward the national spirit. The craze for Chinese studies reflects the beginning of Chinese cultural consciousness. Cultural consciousness is to know the history of the occurrence, growth and development of one's own culture, to know the uniqueness, existence value and universal significance of one's own culture, to connect and integrate individuals into this long river of history and culture, and to establish cultural identity. For Chinese culture, an endless ancient civilization, cultural consciousness is an important condition to promote cultural rejuvenation, and cultural self-confidence promotes cultural consciousness and enhances national vitality.