Building the modern civilization of the Chinese nation requires a profound and rich historical background.
A prominent feature of Chinese civilization is its continuity. There are four ancient civilizations in the world, namely, ancient Babylon, ancient Egypt, ancient India and China. Only Chinese civilization has continued to this day in the form of a country. An important reason why Chinese civilization can last forever is that it can constantly return to its origin and create new ones.
There is a saying that "everything is new again", that is, on the one hand, in order to strengthen the cultural identity of the Chinese nation, enhance the cohesion and centripetal force of culture, and constantly return to the source of civilization; On the other hand, it pursues the flexibility of "innovation, innovation and re-innovation" ("University") and the enterprising spirit of "a gentleman strives for self-improvement" ("Yi Chuan"). It is in this tension structure of complementary, unchangeable and changeable economic rights that Chinese civilization can last for five thousand years. This just corresponds to the sentence in the Book of Songs, that is, the so-called "although Zhou is an old country, his destiny is reform." Thousands of years of civilization have accumulated and concentrated the brilliant cultural creation of the Chinese nation, recorded and reflected the ups and downs of the historical destiny of the Chinese nation, and revealed and opened up the splendid and broad cultural vision of the Chinese nation. These are the foundations of the modern civilization construction of the Chinese nation.
To build the modern civilization of the Chinese nation, we need to critically study and absorb all the outstanding achievements of foreign cultures.
From a long historical period, different civilizations have always realized their own development through mutual exchange and reference. Because every civilization has its own advantages and limitations. History has proved that there is no perfect civilization in the world, and no civilization can be called an eternal model. Recognizing this is an important condition for all civilizations to maintain self-humility, mutual respect and peace, thus forming a necessary prerequisite for defending the diversity of civilizations and maintaining the benign pattern of human civilization. Just as biodiversity is an indispensable condition for human survival and development, so is the diversity of civilization.
The exchange and mutual learning of civilizations should not fall into the homogenization of civilizations at the expense of their individuality, but should be more sound and complete on the premise of maintaining their unique traditions and advantages. A civilization trapped in self-isolation and isolation has no future, and it also lacks vitality and vigor. It has always been the normal state of the development of human civilization to learn from each other's strengths and complement each other's advantages. This is the case in history, especially in the era of globalization. As Marx pointed out, "the transition from history to world history", the isolation of national, national and regional civilizations was gradually broken, and the whole earth became a "small village". With the rapid development of Internet technology and artificial intelligence technology, the universal communication of human beings has become an irreversible trend. In this context, to build the modern civilization of the Chinese nation can only be achieved through mutual learning of civilizations on the basis of "world history".
Practice itself is a perceptual and creative activity, which always opens itself to the future. The implementation of this practical orientation at present means that based on China's modernization and Socialism with Chinese characteristics's concrete practice, a modern Chinese civilization with a sense of the times, originality and deep roots in China can be actively constructed on this basis. It can be said that resorting to practice is the basic way for Chinese civilization to modernize.
To build the modern civilization of the Chinese nation, it is necessary to build China into a cultural power from today's cultural power.