Some time ago, at an academic seminar on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, there was an associate professor named Hong Chu of Taiwan Province Normal University. His thesis is "Comparison of History Textbooks across the Taiwan Strait", in which how to introduce the Great Wall is included in the comparison. Now, in the newly revised textbooks of Taiwan Province Province, when introducing the Great Wall, the information contained in history is basically diluted, and only the architectural aspects are introduced. This in itself reflects our activities to promote Chinese culture on the island of Taiwan Province Province, and its significance should be subtle, with very vivid and concrete examples to guide and educate the people in Taiwan Province Province, especially the younger generation.
Culturally speaking, from the perspective of China's traditional culture, we are all younger generations, all younger generations.
The Great Wall is also very interesting from the perspective of China's traditional ancient philology. In fact, the concept of the Great Wall did not appear until after the Qin Dynasty. It existed before the Yugoslav capital, and the prototype of the city existed in the Shang Dynasty. At first, it was basically a boundary division. The concept of the real Great Wall prototype, a word "Xinjiang". Pictographically speaking, the word "Tian" in Xinjiang is a compacted clod with two horizontal boards in the middle, or as we saw on the Great Wall of Han Dynasty, it is padded with reeds or wooden blocks, layer by layer. Plate building is the most traditional way to build a city in China. In the 1970s, the oldest method was still used in the construction of rural walls. The two door panels were tamped layer by layer, and the Lu Jie Festival was placed on one layer. Then this border is the earliest and most traditional city wall in China. From the point of view of philology, edges and walls are the same. Those concepts related to Xinjiang, including fields, fields and city walls, all appear in the form of plates. Therefore, this chessboard was later called layout. The meaning of territory is the range and area that you control with the wall as the boundary. It can be said that the cultural significance of our earliest construction of the Great Wall can be seen from what our ancestors created with words. Even including the border, the word "edge" means that the watchtower is very high, and there is earthwork below, which can be endless. The ancient Great Wall, translated by the West as "GREET WALL", is a very accurate translation. The Great Wall was originally a wall, but later it became a boundary. Boundary refers to the structure composed of compacted soil above and wood below. So our border line is also directly related to the rammed civil wall.
Many scholars believe that after the completion of the Great Wall, it is basically a boundary between nomadic people and agricultural people, and even a boundary of lifestyle. In short, it is the gap between civilized living conditions, which is both a gap and a fusion. Since the Warring States Period, this kind of border pattern has existed all over China, including the inland of China during the Warring States Period, and this kind of defensive border also exists. By the Qin Dynasty, it had great political and cultural significance. Because, as a unity, Qin "shares the same book, the same car and the same track", and the construction of the Great Wall should also integrate the whole territory. In the Han Dynasty, Hexi Corridor was basically the traffic line to maintain the Han Dynasty. The traffic line is to maintain the enclave. Which enclave? It's sandbar, it's Dunhuang. Dunhuang is also a place where Han people live in compact communities and control the whole western region. There are Xiongnu in the north and Northern Emperor in the south, caught in the cracks. The Hexi Great Wall was built along the Hexi Corridor. This is a military traffic tunnel and supply line. It is also the traffic line of Dunhuang. The Great Wall maintains the Silk Road. This section of the Great Wall, we feel very different from the Great Wall of Ming Dynasty. In fact, it means the same thing-blocking the horse wall, because nomads are the most powerful in the military. As we all know, after the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the way of fighting with horses, riding and shooting, and car fighting has been abandoned, and the tactics of riding and shooting by one person have been learned. This tactical assault ability is very strong, and nomadic people mainly rely on cavalry to conquer agricultural people. To build the Great Wall, there is no doubt that you can come here, but if the horse can't cross it, your fighting capacity will be gone. You can't beat China infantry. The Great Wall of Han Dynasty in Hexi Corridor played the role of a horse wall. What we are seeing now is the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty. What impresses us most is that it is a cultural carrier and there are many cultural facilities around it, including folk customs, religions and humanities.
One more thing, the Great Wall policy of the Qing Dynasty is actually worth studying. The Qing dynasty was "building a temple fair to win 65438+ one million soldiers". Therefore, Chengde is a Great Wall condensed in the Qing Dynasty, a spiritual Great Wall, and a Great Wall that integrates the Chinese nation and many ethnic groups. I think the ethnic policy of the Qing Dynasty is the most successful, which comes down in one continuous line with the Great Wall thought and is a positive embodiment of the Chinese nation's long-standing Great Wall defense thought-through ethnic integration.
Today, we will learn from the Great Wall and bring this spirit into play. The Great Wall is a symbol of China culture. It is a symbol of the Chinese nation's resistance to foreign aggression and perseverance; It is also a symbol of Chinese unity, integration and development. It is also a symbol of the creative ability of the Chinese nation. I think these are the cultural significance of the Great Wall. Of course, there are deeper cultural connotations, including archaeology, culture and history, including the difference between farming and nomadism, including geography, military affairs and transportation. There are many things around the Great Wall that need to be further developed, including folk houses, military camp culture, local markets, local religious beliefs and Guan Gong beliefs (all ancient soldiers believed in Guan Gong religion). In addition, the Great Wall military protection has a first-line and second-line echelon configuration. In fact, ancient military thought is the same as modern military thought, although cold weapons are different from hot weapons. These aspects should be fully explored.
In a word, the Great Wall provides us with a multi-directional carrier, not a single one. The younger generation in Taiwan Province Province, most of them read the Great Wall from textbooks. How to turn China culture and China history into living things, then link this history with the present, and finally integrate their thoughts, so that Chinese civilization can be passed down.
Now, China is in a state of development, and it is also influenced by the international environment. Gu said three paragraphs in On Jade Capacity, which is very enlightening. He said: "Be grand and fair, so that you can open your heart to change." Although you have built the Great Wall, sometimes you have to open your mind and adopt soft policies, including dealing with world civilization, and you have to be "open-minded" and "open-minded". The second sentence is "store unexpected power to eliminate the fraud in the first thing." Is active defense. If you have no defense, you will be bullied if you have unexpected threats. The Great Wall also has this function. The third sentence: "Strict and inevitable precautions, in order to spy on it." Personally, I think that our new Great Wall spirit is, first of all, the spiritual value that the Chinese nation has continued for 5000 years; Second, the new Great Wall spirit of our nation should be the strength of our comprehensive national strength and national defense; Third, our new Great Wall spirit should be an open, inclusive and pluralistic spirit that integrates the development of modern world civilization. With these, our entire Great Wall culture will last forever, keep up with the development of the times and make Chinese civilization more prosperous in the world.