What are the historical and geographical environments in which China's traditional culture came into being?

Geographical environment is the material basis for human survival and development, and its influence on culture is extremely important, especially in the early stage of human society with low productivity, and its influence is even decisive, as is the influence of China's historical geographical environment on China's traditional culture.

1. Historical and geographical environment of China

(1) Topography

China is a mountainous country, with mountainous plateaus and hills accounting for about 65% of the national land area. Those below 5 meters above sea level only account for 25 or 2% of the country's land surface, while those above 3 meters account for 25 or 9%. There are 12 peaks over 8,m in the world, including 7 in China. The general trend of China's topography is gradually descending from west to east, showing a three-step topography and landform with obvious drop. China is backed by Eurasia in the northwest and faces the Pacific Ocean in the southeast, with a vast territory and complex terrain.

(2) Climatic environment

With the distance from the sea, Chinese mainland has formed an obvious trend of gradual change from southeast to northwest from humid, semi-arid to arid. Chinese mainland is from south to north, with mountains and rivers as the natural boundary, showing a gradual change of tropical, subtropical, warm temperate, middle temperate and cold temperate zones. The monsoon climate is obvious. The main performance is that the prevailing wind direction changes significantly in winter and summer, and the precipitation changes obviously seasonally with the advance and retreat of monsoon. Continental climate is strong. It shows that the average temperature in winter and summer is quite different from other regions or countries at the same latitude, which is lower in winter and higher in summer, and the annual temperature difference is large.

(3) The geographical diversity of China: the vast territory and all-encompassing landforms; There are many types of climate.

the overall characteristics of China's geography: firstly, many rivers are like blood vessels, which link the vast areas of the mainland together. The Yellow River and the Yangtze River run through the three steps, connecting China's land and things. Hanshui River and Huaihe River connect these two rivers. Xiangjiang River and Ganjiang River, tributaries of the Yangtze River, originated from Nanling Mountain together with Lijiang River and Beijiang River belonging to the Pearl River system. Lingqu was dug in the Qin Dynasty to connect Xiangjiang River and Lijiang River. Xijiang River connects Lingnan and Yungui. Chinese mainland became a whole.

Secondly, the geographical access: Chinese mainland has complex terrain and numerous mountains, but no matter how steep the terrain is, nature always provides people with convenient transportation. In fact, there is almost no place where people have not exchanged.

2. the influence of historical and geographical environment on the traditional culture of China;

(1) the influence of historical geographical environment on the diversification of traditional culture in China

Different geographical environments have great influence on the formation and development trend of different cultural types. The diversity of geographical environment in China objectively constitutes the material basis for the coexistence of multi-nationalities, multiple economic components and multiple cultural types. Different geographical environment and material conditions make people form different lifestyles and ideas. In terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation, there have always been great differences in different places, and over time, different customs and habits have been formed.

(2) the influence of historical and geographical environment on the "multi-integration pattern".

China's geographical environment, especially the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, is relatively superior, which provides suitable conditions for the development of agriculture. The dominant traditional culture in China, whether material or spiritual, is based on farming economy. They were formed in agricultural areas and spread with the expansion of agricultural areas. A large number of Han (Huaxia) people are constantly moving from the Yellow River basin to the south, northwest and northeast. The cultural advantage and quantity are that these immigrants eventually become the main population in the moving area, and the culture they bring naturally becomes the main culture in the moving area. Of course, traditional culture also absorbs the essence of animal husbandry and other national cultures, thus forming a historical trend of cohesion of all ethnic groups and integration of multi-cultural types, thus forming a pluralistic and integrated pattern with farming culture as the main body in China.

(3) The historical and geographical environment has influenced the formation of China's traditional "ethical and political culture".