What is regional culture?

Regional culture refers to the cultures of different regions in China in the pre-Qin period. Some experts believe that regional culture refers to the distinctive archaeological culture created by people in specific areas of China at specific historical stages.

In China, regional culture generally refers to the cultural tradition with a long history and unique features, which still plays a role in a specific area, and is the expression of the ecology, folk customs, traditions, habits and other civilizations in a specific area. It is integrated with the environment within a certain geographical scope, so it is branded as a region and has its own uniqueness.

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In the integrated and diversified development pattern of Chinese civilization, the first thing that develops is the regional culture with similarities and differences, differences and similarities, diversity and competition. For example, from the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties to the Warring States Period, Yanzhao culture, Sanjin culture, Zhongyuan culture, Sanqin culture, Ganlong culture, Bashu culture, Chu culture, Lingnan culture and Wuyue culture were formed in the vast land of China.

Among these regional cultures, only Qilu culture completed the transformation from regional culture to mainstream culture in Qin and Han dynasties, and other regional cultures only merged into mainstream culture as cultural factors.

Qilu culture takes Confucianism as its core. Confucius raised the traditional political and moral thought from an unprecedented theoretical height to a new height, thus injecting new soul into Qilu culture. With Confucianism, Qilu culture truly has the transcendence of nationality and region, and can truly shoulder the historical mission of leading China culture.

In the Han Dynasty, the Confucianism reformed by Dong Zhongshu played an important role in stabilizing the unified centralized rule and had an immeasurable positive impact on the psychological structure of the Chinese nation with the Han nationality as the main body. It not only won the favor of the rulers, but also was recognized by the ruled. It is the most suitable ideology for patriarchal agricultural society in China.

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