Why didn't the Philippines become a country in China cultural circle?

The countries in China's cultural circle mainly include China, Japan, South Korea, the northern part of the peninsula, Vietnam, Thailand and Singapore. The Philippines and China belong to Asia, but the Philippines in Southeast Asia has not joined the China cultural circle in East Asia. * * * Promote cultural prosperity and development. From all aspects, there are two important reasons for * * *, namely, terrain restrictions and colonial factors. Let's explore the mystery together.

? First, terrain restrictions. There is an old saying in China? If you want to be rich, build roads first? This means that the traffic terrain will seriously hinder the development of economy and culture. One of the important reasons why the Philippines has not become a country in China cultural circle is the barrier of topography. Although China looks very close to Southeast Asia on the map, before Lingnan was fully developed, Southeast Asia was estimated to be as far away as immortality in the eyes of northern military nobles. The Philippines developed very late because it was blocked by the South China Sea and was not on the ancient road leading to the Indian Ocean. Affected by geographical location and topography, the hot climate further hindered the spread and integration of Chinese culture.

? ? Second, colonial factors. As we all know, in ancient times, Southeast Asian countries were mainly influenced by Indian culture, while China's cultural influence mainly radiated to Viet Nam. The decline of India and the large-scale southward migration of Chinese groups have changed this situation, but it is already the eve of the western colonial world. The Philippines has long been colonized by Spain, so Spanish culture has a great influence on the Philippines. They destroyed the potential culture of the Philippines by political means, formed a cultural fault and slaughtered a large number of humanized immigrants in the Philippines. Therefore, Spain's religious and blood infiltration in the Philippines is also quite successful, which also affects the integration of Chinese cultural circles from the side.

In addition, most of the ancient civilizations in Indo-China Peninsula (except northern Vietnam), Sumatra and Java have experienced two rounds of influence from Hinduism and Buddhism, so that the culture brought by the colonists prevailed and became the main Christian countries in Southeast Asia. So the limelight of Christianity has crushed China culture.

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