Cultural value and cultural influence of the victory anniversary of the anti-Japanese war

From the perspective of cultural science, our country will be September 3 as the Chinese People's War of Resistance victory anniversary, and at the same time set December 13 as the Nanjing Massacre victims of the country Memorial Day, with a strong cultural orientation and rich cultural implications, its significant cultural values and cultural impact will be far-reaching long.

Cultural characteristics

As a phenomenon of human social history, the establishment of the Chinese people's victory anniversary of the anti-Japanese war has strong and distinct cultural characteristics.

First of all, symbolic. The greatest achievement of human creation is culture, and the most basic element of culture is the symbol. The world of human culture consists of colorful symbols. All human activities originate from the symbol, which is the foundation of culture. China's anti-Japanese war as an important part of the World Anti-Fascism wars, indicating the establishment, dissemination and extension of the "Victory anniversary of the anti-Japanese war", not only has "Peking opera", "Chinese knot" like Chinese cultural symbol, but also has the world cultural symbol meaning.

Secondly, the times. The so-called times, embodies the characteristics of the times, reflects the demands of the times. The international community is increasingly becoming a community of your destiny. The establishment of the "Victory anniversary of the anti-Japanese War" shows that contemporary China is actively adapting to the trend of the times, will continue to hold high the banner of peace, development, cooperation and win, and highlight the spirit of mutual benefit and win, vigorously advocate the sense of human destiny community, advocating the world's interests in the To promote common development among countries in the pursuit of their own development.

Its third, national nature. The national cultural characteristics of the "victory anniversary of the anti-Japanese war" come from the national character of the Chinese People's War of resistance against Japan. The baptism of the war flames not only stimulated the Chinese people's thinking about the future and destiny of the Chinese nation and the correct way to revitalize the nation, but also made the Chinese nation in the spirit of unity and progress in the organization reached unprecedented heights, and thus realized the independence of the Chinese nation and the liberation of the Chinese people. Today, China has established a Memorial Day in the form of legislation, not to perpetuate hatred, but to take history as a mirror, to face the future, to establish national self-confidence and historical self-confidence.

Its four, human nature. The significance of the world and human nature of the official commemoration and memorial in the name of the Chinese state lies in revealing the war crimes of the Japanese invaders, bearing in mind the profound disaster caused by the aggression to the Chinese people and the people of the world, and demonstrating the Chinese people's firm stance against the war of aggression, safeguarding human dignity At the same time also conveys the human love peace and justice, the pursuit of cooperation and development of good feelings.

Cultural essence

The essence of culture reflects the inherent stipulation and distinction of different forms of cultural phenomena and cultural activities of human beings. To accurately grasp the cultural essence of "victory anniversary of anti-Japanese war" is the necessary requirement of correctly understanding its cultural implication and effectively exerting its cultural function.

First, it presents a ritual. Festival Ritual is one of the important manifestations of human cultural activities, because of its solemn atmosphere, procedural norms, profound characteristics, but has a strong symbolic significance, great psychological hint and the power of the shocking. In fact, the establishment of a war Victory Day, in the form of a national memorial, ritual, commemorating the deaths of the people in the war or tragedy, celebrating the great victory of the peoples, since the First World War, has become a practice internationally. For example, Poland, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy and other countries will be January 27 as a national day of mourning, Russia and other countries will be the day of the surrender of Germany as a victory anniversary, the war at the sacrifice of the soldiers mourning, to celebrate the victory of the anti-fascist War.

Second, it awakens a cultural memory. "Memory" is regarded as a concept closely connected with culture, history and so on, in order to verify the rationality of the collective existence and to consolidate the collective identity. In fact, as early as August 13, 1951, the People's Republic of China AC issued a circular, the September 3 is the Victory Day of the war of Resistance. Now, the National People's Congress in the form of legislation, the day is determined as the victory anniversary of the war of Resistance, it is clear that it awakened the Chinese nation on the history of Sino-Japanese War and the history of the World Anti-fascism cultural memory.

Again, it carries a mainstream consciousness. The establishment of the "Victory anniversary of the anti-Japanese War", it is carrying a mainstream consciousness in China today, that is, in order to better cherish the memory of the Chinese people in the anti-Japanese War of heroes and all the people who contributed to the anti-Japanese War, bearing in mind the Chinese people's struggle against the Highlighting the important status of the Chinese People's War of resistance against Japan in the World Anti-Fascist War, the Chinese people firmly uphold the firm stand of national sovereignty, territorial integrity and world peace, carry forward the great national spirit with patriotism as its core, and inspire the people of all nationalities to strive for the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese

Finally, it contains a core value. The core of culture is the question of value. "The victory anniversary of the anti-Japanese War" contains the core value of the Chinese nation's tradition of advocating justice, loving peace, slavishness and forging ahead in unity. In fact, the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japan has promoted the awakening of the Chinese nation, helped to establish the United Nations, promoted the establishment of the UN Charter and other basic principles of international relations, and exerted far-reaching influence on the formation of the New World order after the war. Obviously, the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japan is the victory of Justice, the victory of peace, the victory of the people, the victory of Unity, the triumph of freedom over oppression, the light over darkness, and the progress against the reactionary.

Cultural values

The cultural value comes from the process of "human being" and must be returned to the process of "human being". The establishment of "Victory Day of anti-Japanese war" has very important cultural value for the construction of contemporary Chinese ideology and culture, especially for the cultivation and practice of socialist core values.

One is to help inspire national consciousness. National consciousness refers to the people living in the same country in the long-term common life, the sum of emotion and mentality formed in production and struggle for the whole nation is a sense of national ownership, sense of pride and belonging, which is based on the cognition and understanding of the history, culture and national conditions of the country. The establishment of the "Victory anniversary of anti-Japanese War" plays an important role in the generation and cultivation of national consciousness of the whole nation. In fact, national consciousness is not only a kind of political consciousness, but also a kind of cultural consciousness, it can arouse citizen's sense of responsibility and duty to a great extent, it is advantageous to national prosperity and national strong, make it invincible in the fierce competition of all nationalities.

The second is to help construct national identity. The Chinese nation, composed of 56 nationalities, as a conscious and stable community, is a matter of entering into modern times, especially after Sino-Japanese War. The name "The Chinese nation" is widely used, is after the founding of the Xinhai Revolution, the earliest seen in Sun Yat-sen as the provisional President of the Declaration, since the "five Republican Republic" became a slogan. It is the war of aggression waged by Japanese militarism and the anti-aggression against the Chinese people, which has greatly enhanced the Chinese people's identity of the "Chinese nation". The establishment of "Victory Day of anti-Japanese war" will certainly contribute to the recognition of Chinese and children national community at home and abroad.

The third is to promote the Chinese spirit. The Chinese spirit is the immortal national soul of the Chinese nation and an important display of the soft power of China's culture. The great anti-Japanese war has bred a great spirit of anti-Japanese War, that is, the Chinese children slavishness, unwilling to humiliate the spirit of self-reliance, the world rise and fall, the patriotic spirit of affair, Unite, concerted efforts of the spirit of unity, Sheshengwangsi, the sacrifice of the spirit of perseverance, the spirit of perseverance and The Chinese spirit, including the spirit of the anti-Japanese war, is the ideological foundation and spiritual banner of the Chinese people's unity. The establishment of "victory anniversary of the anti-Japanese war" will certainly contribute to the cultivation and development of contemporary Chinese spirit.

Four is to help maintain the human conscience. For a long time, Japan's domestic forces have been unwilling to accept the result of the failure of the Second World War, to beautify the militarism war, deliberately denied the Japanese aggression crime, wanton challenge the post-war international order. The establishment of the "Victory anniversary of the anti-Japanese War" aims at inspiring the people of the world to reflect on the history of war and uphold the conscience of mankind, while demonstrating the determination of the Chinese people to defend the success of World War II and the postwar international order. (Xu Yaoqiang Author is the deputy Director of Ministry of Cultural Construction of China Electric Power Enterprise Federation, the executive under-Secretary-General of China Electric Power Institute)