The seventeenth "International Day of the World's Indigenous People" talks about the ultimate goal of culture

On August 9, the 17th International Day of the World's Indigenous People, this year's theme is "Indigenous Design: Celebrating Legends and Cultures and Setting Your Own Future."

With the development of society and the improvement of concepts, people are increasingly realizing that in today's age, culture has become more than just a carrier of civilization and history, but has increasingly become a way of life and a possibility for existence. The recognition of the ethnic identity of a diverse culture, the preservation of the equal rights of a diverse culture, the vision of a development that supports a diversity of cultures, and the possibilities of building a cultural future have become the consensus of those who are interested.

What is culture? What is the ultimate goal of cultural development? What role does culture play in the process of human development? What kind of development is the overall development of people? Twenty-nine years ago, a report by the Commission on Culture and Development entitled "Cultural diversity and humanity's all-round development" answered these questions from a broader perspective.

In 1992, the United Nations and UNESCO jointly established the World Commission on Culture and Development. Since then, under the auspices of the former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Decupair, the committee has gathered a group of world-class political scientists, economists, cultural anthropologists, historians, natural scientists, artists and politicians around the world A wide range of investigations have been conducted within the context of this landmark report. The report said: "Culture is not a means of promoting material progress. If we regard human development as the overall prosperity of human existence, then culture is precisely the ultimate goal and destination for such development." To our credit, The report's view on "human all-round development" and "cultural diversity" remains the most classic expression in culture today.

There are many meanings of cultural development: guardianship, inheritance, innovation and development. However, it must be remembered that the most important of these factors must and must be human beings.

Just as Marx's judgment, culture is the fundamental human, the essence of culture and human nature is the same. Culture is "all the attributes of cultivating people in society." The main body of culture is man, the essence of culture is man, and the development of culture is, above all, human development. People become real people only in the process of creating culture, and people can get real "freedom" only in cultural activities. In this sense, the history of human development is actually a history of cultural conflicts and cultural reconciliation. The history of cultural development is actually a history in which mankind continues to move toward freedom. From the perspective of the entire world, modernization, informationization and globalization have made culture more and more a core element in the competition for overall national strength among nations and regions. To judge the development level of one country and one region and the progress of people promoted by culture are important criteria that can not be ignored.

Some people jokingly say that the strong American culture speaks of "three films": Hollywood blockbusters, McDonald's chips, and Intel chips. However, after all, this "three" hidden behind the human wisdom, human creativity, human development. A good piece of work, a great writer, a mature industry, will not stand overnight. A prosperous nation can not be separated from the efforts of cultural workers. An era of cultural progress can not be separated from the support of a large number of cultural people. In a prosperous country, the ultimate goal of cultural development must be the sharing of human culture.

From the beginning of mankind to the end of mankind, this is the track of culture; man-oriented and cultural man, this is the essence of culture.