definition of culture religion

1、Culture, this term is all-inclusive , I think,if we want to clear the definition of culture, we can start with the differences between nature , culture and civilization.Firstly,lets say the differences between nature and culture.We can easily say what is natural, the core of nature is something with

2、out artificial modification and external forces. Then what about culture?Its opposite to nature, by comparison, we can come to one of the basic elements of culture, which is man-made,.so we can say culture is just the process of humanizing.Next, let's look at the difference between culture and c

3、ivilization. Civilization is the complex of material wealth and spiritual wealth created by human. Culture is our ideas, behavior, customs, habits, representatives formed in a period of time ,and all activities influenced by these.It seems difficult to make a distinction between culture and ciliviti

4、on.however ,if you carefully compare,you can find that ,although theyre both created by human,civilization only refer to the good aspects while culture include both the good and bad aspects. For example, we often say fast _food culture, but we will never say fast-food civilization.From the above, we

5、 can conclude that culture is created by man, encompassing a broad spectrum, its the initial stage of the formation of civilization. Traditional Chinese culture: is a complex entity, from different angles we can get different characteristics. Just like adiamond, each side is shiny. However, any cult

6、ure in the long course will form their own theme, which constitutes the unity of the whole culture. So what is typical of Chinese culture,? As already said, culture is created by people, people are not only the main part of culture, but also the carrier of culture. When we explore the Chinese cultur

7、e, we cant leave the analysis of Chinese people ,   Above all,the Chinese culture is ethics-based _oriented, there is no other country in the world uplifting the ethical and moral thing to such a high position like China, We can cite many examples, such as the political culture system of v

8、enerating the emperor's power, the clan culture system of stressing age order, the academic culture system of emphasising the study of ethics and so on. All of this is the miniature of chinese ethical society .其次，西方文化的倾向是征服世界，注重向外探求，譬如发现美洲新大陆。 Second, the tendency of Western culture is conquerin

9、g the world, paying attention to exploring the outside world,such as the discover of America. the tendency of Chinese culture is to conquer their own, paying attention to the inward-oriented exploration. As the most famous saying goes:”：”Every day I examine myself once and again. “Confucianism, Budd

10、hism and Taoism all have the tendencies. to emphasis on inward transcendence .so,The Chinese culture, including Indian Buddhist thought that everyone has Buddha-nature or conscience, everyone can become a saint or Buddha, while the western think that theyre the servant of God ,they will never become

11、 God.总而言之，西方文化的倾向是征服世界，东方文化是征服自己。 In short, the tendency of conquering the world, the Oriental culture to conquer their own. 西方。Western culture is more suitable for shaping hero, Oriental culture is more suitable for creating saints. Heroes conquer the world, saints conquer their own. Heroes may not

12、 be saints, but saints are to be made into a hero.最后，中国文化具有整体性，它表现为传统文化的各种表现形式之间不是彼此孤立的，而是相互密切关联、相互影响的一个整体。 Finally, Chinese culture is holistic, it shows various manifestations of traditional culture.Whats more,every aspects is not isolated, but closely interrelated. for example ,the five elements,

13、 metal, wood, water, fire, earth, can correspond to organs in the body,” the lung, liver, kidney, heart, spleen, also “"feelings of people worry, anger, fear , happy, thinking even peoples ethical behavior benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trust, the five elements not only refle

14、cts nature, but also reflect the law of social changes and developments. Above is my view of Chinese typical culture . of course, Chinese culture also has other features,such as changeable, inclusive and so on.but those are not so important,Im not going to repeat them. Is yin yang the essence of chi

15、nese culture?how does yinyang manifest itself today? Is yin yang the essence of chinese culture? How does yinyang manifest itself today? I agree with the idea that yinyang is the essence of chinese culture.First of all, yinyang has a very early origin. (Universal Algebra) 、“ 第 一号成功预测” (The No1.Succe

16、ss Formula) the theory ofYin yang starts with "Book of Changes", "Book of Changes" is one of the worlds most ancient philosophy book.,which had a lasting influence in the academic field.so people respect "Book of Changes" as the "the origin of dao," ",&qu

17、ot; the source of Chinese culture " (Universal Algebra)," "(The No1.Success Formula) Of course, early origin doest represent that yin yang occupy the most important position in Chinese culture. The important things is yinyang is all-inclusive. With the features of unity of opposites,

18、penetration, interaction, mutual transformation ,yinyang can explain all the phenomena of the universe, and even the phenomenon of human life. With different Permutations and Combinations of Yin yang symbol people can simulate a variety of features and changes of things.with the profound enlightenme

19、nt philosophy ,people can explore the mutual relations of Heaven (nature, cosmology), Earth(objective material world), humanity (political, economic, ethical life; ideology) The scope of its research and discussion is very broad,the content is also complex ,such as Tai Chi, heaven and earth, Tao, di

20、rector of qi, the metaphysical, the physical, myth and so on. Perhaps Some people object to this, they use the Golden Mean, or that truth the good and the beautiful as the essence of Chinese culture, but the Golden Mean itself is the result of Yin and Yang,.as true ,good and beautiful, theyre also t

21、he result of interaction of yin and yang. l、the opposition and conversion of yinyang, saying "true" .everything is formed by transformation of yin and yang, this is the eternal truth, the past is the case, now is the case, the future certainly is the case, the natural and social sciences c

22、an prove it, so yinyang is true.2, yin and yang complement each other, saying "good" All things exist with both sides. the two aspects sometimes comes in mutually exclusive forms, sometimes comes in complementary forms. Among them, the yin and yang, with two complementary forms come to the

23、 best results, saying "good." 3, the harmony of Yin and Yang is "beauty" Things contains both yin and yang. the ever-changing shows ranges of combinations, if the combination shows harmony and unity, gives a pleasant feeling,we can say its beauty" . In short, as the essence

24、of Chinese culture,yinyang is the philosophy of unity of opposites, it's deep thinking to analyze and judge things, which goes from the abstract academic to the practical areas of human life, from the philosopher Lecture to the various areas of daily life .every time it will act on the productio

25、n and development of culture .As yin and yang is all-inclusive, until today, in architecture, medicine and other areas we can see its widely use. I will only select a number of recent new phenomenon and new disciplines, to proof the application of yinyang. First, the yin-yang theory has gradually at

26、tracted attention in business administration, many companies regard yin and yang theory as the core concept of corporate culture. Yin and Yang and five elements are all derived from the non-polar, Everything has yin and yang and five elements. Five components of enterprise Organization: the procurem

27、ent and logistics inventory management, quality management and business planning, production and project management, sales and product development management, human resources and financial management. They can be compared with the interrelated relationship between the five elements. Enterprise manag

28、ement system must have the concept of yin and yang, which is equivalent to using the most advanced systems management created by our ancestors. the constraints and harmony of yinyang is the protection of enterprise development. Not only in the economic field, in the field of literature and art, yin

29、and yang concept also plays important role. Recently in China,the network novel is in the blooming period, whicn has a huge branch called fantasy fiction. the ancient Yin and Yang is playing with new vigor.in it. And in variety of design studioes, many works that highlight yin yang characteristics h

30、as been well welcomed. Yin and Yang theory has been applied to the communication process. We often say “play Ta Chi.It is not just referring to Tai Chi, but also the art of communication between human interaction,.the consistency of yin and yang, is full of gentle charm.    What is the rel

31、ation between religion and culture?would you relate confucianism to religion or to culture? What is the relation between religion and culture? Would you relate confucianism to religion or to culture?  The problem is our group's discussion, but our opinion have large differences, as far as I

32、m concerned, religion is subordinate to culture. From the conceptual point of view, culture, including all human mental activities, and religion is a particular form of ideological belief, including rich cultural connotation, obviously it should go to the cultural category. I think that can aslo be

33、interpreted from the perspective of language, when we refer to religion, we will say that religious culture, but we will never say cultural religion, so ,religion is clearly subordinate to culture. Religion and other components of culture interact, enriching the culture itself .has close relationshi

34、p with Chinese culture. By ways of Collision ,Absorption,buddist have quite a significant impact,it has created an extremely rich cultural heritage,which has great social history valueFor example,Without Buddhist, We will don't so numerous peoples and their history and culture. Buddhist culture

35、history in our country has born many great thinkers artists、 Scientists,such as xuan zang, jianzhen ,Who make a tremendous contribution to culture exchange.In Song Ming period The Confucianists is against Buddhism, But it still absorb Buddhist philosophy, Forming a management school. From the view o

36、f literary , Buddhism also brought China's literature to a new Italian territory , New cultural body.it even have a very deep impact on our opera and other popular literature.   Western cultural traditions was influenced by Christian culture . It inherits the Greek philosophy, and activitat

37、e Modern philosophy, Containing the ancient Greece rational humanitarian tradition、Hebrew religious spirit, the Roman law concept and so on. From certain sense, Only by understanding the Christian culture, can we understand the West's cultural traditions and cultural origins (in this cultural ba

38、ckground, Therefore, Christian culture and Western culture had a close relationship. to sum up ,It can be said Religion is an important part of cultural origins,whicn have significant impact on culture On human culture produced the development of the extremely significant impact. Other components of

39、 culture influence religion ,they interact with each other. As today's Shaolin Temple,since the influence of the business culture and entertainment culture, Buddhism has been addicted to martial, full of fame color. This is perhaps the impact of culture on religion. to some extent , religion shackle the development of other aspects of culture,.in ancient China, some rulers ruined Buddhism, it is because Buddhism take up a lot of social resources and impede social development, Excessive attachment to religious beliefs, only will make us lose ourselves. This to ourselves, to society