Confucius not only taught us knowledge, but also integrated his thoughts into all aspects of our lives to guide our lives, which shows the importance of Confucius to us.
With the development of the world today, the role of cultural soft power in a country is becoming more and more prominent. Therefore, in order to publicize the culture of China, China has also established many Confucius Institutes abroad.
However, in recent years, the development of Confucius Institutes abroad has not been smooth. So how should China culture go to the world?
the?Confucius Institute
"The future of world culture is the revival of China culture". Admittedly, this sentence is not right or wrong, but it is just someone else's point of view, but it also reflects the influence of China culture from the side.
China today is not the backward and poor country it used to be. Our life in China is beautiful, science and technology are developing rapidly, and our position in the world is becoming more and more important. However, this will bring a problem to our people. How can we better enhance China's international influence?
In fact, the best thing is cultural infiltration. China also realized the importance of cultural soft power, so he took Confucius, the most representative of China, abroad.
If "Confucius" can have a great response abroad and be praised by foreigners in culture, then China will have the cultural strength that matches its status as a great power and will be able to push China to a higher position.
At the beginning, there were more than 1 000 Confucius Institutes abroad, and the initial response was good. After all, like Socrates and other celebrities, Confucius is not only a celebrity in China, but also a celebrity in the world, so many people come here out of curiosity.
The Confucius Institute is like a window, connecting Chinese and foreign people and letting them know something.
It is reported that the operation of the Confucius Institute is very strong, and the China International Chinese Education Foundation is responsible for it. The foundation brings together top universities in China, such as Peking University and beijing language and culture university, which also shows the country's efforts to the Confucius Institute.
Culture knows no borders.
It has always been said that music has no national boundaries, so does culture have national boundaries? In fact, to some extent, culture has no national boundaries.
After all, this ideological thing is easy to produce * * * songs, so whether at home or abroad, we just say that the time of acceptance is different and the cultural atmosphere of acceptance is different.
After all, we are all human beings and have some emotional voices, so we can feel the same feelings in the emotional experience of culture more or less.
There is a reason why China wants to make a breakthrough in culture. After all, many foreign countries have a certain influence in a foreign country by virtue of the power of culture.
For example, Japanese animation, which was originally a national industry, has become the culture of the whole world, thus affecting the whole world and improving the popularity of Japan itself.
For example, Korean dramas in South Korea are also popular overseas because of their unique TV drama styles, thus enhancing the popularity of South Korea. The United States also relies on Hollywood's rise in all directions. These are the forces produced by culture.
Therefore, if China wants to enhance its popularity and status, it is natural to develop its culture and let China's culture go abroad, so as to develop China as a big country.
Moreover, as a culture, it has no national boundaries and is interoperable. We should be able to make people abroad feel the uniqueness of culture, so as to further enhance the strength of China.
what course to follow
"If we follow the style of our predecessors meticulously, then tradition will be worthless."
Culture belongs to a country and the world, but it is also different. In the infiltration of culture, we should not just follow the tradition, or copy our own model without any change. We should adapt to local conditions and proceed from reality, so as to develop and make a difference.
But in fact, Confucius Institute is facing great challenges abroad.
Originally, there were more than 1000 Confucius Institutes in the world, but in Europe, almost all of them were closed, while in the United States, the number of Confucius Institutes decreased from more than 1000 to more than 40. Why?
Actually, it's not hard to think about it. First of all, it is not changed according to local conditions and combined with local cultural factors. Although cultures are interlinked, they are still different in some aspects, such as cultural atmosphere.
The Confucius Institute offers tea art, calligraphy and drama, which are only suitable for them to watch, but not for them to study. After all, they have never been influenced by this culture since childhood, so they are naturally unfamiliar with these traditional cultures, only interested in feeling, not learning.
Secondly, China has a long history and profound culture, but traditional culture like China is not suitable for going abroad, just like Japanese sushi and ukiyo-e, but it has not spread abroad. After all, these things are not suitable for popularization, and even if they are spread, there will be no gains.
I chose animation because every country in the world has animation culture and found the common ground of culture, so that I can carry forward Japanese animation. The same is true in the United States, because every country in the world will have a film industry, so film is the breakthrough.
In this way, it is naturally unreasonable to look back at the Confucius Institute in China. Moreover, it is a long process for culture to go abroad. We should not just look at the current bleak situation and evaluate its future situation. After all, everything can change.
Summary:
"In this era, there are too few constant things and too few slow things. We rushed without looking back, but the footprints, villages and shadows behind us have long since disappeared. "
This era is changing, and traditional culture is disappearing day by day. What we can do is to pass on the traditional culture, and it is also a good arrangement to let the culture go abroad.
The establishment of the Confucius Institute, though to a certain extent, is to promote China culture and thus enhance China's international status, is not wrong in itself, as is the development of any country.
But on the other hand, the development of Confucius Institute has to be said to be problematic. In the process of outbound culture, we should proceed from reality and know that it meets the needs of the people of this country, rather than being simply introduced. We should know in what ways culture can be valuable and can be liked by foreigners.
In fact, in today's world, it is more important for us to find a connection point, that is, the intersection of speeches and foreign audiences.
Just like Hollywood in the United States, Japanese anime and Korean dramas in South Korea, the Confucius Institute can represent China, but it is not competitive in modern times. It is true that China culture should go abroad, but there is still a long way to go to stand the test for a long time.