[Explanation] The Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor, located on the top of Qiaoshan Mountain in Huangling County, Shaanxi Province, has a long history and was the first batch of key cultural relics protection units announced by the State Council in 1961.

The Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor was included in the national intangible cultural heritage list, and Huangling County was named as the "Hometown of Chinese Yellow Emperor Sacrificial Culture".

　　How did the Yellow Emperor culture come into being?

What is the significance of root-seeking culture to the development of the Chinese nation?

Recently, Zhang Maoze, a professor at the Institute of Chinese Ideology and Culture at Northwestern University, accepted an exclusive interview with China News Agency "East and West Questions" to interpret this.

　　[Explanation] Why did the Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor become the spiritual symbol of Chinese civilization?

　　[Concurrent] Zhang Maoze, a professor at the Institute of Chinese Ideology and Culture at Northwestern University

　　I think there are three main aspects. One is because of the Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor. Its core cultural element is the Yellow Emperor, and the Yellow Emperor is the ancestor of the Chinese nation. The first ancestor, the third one is that after he passed away, he became a banner again, because everyone worshipped him and kept worshipping him, so he became a glorious banner for unity and the common struggle of Chinese children, so mainly these three aspects of meaning.

So what about these three meanings, the basic meaning is that he is the ancestor, which is based on blood, and the second meaning is the creation of civilization, which is the core, because we are talking about ethnicity and race now, of course, this is also the foundation, but the key In civilization, so the Yellow Emperor, he is the ancestor of Chinese civilization, then the third is that after the death of the Yellow Emperor, everyone sacrificed to the Yellow Emperor, and he exerted a kind of strong spiritual power to unite and unite all the people of the Chinese nation to fight together.

　　[Explanation] Why is it said that the Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor is the spiritual bond that unites the descendants of Yan and Huang at home and abroad?

　　[Concurrent] Zhang Maoze, a professor at the Institute of Chinese Ideology and Culture at Northwestern University

　　The Yellow Emperor culture is a very important factor. It is used to unite and unite everyone to create civilization and promote the progress of historical civilization. In this aspect, I think it acts as a bond. In addition to blood ties, it also has political ties and cultural ties. several factors.

Political ties are national unification, and the Yellow Emperor is often an important factor, so he has such a political tie, as well as a cultural tie, that is, the Chinese culture, and the ancestor worship is what it embodies. Well, ancestors and descendants are connected by blood, and this middle, in the sense of life, is a kind of life that is endless.

　　[Explanation] Why do you want to explain the Chinese root-seeking culture to the world?

　　[Concurrent] Zhang Maoze, a professor at the Institute of Chinese Ideology and Culture at Northwestern University

　　Well, some excellent things have been around for thousands of years. I think some of them are from Europe and the United States (countries). They are the places where we can be more confident with them than we are. The first one is called the unity of nature and man. Harmony and harmony between man and nature, this is a Chinese tradition, and it is still the case today. The second is called dialectical thinking, which is the way of thinking. The Chinese people teach the golden mean. What are its basic characteristics called? It’s called impartiality, it’s all wrong, it’s just not going to extremes, there are rules and bottom lines in what you say and do, the third one is what it is, it’s called belief, we are humanistic rational belief, what does it mean, that is, we are not Shinto beliefs, our beliefs are humanistic, human nature, and believe in the unity of man and the way of heaven, so this is the characteristic of the Chinese people, these characteristics are the unity of man and nature, dialectical thinking, middle way thinking and this humanistic rationality. Faith, in the 21st century, I think it still has its strong vitality.

　　Mei Ying, Alina and Zhang Zhuofan report from Xi'an

Responsible editor: [Li Ji]