Chapter 500: Earth's Cultural Diversity

The Federal Charter of the Earth clearly stipulates specific measures to protect the cultural diversity of the earth, from the organization of national literature and art, clothing, food, architectural art, protection of language and writing, etc., so as to maintain the colorful culture of the earth and avoid the monotony of human culture.

Human society can be unified, but culture must not be unified.

The senior leaders of the Earth Federation interpreted the significance of protecting the earth's cultural diversity from the "Earth Federation Charter", so as to have a further understanding of Li Baoqiang's forward-looking vision of standing tall and seeing far.

Human culture is different, different regions, different groups of people have different cultures, even in a region, will also be due to political, economic, religious and other factors will lead to its internal cultural differences.

Cultural differences make human culture diverse.

Cultural diversity is a basic feature of human society and an important driving force for the progress of human civilization.

Cultural diversity is reflected not only in the many ways in which the cultural heritage of humanity is expressed, promoted and transmitted through a rich variety of cultural expressions, but also in the ways in which artistic art is created, produced, disseminated, sold and consumed through a variety of ways and technologies.

Cultural diversity and ecological diversity or biodiversity are interdependent and mutually influential.

The culture of various nations is created and developed on the basis of the material world, and the ecological environment of various parts of the world is different, and different ecological environments form different cultural systems.

However, cultural diversity is not passive, it in turn affects ecology or biodiversity.

Therefore, the two are interdependent and mutually influential. In the early stage of the formation and development of human culture, due to the relative isolation of ethnic groups in different regions, there is little or no connection between ethnic groups in different regions, and ecology has a great impact on the inherent and early traditional culture of each ethnic group, and similar ecology will form similar cultural types.

For example, the Mongolians, Kazakhs and Kyrgyz ethnic groups in the north have basically similar ecological environments and traditional cultural systems in history. The ecological environment is the cause, and the cultural type is the effect.

Ecological culture has a significant impact on the material, institutional, spiritual, scientific and technological culture, social organization and national character of the ethnic group.

When a group's culture develops to be quite mature, stable, and self-contained, it in turn has an impact on the ecology. In particular, religious beliefs and beliefs have the greatest impact on ecology.

For example, Buddhism advocates non-killing, including not harming all animal and plant life, so in areas where Buddhism is prevalent, ecological protection is better. The Dongba religion also advocates the protection of forests and the refraining from damaging the environment.

It can be seen that cultural diversity is closely related to the ecological environment, which is required by the objective world.

Cultural diversity is a source of exchange, innovation and creativity among all races and peoples.

It is manifested in two aspects: one is cultural innovation or the creation of a new culture, which in many cases is produced in the exchange of different cultures, and many are created on the basis of or by absorbing the essence of foreign cultures.

Many famous dances, music, paintings, and crafts in ancient and modern China and abroad were produced through the exchange of different cultures.

Many of the dances and music that are popular in the modern West were created on the dances and music of ethnic groups such as black Africans and Indians.

The same goes for literary creation, architectural art, etc.

Second, the creations of many ethnic groups, such as literature and art, are based on their own cultural traditions.

If you leave the cultural tradition of your own nation, the works you create will not have distinctive national characteristics.

Therefore, cultural heritage in all its forms should be protected, exploited and transmitted from generation to generation.

The Earth Federation Charter states: "Cultural diversity is a source of exchange, innovation and creativity, and is as essential to humanity as biodiversity is to maintaining biological balance." In this sense, cultural diversity is the common heritage of humanity and should be recognized and affirmed for the benefit of present and future generations. ”

Cultural diversity is the basis for the equality of peoples and the guarantee of human rights.

All peoples in the world, large and small, and whatever stage of development their societies are in, are equal.

All peoples should respect each other's cultures and understand and identify with each other.

Cultural rights are an integral part of human rights, and they are indivisible and interdependent.

Everyone has the right to express his or her thoughts and to create and disseminate his or her works in his or her own language, especially in his or her mother tongue.

Only by fully protecting the cultures of all ethnic groups can it be possible to truly achieve national equality and guarantee the right of everyone to freely use their own culture.

Imagine if the whole world was the same culture, how wonderful would the world be? If only this monoculture remains, how can that culture develop itself?

Cultural diversity is the foundation for the development and prosperity of human culture.

Cultural diversity is the common heritage of humankind, and for humanity, cultural diversity is as important as biodiversity.

In the past, some Western scholars believed that cultural diversity was essential to the survival and prosperity of human society.

Some even believe that cultural diversity may be the key to the survival of the human species.

Therefore, the protection of cultural diversity and the protection of the cultures of all peoples is required by the objective reality of the contemporary world.

Cultural diversity is the foundation of the world's cultural development, and in the context of economic globalization, it is necessary to pay more attention to cultural diversity and differences.

Culture is the soul and blood of a nation, and the unique cultures and traditions of different countries and nations are the conditions for their survival and continuation.

"Culture is the fourth pillar of sustainable development, alongside the economy, the environment and society," is the view of French President Jacques Chirac, who has been an advocate of cultural diversity.

Daisaku Ikeda, a Japanese scholar in the previous life, said that culture is based on harmony, subjectivity, and creativity, and is the product of human vitality. In the era of globalization, how to protect cultural diversity is a new issue facing mankind.

The protection of cultural diversity is premised on recognition and respect for cultural diversity.

The more national it is, the more global it is, and the idea is to emphasize cultural diversity.

Cultures can converge, and cultures can also be different. Respect for cultural diversity requires respect for the independence, heterogeneity and integrity of cultures.

"Culture is at the heart of contemporary debates around identity, social cohesion, and the development of a knowledge-based economy," the Earth Federation Charter states.

Diversity of cultures is bound to be in conflict, which either stays at the cultural level, or extends to the economic sphere, or even to the political world.

To harmonize all nations, it is necessary to have cross-cultural dialogue, communicate across national borders, and achieve cultural "harmony without difference". In the era of globalization, the protection of cultural diversity inevitably requires "communication with the table", and ultimately to achieve harmonious coexistence and diversity coexistence.