Tradition-and-innovation

Goodmorning,ladiesandgentleman.Iaddressyou;themeaningofthisdiscussionisnotonlyforcompetition,butalsoanexplorationaboutaburningquestionofthesociety.Letusnolongerblindourselvestotheundeniablefactthatpeoplehasbeguntoworryabouttradition,becauseweneedmorecreativeideasinthisera.Aretheycontradictory?Whenwemakethedecisiontobreakwiththeoldtraditionandinheritthegood.Howmuchdowereallyunderstandwhattobreakwithandtoinherit?Toourgeneralunderstanding,everythingoriginatedfromtheoldtimesofChinacanbecalledtradition,suchastheculture,customs,thewaysofthinking,writingstyle,eatinghabits,etc.but,isthatright?WhenIwassortingouttheinformationaboutthetopic,ashortessaybyHuoLiyuanattractedme.Helistedthreeaspectsthatbelongtotraditioninhistheory.TheyareChinesecharacterswhichconveytheChinesecivilization,Geometryandarithmeticwhichhelppeoplefindthenaturallaw,andChinesetraditionalmedicinewhichtellstherelationshipbetweenmanandnature.Besides,notalltheideologiesaretraditionbecausetoomuchprejudice,discriminationandsensesalikecontaininit.Theygiveintothetestoftime.Therefore,accordingtothedescriptionabove,itisnotdifficultforustotelltraditionfromothermatters.Andtherelationshipbetweentraditionandinnovationcanbeeasilydefined.Ifwecomparedtraditionandinnovationtoatree,thentraditionisthetrunkandinnovation,theleaves.Bothofthemareimportant.AsChurchillsaid,withouttradition,artisaflockofsheepwithoutashepherd.Withoutinnovation,itisacorpse.Indeed,weshouldrespecttraditionandadvocateinnovation.MichaelNovak,anAmericanauthorgavehiswordsthattraditionlivesbecauseyoungpeoplecomealongwhocatchitsromanceandaddnewgloriestoit.Allinthisworldaredynamic,notresting.So,guys,beloyaltotraditionandcreativemore,onlyinthatwaycanwecreateamuchprosperousChinaandatrulyharmoniousChina.