季候鸟在冬季时,即使飞得再远,春天的旭日划过天地交接处时,归途,已在翅膀下缩短了距离。
中国有着数千年的历史,多少年来,多少外来的文化企图打入华人的心里,无可否认在近年来的冲击几乎让一些华族丧失了根,但,仍有很多人的心里还是扎着那根。
远在战国时期,华人的精神思想几乎达至顶峰。随后印度佛教的传入,与让当时华人的精神思想一拍即合,但并不是接纳,而是在不离其中心思想下将之转化,再配合自己本身的思路,成为中华文化的其中一个装甲。由此可见,当时的华人勇于承认自己的短处,进而吸取他人长处的精髓,来填补自己的不足,达至完美。
随着西方的崛起,让其文化不断的在全世界蔓延,但这不是让中华文化衰败的原因。自西方科技的发达,不少中国人到西方求学,回国后,看着自己国家远不及他人,认为中国人的思想是进步的绊脚石,随后文化大革命在中国上演,当中摧毁了多少的文物,删除了多少这么多年来累计的思想。撇开远的不说,单单在我家乡,多少父母为了让子女少一门华语的负担,宁愿放弃他们学习华语的机会,将他们送入国小或国中,因为他们认为华语并没有什么用处。虽然华人遍布全世界,但根却还在中国,这是不能否认的。
或许很多人在想,其实一个文化,又算得了什么。现在已经国际化了,背负着文化的背包,不只让自己老土化,还会拖慢了自己进步。可是,真实正是如此吗?这么多年来,古人在这些精神思想上付出的都是徒劳的吗?
说白点,让中华文化贬值的根本原因,是华人本身已失去了那一颗心,一颗华族心。或许人的眼睛就是那么的肤浅,对,只看到皮肤外表而已,不是肤浅?越先进就越有文化吗?看看西方国家,多少的枪杀事件法生,而且趋向青少年。这是你要的繁华?反观东方,多少国家在本土文化上作了多大的付出,尤其日本最为成功,可是人民的生活呢?还是处处充满解决不了的压力。
文化不是让人看,文化不是说了算,文化是一个民族多少年来累积的经验。尤其是中国文化,不只在物质上讲究,在精神上也是一个成就,从细微的人名到人命,都不曾忽略过。可是今天,还会有人理睬族谱里分配辈分的诗吗?满街不伦男女,不都是“曼妮、珍妮,占米,安东尼”?你会认为我太极端,或许是吧,至少当他人问我我的名字是什么意思时,我能骄傲得告诉他,不为什么,最低限度我的名字是我爸爸对我的用心。
各位华族同胞,幸福、力量不是向外争取,而是内在。我们本身本就拥有无数的潜能,压根儿也不需要那些外在的力量,只是我们不曾把它发挥,看不见它的实力。而在华人的文化里,有着很多的方法让我们去找回自己的力量。难道你们都忘了当年王飞鸿的主题曲“男儿当自强”吗?豪气面对万重浪,热血像那红日光,男儿当自强,比太阳更光。朋友,让中华文化再现光芒吧。
i agree with the fact that when you are a chinese, you cant run away from it, no matter where you were born, and how you were brought up. ive seen enough of Asians here in NZ that are ashamed to be around their own kind, espacially Chinese folks.
ReplyDeletefrom your writing, you sort of imply that you resent the fact that Chinese overseas are no longer "Chinese" enough. for me, its just an inevitable process of assimiliating with the local culture of the host country, including us at Malaysia.
dont you think that no matter what race you are from, once you have immigrated to a new place, you should try your best to assimilate to their culture? and not continue to expect things to be the same as your home country? dont you think by continuosly championing only your cultural values around a society alien to it will only cause you to rejected by the mainstream society?
just look at actions of Dong Jiao Zong, or those groups such as Suqiu or perhaps, DAP and MCA. despite being at Malaysia for almost 200 years, we are still not fully accepted as Malaysians because were just not trying to be one. were still subscribing to the ideas of "Chineseness is all about being China"
the fact that the world is globalizing does not really gives us a space to champion racial ideals as people tend to mix around more. i think that the world is shifting away from racial ideas and are moving towards a nationalistic idea for everybody regarless of their race. Americanism should be a good example. anybody can subscribe to the "freedom to pursuit their happiness" ideal rather than "zhong hua jing shen" which is obviously very Chinese, since an indian or caucasian will never be able to subscribe to it.
however, that doesnt mean you should get rid of anything chinese in you. i will personally allocate chineseness to some of my cultural space, but being a Malaysian is more important to me. for example, ill let my child learn Mandarin, but it might no longer be his mother tongue, ill probably let him learn english and Malay first.
just to let you know, i myself am a 4th generation Malaysian Chinese, and i can proudly say that my allegiance is with Malaysia. if China is going to war with Malaysia, il personally take up weapons and fight with Malaysia. what about you? im sure you are at least a 3rd generation.
first, i will step forward to global, cause i not that kind of "rocky". but at the same time, i also not going to give my background up as that's my spirit and i get lot benefits from the teaching that pass down from our ancestors, such as the way to solve our problem and stress in our normal life. and from those teaching, it also ask us to change with time as we need to survive.
ReplyDeletesecond, no matter where i going to stay, i will learn and adapt to the culture, but i am clear that who i am. as you also mention that no matter how we change, we were chineses from our outlook. since its part of me, then i will appreciate it.
third, if the war going to held between malaysia and china. i not going to stand on any side, cause no matter who are right in that war, it still bring disaster. if there are reborn in this universe, how about now you are chinese and a malay after reborn? are your thinking and concept that you hold while you are chinese still right?
the value of a culture is cant be measure, cause its depends on the thinking that you hold.