Presence and Infiltration:Strengthening the Ritualized Construction of the Sense of Community for the the Chinese Nation
The sense of community for the Chinese nation is a spiritual product formed by various ethnic groups in communication and integration,and it is the bedrock of the highest sense of collective belonging at the national level.Throughout the process of consolidating thissense,rituals,as symbolic activities that combine cultural expression and emotional cohesion,play a unique role as carriers and pathways.They exert the psychological effects of cognitive presence and emotional infiltrationto inscribe the identity of the Chinese nation community into collective memory and foster emotional resonance to consolidate affective identification with this community.In the new era of promoting the construction of the Chinese national community,the socialization function of rituals can be fully utilized.By strengthening the top-level design of rituals,diversifying ritual dissemination contexts,highlighting the common symbols of rituals,and exploring their shared values,the connotation and value of the sense of community for the Chinese nation can be presented and strengthened in a grand,solemn,and standardized manner,facilitating the transition of behaviors from the exceptional to the mundane.This can help builda normalized mechanism for promoting and imparting the awareness of the sense of community for the Chinese nation.
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