Rethinking on Rice Culture (12):Rice and Chinese Character & Art:From Matter to Spirit-Discussion on Chinese Spirit
The authors reviewed some important Chinese words — rice and related Chinese characters and their derivations— and their reflected art, culture and spirit, which enriched the culture of China, then introduced some chief art and culture in rice produc-tion and consumption, including “song of China Rice– East Civilization, Spirit of China” created by the authors, and lastly briefly discussed the concept of Chinese Spirit, which was represented by rice, rice culture and its domain. The Chinese Spirit that we are ex-periencing is: self-support and self-promotion, open-door policy and cooperation; respecting the elder and loving the youth, pioneer-ing and innovation;mutual confidence and mutual benefit, being science and democracy; helping the weak and assisting the poor, and sacrifice life for justice. The Chinese Spirit evolved from the combined contributions of the Chinese history, open-door policy, striving in reality, and future orientation.