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In today's world, about 70% of the national languages are written with letters, but only our country uses square Chinese characters.
Although alphabets occupy the mainstream in the world, the development and inheritance of Chinese characters have a long history, which is also an important reason why there has never been a fault in Chinese civilization.
It can be said that Chinese characters carry the history of Chinese civilization for 5,000 years, which is something we are extremely proud of.
So how are Chinese characters passed down step by step?
Why is the alphabet used in most countries?
The alphabet is actually a phonetic script that originated in ancient Egypt more than 2,000 years ago. This symbol was created in ancient Egypt at that time, and later the Phoenicians learned and improved it, forming 22 consonant symbols.
The Phoenicians were a people who lived on the seas, and their ships traveled all over the world, and in the process, they spread the simplified alphabet to more countries.
Especially those who do not have a written language, after understanding and learning the advanced alphabet culture, it greatly facilitates daily communication and expression. The Phoenicians in turn optimized the ancient Egyptian alphabet to form the Phoenician alphabet.
Since then, the Phoenician alphabet has spread to Greece, Rome and other places. These countries have further improved and optimized the alphabet, forming different forms of alphabets such as the Greek alphabet and the Latin alphabet.
Over the course of history, the Latin alphabet has been more widely disseminated due to its simplicity and simplicity, and the initial 22 symbols have been increased to 26 letters.
After the evolution of the Roman Empire and colonial activities, the Latin alphabet gradually stabilized, which is now the English alphabet that is widely used.
Phoenician alphabet stone carvings).
During the evolution of the Phoenician alphabet, another very cumbersome but delicate alphabet was also formed - the Sanskrit alphabet. The Sanskrit alphabet has changed from 49 letters to 58.
The Sanskrit alphabet has also been widely circulated, thanks to the widespread influence of Buddhism. Buddhism has flourished over the centuries and spread the Sanskrit alphabet to all parts of the world, where it is still very influential today.
From the history of the evolution of letters, it is not difficult to see that the origin of the development of a script has a profound historical background, and at the same time, it is also related to military, politics and religion.
The evolution of letters is the process of human cultural progress and communication. It not only serves the purpose of promoting social development, but also carries the mission of civilization development.
Alphabet).However, the biggest disadvantage of the alphabet is that it has no ideographic function, unlike Chinese characters, which can intuitively see the meaning and content of the word through a word.
And the Chinese characters in our country have evolved over a longer period of time than the alphabet, more than 3,000 years.
The long evolution and unique charm of Chinese characters
The process of creating Chinese characters by our ancestors fully demonstrates the wisdom of the Chinese nation. At first, it was a method of recording daily life through knotted ropes, and later it developed into stroke symbols.
During the Shang Dynasty 3,500 years ago, people gradually carved those stroke symbols on oracle bones. It is these oracle bone inscriptions that have left us with the appearance of the beginning of the creation of Chinese characters.
From the unearthed oracle bone inscriptions, it is not difficult to see that the writing of the Yin Shang period was mainly composed of pictographs and signifiers, and many Chinese characters are direct descriptions of everyday objects, similar to modern stick figures.
After historical evolution, although there are differences in strokes in each region, they are generally evolved from the oracle bone script of the Yin Shang period.
In the Qin Dynasty, Qin Shi Huang unified the six countries and standardized the writing of Chinese characters throughout the country, and in the Han and Tang dynasties, it gradually simplified the complex, and gradually formed a standardized seal script, official script, and regular script.
By standardizing and simplifying, the strokes of Chinese characters are more concise and smoother, and at the same time, they are easier to write.
Some people also believe that Chinese characters have many strokes and are not as smooth as English letters, which is not suitable for the increasingly fast-paced development of modern times. Some even proposed abolishing Chinese characters and replacing them with pinyin, but they were ultimately rejected.
So why can Chinese characters be completely inherited?
Throughout history, Chinese characters have been questioned twice. The first was after the fall of the Qing Dynasty, when some admirers of the West advocated the abolition of Chinese characters with the influx of new ideas.
Early computers).
The second time is that after computer technology has entered our country, some people feel that there is a conflict between Chinese characters and the letters in the computer, and they cannot input Chinese characters, and these people advocate the abolition of Chinese characters and promote internationalization.
But both times there was resistance and opposition.
Chinese characters are not only the carrier of daily expression and recording, but also the root of Chinese civilization.
After the computer gradually became popular, Wang Yongmin invented the Wubi input method, which effectively solved the problem of Chinese characters being typed on the computer. Now, various pinyin input methods are widely liked by young people, and successfully solve the problem of integration of Chinese characters and informatization.
Wubi input method).
Chinese characters can be said to be integrated into the blood of the Chinese people. Where does national self-confidence come from without Chinese characters?Not to mention development and rise.
However, today, with the wide application of information technology, we are also facing a new crisis and have to attach great importance to it.
The impact of Internet popularization on Chinese characters
With the popularization of computers and mobile phones, people have fewer and fewer opportunities to write. Whether it is office or communication, it is typing with computers and mobile phones, which leads to the increasing seriousness of many people forgetting to write.
Even some common Chinese characters have to be remembered by computers to remember, which is a typical deterioration of written memory.
What's more serious is that with the development of the Internet, many strange words and some newly coined words have appeared on the Internet, which directly subverts the expression habits of Chinese characters in the past.
The result of this is to affect the authority of Chinese characters.
International students writing Chinese characters).
In response to this new crisis of Chinese characters, it is necessary to strengthen the guidance of the whole society, so that everyone understands the importance of writing Chinese characters correctly, and everyone takes voluntary action to protect them.
At the same time, everyone should develop the habit of writing Chinese characters and get rid of mobile phone and computer dependence.
For those Internet languages that young people like, it is also necessary to strengthen correct guidance and cultivate the habit of standardizing the use of Chinese characters. Inheriting Chinese characters and promoting the excellent traditional Chinese culture should become everyone's conscious action.
Summary
In the 21st century, China has ushered in a period of rapid development, and its international influence and comprehensive national strength have long been incomparable. The international influence of Chinese characters is also growing, and our Confucius Institutes are located in many countries.
The craze for Chinese characters is also emerging all over the world, and Chinese characters are becoming more and more popular among young people around the world. This is undoubtedly what we are most proud of and proud of.