The Historical Generationg And Contemporaey Significance Of MAO Zedong’s Cultural Thought

Culture is an important manifestation of the overall strength of a country. With the rapid social and economic development, the all kinds of soft powers including culture is attached increasingly great importance to. As culture becomes more and more prominent, the seeking of the origin of cultural development is deepening day by day. The Mao Zedong Thought about Culture, which is an important part of Mao Zedong Thought, is the theoretical achievements of origin study of the socialist cultural civilization with Chinese characteristics, and is also the inheritance and development of Marxist culture theory. It is a precious resource of cognition and spiritual wealth left by Mao Zedong to our Party and the people nationwide. The way to scientifically, historically and multi-dimensional analyze the formation, evolution and epochal impact of Mao Zedong Thought about Culture is of extraordinary significance to deepen the cultural reformation of system, boost the development and prosperity of culture and implement the strategy of powerful cultural China at present.This paper aims at presenting the various concrete manifestations of Mao Zedong Thought about Culture in different times, explaining scientifically and studying intensively about the contemporary significance of it. Starting from the real condition of historical period, this paper analyzes the important origins of and their impacts to Mao Zedong Thought about Culture and cleans up the three stages of the historical generation of it. The essence formation of Mao Zedong Thought about Culture is actually the combination of Marx Thought about Culture and the special national conditions of China and the progress of localization of Marxism in China. The main content of Mao Zedong Thought about Culture will be mainly focused in this paper including the localization of culture by Mao Zedong, his cultural policies such as the policy of encouraging blossoming and contending of all, getting rid of the stale and bringing forth the fresh, and the policy of using good method from foreign countries and from old days, and his theory of literature and art and his thought about developing socialistic education, thus to overall discuss the historical status and demonstrate the scientificalness and reality of Mao Zedong Thought about Culture. By further analyzing the historical status of this thought, it is found that Mao Zedong had pointed out the direction of China’s advanced culture by emphasizing the practicalness of culture, established the final purpose of China’s advanced culture by promoting the popularization of culture, constructed the cultural program in new China and developed outstanding characteristics of China’s advanced culture. He focused on methodology of culture and provided methods of scientific thinking for advanced cultures in developing countries, which highlighted the epochal character and instructional-practical of Mao Zedong Thought about Culture. While further analyzing the excellent part of Mao Zedong Thought about Culture, the mistakes in the construction progress of culture by Mao Zedong should also be disclosed and corrected. Mao Zedong Thought about Culture, however, is still of great importance to popularize national culture, build powerful cultural country and construct the core value system currently. This thought is the theoretical origin of reformation of cultural system and the theoretical foundation of a truly prosperous development of culture. In the construction of socialist culture with china’s characteristic, it is necessary to inherit and develop Mao Zedong Thought about Culture. Thus with a high degree of cultural self-consciousness and self-confidence, we could promote great cultural development and prosperity, extract and purify socialist core values, build socialist powerful cultural country and deepen the socialist cultural advancement.