The Importance of Inheriting the Traditional Virtues

As we can see from the picture above, when one was a little boy, his father helped him wash his feet, showing the parental love. When the boy grew up, he took care of his ageing father by washing his father’s feet. The picture illustrates a long-treasured virtue in China, that is, respecting the old and caring for the young.

It is well-known that there are many traditional virtues in China, among which respecting the old and caring for the young is regarded as the most important. When a person is a lit-tle baby, it is his parents who take the responsibility to take care of him. However, as he grows into his adult-hood, his parents surely have become old. At that time, what his parents need is care and love. Otherwise, they would feel lonely and abandoned.

It goes without saying that the traditional virtue needs to be passed down from generation to generation. The young generation is supposed to learn and carry forward those tradition-al virtues. It is young people’ s responsibility to perpetuate our splendid traditional virtues and make our society more harmonious.