The Gradual Loss of Traditional Culture
( 1 ) What we can observe from the above cartoon is that there are two people watching Peking Opera. With the actress performing vividly on the stage, the old man is watching attentivelywhile the little boy sitting beside does not even cast a glance at theactress and falls asleep. (2) It is obvious that he shows no interest in Peking Opera.
(3) What the cartoon reflects is an interesting and usual respect of daily life. However, from a deeper perspective, it also reveals the gradual loss of traditional culture in modern society. (4) What exactly contributes to this phenomenon? Possible reasons could be listed as follows:  (5) for one thing, some people, especially the young, hold the opinion that traditional culture is out of date, thus failing to keep pace with the life of modern city. Moreover, exotic cultures, (6) to some extent, have great impact on the traditional culture of China. As we can see, a large number of people have been deeply attracted by foreign cultures which have many kinds of feature.
However, no one can deny the significance of Chinese traditional culture. It is the crystallization of Chinese wisdom and civi- lization. (7) It is of great necessity to (8) attach more importance to the troditional culture, because an individual or a nation showing no respect to the essence of traditional culture cannot be expected to develop and be stronger. Hence, something could and should be done to reverse the inexorable decline in the emphasis of Chinese traditional culture.