Three Origins of Chinese Hehe Culture
Chinese Hehe Culture is profound and long-standing, and its origins date back to remote ancient times. According to The Philosophy of Hehe, Hehe Culture has three major origins: the culture of dragon totem, the culture of three Chinese legendary ancestors (Huangdi, Yandi and Chiyou), and the culture of the Tiantai Mountains.
The dragon, as a symbol of the Chinese nation, is different from general totems. It is not a single animal but a collection of animals, which fully manifests the Chinese nation's Hehe thinking. The culture of dragon totem is thus one of the earliest origins of Hehe Culture.
Building a harmonious society has been the Chinese nation's consistent pursuit, the origin of which can date back to the culture of three Chinese legendary ancestors over 4,700 years ago. It is said that after the battle of Zhuolu, Huangdi, having defeated Yandi and Chiyou, convened the leaders of all clans, tribes and alliances to have a gathering at Mount Fu, Zhuolu County, where he proposed the idea of "Hehe" for the first time, thus giving birth to the concept of harmony in Chinese culture.
Based on the integration of Confucianism, Buddhism and Daoism, the culture of the Tiantai Mountains is a creative, inclusive and open culture valuing harmony, goodness and upward mobility. The Hehe Culture of the Tiantai Mountains has the characteristics of both mountain and sea cultures, and is a philosophical system with the Hehe thinking featuring the integration of Confucianism, Buddhism and Daoism as its core and the "Two Immortals of Hehe" as its cultural symbol. As the essence of the culture of the Tiantai Mountains, it can be seen as a quintessential example of Chinese Hehe Culture.
中華和合文化三大源頭說
中華和合文化思想深邃、源遠流長，其源頭可以追溯到上古時代。《和合之道》一書認為中華和合文化有三大源頭，即龍圖騰文化、三祖文化、天臺山文化。
龍，作為中華民族的象征，與一般的圖騰不同，它不是單一的動物，而是多種動物的集合體，充分體現了中華民族的和合思想，這是中華和合文化最深的根。
建設一個和諧社會是中華民族的一貫追求，其源頭是四千七百多年前的華夏三祖文化，最明顯的標志是涿鹿之戰后黃帝打敗了炎帝、蚩尤，將所有氏族、部落、部落聯盟的首領召集于涿鹿縣的釜山，舉行了政治大會盟，并首次提出了和合的理念，這是中華文化和諧觀念的源頭。
天臺山文化是在儒釋道交融基礎上，以尚和、崇善、向上為價值取向，具有創造性、融合性、開放性的文化形式。其中，天臺山和合文化兼具山海文化特征，是以天臺山儒釋道三教的和合思想為內核、以“和合二圣”為文化象征的思想體系。它是天臺山文化的精髓，是中華和合文化的典型形態和鮮活樣本。
