The basic slogan of the New Culture Movement before the May 4th Movement.

The basic slogan of the New Culture Movement before the May 4th Movement: Democracy and Science.

First, the specific introduction of the slogan

"Democracy" refers to democratic thoughts and democratic politics; "Science" mainly refers to the laws and spirit of modern natural science. The bourgeoisie preached democracy and opposed feudal autocracy, pointing the finger at Confucianism, the theoretical pillar of feudal autocracy; Advocate science and oppose feudal superstition and ignorance. This slogan reflects the requirements of China's social development and the urgent needs of the people, and has effectively promoted the development of the New Culture Movement.

Second, the significance of sports

(1) The New Culture Movement is a continuation of the Revolution of 1911 in the ideological and cultural fields, and it has formed an unprecedented ideological emancipation. It dealt a heavy blow to absolutism politically and ideologically, shook the ideological dominance of traditional ethics, and opened the way for the spread of Marxism in China. After the May 4th Movement, the New Culture Movement became an ideological movement to publicize Marxism and various socialist schools, and transformed the old democratic cultural movement into a new democratic cultural movement guided by Marxist theory.

(2) In the year after the May 4th Movement, there were about three or four hundred progressive societies. The active communication of these newspapers and mass organizations introduced Marxism, promoted the combination of Marxism and China workers' movement, and created conditions for the establishment of the * * * Production Party in China. The profound change of the new culture movement from content to form is one of the important signs of the transformation from the old democratic revolution to the new democratic revolution.