>>50031829>How much of older Chinese culture still remains in modern China?Zero. Chinese, like Arabs and Africans, lost all of their culture in one period, and it is now being reinvented and rediscovered, often falsely.
A similar process occurred on the Balkans after the Ottoman empire was pushed back. Close to me is the problem of the origins of the bulgarian people, and there are probably 5-6 theories competing and everybody passionately defending his chosen one.