Traditional Chinese culture is the cultural root of the Chinese nation, and it is of great practical significance to correctly understand and grasp Xi Jinping Thought on Culture. The 5000-year-long history of the Chinese nation has enriched the best of traditional Chinese culture, providing a strong spiritual support for the Chinese nation’s endless growth. Its spiritual character, governance concept, way of communication, and ideals of civilization are the core essence of Chinese traditional culture, accumulating rich ideological nutrition for sinicization and modernization of Marxism and for Xi Jinping Thought on Culture. It is necessary to further promote the work of “the second combination” and “two innovations”, continuously expand influence of Chinese culture, and promote cultural prosperity and build a socialist cultural power and the modern civilization of the Chinese nation at a new historical starting point.