Carrying on old traditions and creating new ones are both integral parts of cultural development. Presently in China, the traditions that we must decide to carry on or replace are traditions that come from both antiquity and modernity, from both the East and the West. Among them, Chinese Zen Buddhism is an important part of Chinese culture. Zen Buddhism has had its own path of transformation over the centuries, in some ways maintaining and manifesting the essence of Indian Buddhism, and in other ways displaying its inherited Chinese characteristics.