当代爱国主义的基本时代特征不同时代有不同的主题，二同时代的爱国主义总是与时（主题密切相联，在解决时代三题的过程中体现时代主题。在当代中国，社会的主要矛盾是人民群众日益增长的物质文化需要与落后的社会生产之间的矛盾。这一主要矛盾规定了当代中国最大的时代主题是 The basic characteristics of the times in contemporary-day patriotism have different themes in different periods. The two generations of contemporary patriotism are always closely linked with the times (the theme is closely linked and the theme of the times is embodied in the process of resolving the three issues of the times.) In contemporary China, the major social contradictions Is the contradiction between the growing material and cultural needs of the people and the backward social production, a major contradiction that stipulates that the biggest theme of the times in contemporary China is