The national spirit is the excellent quality of the Chinese nation for several thousand years,which has active significance to today’s socialism modernization.We inherit the traditional connotation of national spirit,at the same time it is interpreted and innovated modernly according to the requirements of social development in the era.This article discusses the new construction from the five aspects of the most national characteristics in the connotation of national spirit,making it both has traditional essence and rich flavor of the times of new national spirit.