You've got it backwards. Fields are fundamental. Nature is just one big complicated multi-component field. The field is quantized in various ways that make stat

You've got it backwards. Fields are fundamental. Nature is just one big complicated multi-component field. The field is quantized in various ways that make state 'clump' in discrete ways: these are particles. The strong and weak force are mediated by particles because strong and weak interactions are comprised of quantized state transitions. Gravity is a field, and mass is a property of how it is quantized. The Higgs particle is a description / side-effect of this quantization.