This is a tea art house, which is divided into several areas, including the traditional Chinese tea art area and the Japanese tea ceremony area.
When we entered this tea house, Tanaka smiled and asked me, "Has Mr. Feng been to Japan?"
I smiled and shook my head, "I haven't been there yet. I think there will be opportunities in the future."
Tanaka nodded, "Mr. Feng's words always give people a sense of hope. After our cooperation is successful this time, Mr. Feng will have more opportunities to go to Japan."
I found that this Japanese man is very strict. When he was in their company, he always called me "Mayor Feng", but after he got here, he started to call me "Mr. Feng". He made a clear distinction between work and life. However, in his words
But it showed the narrow side of his heart.
I have done some research on the Japanese nation. Especially recently, I have read a lot of information about the country Japan. Because we are going to cooperate with Japan next.
What matters on the battlefield is "know yourself and the enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles without danger." The same must be true in the shopping mall.
The Japanese nation is fundamentally a derivative of the Chinese nation. They fundamentally do not have their own national culture or sense of belonging, so they often deceive themselves and others by calling themselves the Empire of Japan.
This name of the Great Japanese Empire also reflects the cultural inferiority of the Japanese from one aspect. We Chinese can proudly say that we are the descendants of the dragon, and we can trace the history back hundreds of thousands of years. The Japanese
Well, in the Han Dynasty, it became China's "Han Japanese Nu State", and in the Qin Dynasty, it became the descendants of Xu Fu's thousand boys and girls. In the future, even the Japanese could not tell where they came from.
.Even the Bushido spirit that they talk about so much is just an alienation of traditional Chinese morality. In other words, it is an alienation of the Chinese culture of "king, king, minister, father, father and son". From its roots
Look, we can still find many similarities.
Japan has a deep connection with China in history. It can be said to be a branch of the Department of Chinese Culture, and Japan has been learning from China. In modern times, China declined, and Japan was also humiliated, but it is precisely because Japan is not the mainstream of the Department of Chinese Culture.
It is a branch that makes it easy for foreign culture to spread over. China also carried out the "Westernization Movement" and the "Reformation Reform", but they failed because the profound power of Chinese culture for thousands of years is difficult for foreign cultures to defeat.
Moreover, Chinese culture has been digesting foreign culture for thousands of years. Japan’s cultural skills are shallower than China’s, so it is easier for foreign culture to take root, and Japanese culture itself does not have the ability to digest Western culture, so it “de-Asian”
"Enter Europe" was successful.
In modern times, Japan has surpassed other Asian countries since the Meiji Restoration. Therefore, in the minds of Japanese people, Chinese culture has become a symbol of backwardness. In order to show their advancement, they are eager to draw a clear line with other countries. Because they have the deepest connection with China,
China has become the target of Japan's modern rejection and vilification, so they call us Chinese "China people", which means that only Japan is worthy of being called the center of Asian civilization. This psychological characteristic of the Japanese determines
They only obey and respect the strong, and they often have excessive self-esteem and believe that the Yamato nation is the best nation in the world. Therefore, the Japanese do not respect everyone from the bottom of their hearts. If the Americans had not defeated them completely, they would not have
Americans will not be taken seriously.
Due to Japan's unique geographical characteristics, no matter how little Japan brags and looks down on others, it is an indisputable fact that the vast Pacific Ocean is visible as soon as you step out. The geographical characteristics of poor resources and narrow territory determine Japan's geographical and cultural characteristics. As a country,
The survival and development of a nation depends on natural resources, so the Japanese have always been hard-working, crisis-conscious and aggressive. Historically, Japan has been an aggressive country. The vassal Hideyoshi wanted to occupy
Korea, occupying the resources of the mainland. In modern times, China, with its vast land and abundant resources, has inevitably become the object of Japan's scorn for a long time. Therefore, regardless of whether there is the "September 18th" incident or not, it is only a matter of time for Japan to send troops to China. But Japan is too small.
They underestimated the power of the Chinese people and overestimated their own abilities. They wanted to destroy China and wanted to establish a so-called "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere", which ultimately led to their own consequences. However, after the war, Japan did not have to worry because of the support of the United States.
In the face of external threats, all resources were used to develop the economy and achieve economic take-off again. On the one hand, this is related to the diligence and discipline of the Japanese, but on the other hand, it also shows that the Japanese have no choice.
It has been decided that they must devote all their efforts to economic construction. If they want to develop, they must continue to learn from advanced countries and have a strong ability to absorb and imitate.
We know that imitation is much faster than development. Japan developed rapidly in the process of imitating and learning from Western developed countries. Of course, after Japan developed itself, it also began its own innovation. Especially
In modern times, Japan has become the second largest economic power in the world, and Japan's competitiveness in the world is second to none. At this time, the Japanese people's self-esteem, which has been suppressed for decades, has risen again, and even some European countries are not looked down upon.
, began to actively participate in international affairs, and used economic strength as a springboard to move towards a political power. In Asia, the Japanese do not take people from other Asian countries seriously.
The U.S. occupation of Japan after the war brought a series of American ideas and culture to Japan. The roots of traditional Chinese culture, the branches of European culture, and the leaves of American culture grew and blended together on Japan, a tree in the Pacific Ocean.
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The Japanese are so conscientious in their work that they have to wash the dishes seven times in a restaurant. A Chinese student only washed them three times as a trick. As a result, the international student could no longer find a job and had to leave Japan. This is not surprising. Japanese Hotel
The foreman gave a cleaning demonstration when training Chinese employees. After cleaning the toilet, he took a glass of water and drank it, saying: "Clean according to this standard!"
It is said that when Japanese watch sports games, tens of thousands of people leave without leaving a cigarette butt, a piece of paper, or a trace of phlegm on the ground. This is well known to the world. In fact, it is nothing. A professor from Capital Normal University in Japan
I once experienced a traffic jam. The scene was enough to shock the whole world: on the road from Izu Peninsula to Tokyo, tens of thousands of cars were lined up one after another for more than 100 kilometers. At that time, almost all the cars were going back to Tokyo.
, the right side of the road is blocked into a long queue. There is an uninhabited road on the left side. Anyone who drives to the left can go straight to Tokyo. But there is no car that cuts into the empty downward road to overtake, and it is more than 100 kilometers.
On the traffic jam, there was not a single traffic policeman to maintain order. For nearly ten hours, the traffic moved step by step, foot by foot, quietly, and not a single honking was heard.
"They actually resolved this traffic jam that stretched for more than a hundred kilometers! Such a stoic, orderly and united nation is really respectable and terrifying!" Our professor was greatly shocked by this.
It is also said that in the decades after the war in Japan, the lights in many office buildings were still on at 11pm, and office workers were working overtime for free. This was just a trivial matter.
In the 1970s, it was discovered that there were still Japanese soldiers hiding in the deep mountains and old forests of Southeast Asia who refused to surrender. You know, it was almost 30 years after the end of World War II! That was shocking.
The persistence of the Japanese is amazing. Among them are the "China Desert Japan Greening Cooperation Team" who have been volunteering to plant two million trees in the desert of Inner Mongolia for ten years; there is the "Father of International Students" who has been helping Chinese students for twenty years;
There are craftsmen who work with their heads up for ten consecutive hours without going to the toilet once in between; there are food developers who eat instant noodles for two years in order to develop bowl-shaped noodles, and finally lose their appetite; there are people who have been obliged to fight for the invasion of China for eight consecutive years.
Lawyers who were victims of the Japanese army and collapsed in the court after winning the lawsuit; elderly couples who were ashamed to receive relief funds and would rather starve to death...
The evil side of the Japanese is even more chilling.
Cultivated by the militaristic system, Japanese soldiers lost their humanity. During World War II, they committed heinous crimes against people of all countries and owed heavy blood debts. When they were defeated, almost none of the Japanese soldiers surrendered, committed suicide, or all died in battle, which is also sad.
Pityful.
In the Battle of Saipan, 120,000 U.S. troops supported by the powerful navy and air force attacked the 30,000 Japanese troops who were trapped alone. The Japanese troops fought until only 3,000 people were left, and then these 3,000 people launched an attack on the U.S. troops. They stumbled, and some held on.
Wearing crutches, some wearing bandages, in addition to missing arms and legs, some were also blinded; they took off their helmets, tied white ribbons on their heads, and carried machine guns and swords, and some just held them tied to bamboo poles.
Bayonets, some even with bare hands, swarmed toward the US military positions. Those seriously wounded who did not have the strength to charge detonated grenades on their bodies. At the same time as the Japanese army made the final charge, the Japanese people on Saipan also began a large-scale massacre.
To commit suicide, they either jumped off the cliff, or parents held their children, and families walked into the sea... It is said that the entire sea was filled with Japanese corpses at that time. The US military converted tanks into propaganda vehicles and shouted everywhere:
We will not hurt you! However, these calls were basically ineffective. A total of more than 10,000 Japanese civilians died by suicide on Saipan. In the Battle of Saipan, the US combat troops were very frightened at first, then confused them, and later
It made them hate it, but in the end it made many American soldiers express sincere pity. The horrific pain the Japanese soldiers suffered in the caves and their desperate and desperate attacks made American soldiers remember the motto "Don't forget Pearl Harbor" more and more.
The more difficult it becomes. Some American soldiers burst into tears because of this: "The Japanese... why... do they... commit suicide like this?"
At the end of the Anti-Japanese War, General Li Mo'an, commander-in-chief of the Kuomintang's 32nd Group Army, was responsible for the surrender of the Japanese troops in the Chinese Theater. As a Chinese soldier who had participated in the Anti-Japanese War and still remembered the bloody atrocities of the Japanese army, Li Mo'an had a complicated mood.
On the one hand, he was gnashing his teeth and resenting it. On the other hand, as he surrendered, Li Mo'an gradually added his sigh:
On their way back home, the captured Japanese soldiers always walked in regular formations without any disorder or accident. When disarming, the Japanese army wiped all weapons including heavy machine guns, vehicles and self-worn weapons clean, and wiped them clean.
Personnel, horses, weapons, ammunition, clothing, bags, vehicles and other materials are registered in a register with clear numbers, which makes people feel that it is not so much a surrender but a handover procedure.
Li Mo'an later wrote in his memoirs: I am still deeply impressed by everything that happened at that time, and I feel it quite deeply. Through the detail of the Japanese army handing over weapons, we can see that the Japanese army's usual military management and training are strict, and from this we can also see that
I could see the spiritual outlook of a nation. At that time, I thought that their discipline was so strict and their actions were so consistent. If the leadership is correct in the future, it will be a country that can unleash unlimited potential."
Someone has made a summary of the Japanese character. Japanese people attach great importance to etiquette. Basic etiquette such as hello, thank you, and goodbye are surprisingly popular in Japan. Etiquette such as dining, meetings, and business are even more common.
; The loyalty of the Japanese is very high. Although Japan is a communist country, no one's loyalty to the emperor is unquestionable. The Japanese behave extremely seriously. Right is right and wrong is wrong. They basically do not look for objective opinions.
Reasons to excuse themselves; in addition, Japanese people are generally quite extreme. As long as they believe that something is bad, they can hardly be expected to change it, of course, let alone the right wing. But if he realizes that he
If he makes a mistake, he will apologize without hesitation.
What Tanaka said to me just now already shows the narrow-minded side of his character. Even though he has been in China for many years and even though he is familiar with Chinese culture, the narrow-mindedness in his bones can never be shaken off.