What eight characters are written on the materials donated by Japan?

The mountains and rivers are in different places, but the wind and moon are in the same sky.

During the epidemic, the HSK Affairs Bureau of Japan’s Chinese Proficiency Test donated materials to Hubei universities, including 20,000 masks and a batch of infrared thermometers. On the label of the carton, there are 8 Chinese characters written: "Mountains and rivers are in foreign lands, the wind and moon are in the same sky."

"Mountains and rivers" and "foreign lands" first came from "The Spring and Autumn Period of Wu and Yue: The Biography of the King of Yue Wu Yu", and are used to introduce And a sentence said when describing "The Classic of Mountains and Seas", the original text is "calling the gods and asking about the texture of mountains and rivers...different countries and foreign lands".

The two words "风月" were commonly used in the Tang Dynasty and originally referred to the passage of time. "Tongtian" refers to the harmony of heaven and earth, which means that water and fire between heaven and earth complement each other.

"Mountains and rivers in foreign lands" is a metaphor that although China and Japan belong to two different countries and have different cultural customs, they are good neighbors and friendly, with only a strip of water, a clear breeze and a bright moon, and a bright and beautiful day.