Can anyone objectively evaluate the Japanese? Are they really as nasty as we say?

Japanese

The basic residents of Japan in East Asia. Call themselves Yamato nation. Belongs to the East Asian type of Mongoloid race. Japanese is used, and the language family is undetermined. Most scholars believe it belongs to the Altaic language family. He is greatly influenced by Chinese. Use Tokyo dialect as the standard language and promote it nationwide. Beliefs are relatively common and many religions are popular. After Mahayana Buddhism was introduced from China via Korea in the 6th century, it quickly spread throughout the country. The traditional Shinto religion is also very common. After the Meiji Restoration, it was designated as the state religion, and there are shrines in urban and rural areas across the country. Many people have dual beliefs in God and Buddha, or believe in several religions at the same time. Generally, Shinto rituals are followed in real-life aspects such as childbirth, marriage, and festivals; Buddhist beliefs are followed in funerals, sacrifices, rituals, etc. Ancestor worship is popular among the people and they believe in many gods. Christianity was introduced to Japan in the 1640s, and believers account for about 1% of the country's population. In addition, there are two to three hundred new religions.

There is no conclusion yet on the ethnic origin of the Japanese. Most scholars believe that it was formed by the crossbreeding of people from different origins. The Japanese are a rare hybrid race in human history. As early as the Late Paleolithic Age, when the Japanese archipelago was still connected to the Asian continent, primitive people lived here, and their descendants are today's Ainu people. About 10,000 years ago, the Japanese archipelago began to separate from the Asian continent, and many groups of immigrants immigrated from the sea, becoming the foundation of the Yamato nation. These mainly include the Tungus people from Siberia and Northeast China, the Malays from the Nanyang Islands, the Indo-China people from the Indochina Peninsula, the Wuyue people from the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and the Han and Koreans who immigrated around BC. Due to the different immigration times and settlement locations of each group of immigrants, although a unified nation has been formed after thousands of years of mixing, there are still many local differences in traditional culture, lifestyle and physical characteristics. For thousands of years BC, the residents of the Japanese archipelago made a living by fishing, hunting, gathering or slash-and-burn agriculture, which historically belonged to the Jomon culture era. From the 3rd century BC to the 2nd century AD, metal tools, kiln-fired pottery and rice cultivation techniques from mainland China were introduced to Kyushu, Japan via the Korean Peninsula. This was the era of the Yayoi culture. In the 3rd and 4th centuries AD, the Yamato Kingdom was established with present-day Nara as the center and unified the various tribes in Japan. From then on, it was called the Yamato nation. During the 7th and 8th centuries AD, Japan absorbed agriculture, crafts, architecture, Buddhism and other cultures from China's prosperous Tang Dynasty, as well as Korean and Indian culture, and its social economy developed rapidly. After the Meiji Restoration, it absorbed a large amount of European and American culture, forming a great fusion of Eastern and Western cultures.

(From 500 to 1600)

Japan is a mysterious land on the edge of culture. The closest part to the Asian continent is more than a hundred miles away. Due to its geographical and cultural isolation, Japan has developed a unique culture that is rarely influenced by the outside world. Approximately equivalent to the Middle Ages in Europe, Japan's advanced culture began to develop concentrated on Honshu Island at the northern end of the Japanese Inland Sea. Across Mount Hakone to the east is Kanto, an alluvial plain and the largest rice production area in Japan. Kantō is separated to the north and west by a border with Japanese indigenous people called the Ezo tribe, who have been living on the land outside this border since the Neolithic Age.

By the sixth century AD, the Yamato court became the dominant polity. The independent tribes (called clans) were the ones who held the real power behind the throne. The leaders of each tribe formed an aristocracy and competed with each other for control of the land and the throne.

In 530, the Soga family dominated the political power at that time and cultivated the first great historical figure, Prince Shotoku. His vigorous reforms laid the foundation for Japanese culture for more than a thousand years. . In 644, power was transferred from the Soga clan to the Fujiwara clan, who dominated the Heian period (794-1185). The new leaders imposed Dahua reforms in 645, which aimed to redistribute rice growing areas, establish taxes on agricultural production, and reorganize the country into provinces.

However, the influence and control of the royal family still had many areas beyond its reach, and the real power of governance began to shift to the hands of large families, which mostly rose to prominence by growing rice. Conflict between families led to civil war and the rise of the samurai class.

The experience of Western Europe in the Middle Ages was also played out here. Japan's central power finally collapsed, the power of local nobles expanded, and they clashed with barbarians in border areas. The culture dominated by the samurai elite was also influenced by these factors. Born under the influence of combination. Field warriors became samurai serving their masters. Their status and role were similar to those of European knights. In the late twelfth century, the nobility took over the power behind the throne, with military governments led by generals.

The samurai must follow the code of the warrior, just as the European knight followed its code. The foundation of the warrior code is loyalty to the master. Warriors will accept leadership and protection, but must also absolutely obey their master's command and sacrifice themselves for the benefit of their master at any time. Samurai attach great importance to their origins and strive to maintain family traditions, often going to great lengths to achieve demands in order to receive praise. A samurai must show a strong demeanor and not show any signs of cowardice or cowardice. Soldiers all hope that they can continue to fight until they die gloriously. As long as there is breath left, they will continue to fight to the end.

After the civil war, the Japanese region came under the control of a new clan, the so-called Kamakura period (1185-1333). The Mongols attempted to invade Japan twice, in 1274 and 1281, but failed both times. The monsoon gusts that caused heavy losses to the Mongolian fleet were called "kamikaze".

Japanese living habits

The Japanese living habits that impress people include the following:

■Wash hands frequently

The Japanese love cleaning, starting with washing their hands. Washing hands before meals, after using the toilet, and after returning home are habits developed since childhood. Japan's tap water has high cleanliness standards, so you don't have to worry about viral or bacterial infections when drinking raw water. Therefore, in Japanese houses, restaurants or parks, when people are thirsty, they turn on the tap to quench their thirst.

■Brush your teeth frequently

Japanese people take good care of their teeth and have the habit of brushing their teeth after every meal. Many Japanese people keep a set of toothbrushes in their offices. There are also many Japanese who rinse their mouth and brush their teeth as soon as they finish eating. Brush your teeth after meals to remove food residue from your teeth, which is very beneficial to protecting your teeth.

■Bathe frequently

Japanese people like to take a bath, at least once a day, usually before going to bed, which helps to sleep well at night, and some people will get up in the morning Shower afterwards, even for women with long hair, such as Mr. Suzuki's sister, to stay refreshed when leaving the house in the morning. Japanese people are also famous for their love of hot springs. Before going to a hot spring, everyone will consciously wash their bodies under the shower and then soak in the hot spring.

■Change clothes frequently

Japanese office workers, especially women, must change their underwear and coats every day, otherwise they will be suspected of not going home for the night.

■Don’t spit anywhere

Studies have proven that many viruses and bacteria are hidden in phlegm. The Japanese believe that not spitting is a sign of respect for others and social responsibility, and represents the level of personal upbringing. Japanese people usually spit on the tissues they carry with them and then throw them into the trash. In Tokyo, you rarely see phlegm on the ground and it is very clean. Mr. Suzuki joked that even in Shanghai, if he couldn't find a place to throw away the napkins, chewing gum and other waste he used on the road, he would put them in his pocket and take them home before throwing them away. His wife often teased him that his pocket was a "Trash can".

■Don’t eat while walking

It is considered impolite to eat in public places such as subways and buses. Street food stalls sell fast food, but it is polite to buy it and finish it before leaving.

■Bow instead of shaking hands

Bowing is a common etiquette among Japanese people. Chinese people hardly shake hands with each other. They only occasionally shake hands when meeting foreigners.

■Speak softly and softly

Japanese people generally do not make loud noises in public places and speak softly and slowly, thus reducing the phenomenon of spitting. Droplets are the "murderers" that spread many respiratory diseases. Of course, they are also one of the important transmission routes of SARS.

■There are special bags for cigarette ash

In Japan, when you buy cigarettes, you will also receive an ash bag from the store clerk, and some stores also sell ash bags. This kind of pouch has an insulating aluminum film inside and can be carried around in your pocket. When smoking in public places, pop the ash and cigarette butts into the bag, collect them, and then throw them away.

Garbage classification is particularly detailed in Japan. Residents must put garbage into special bags according to combustible and non-combustible garbage. Garbage cannot be thrown out at any time. On which days can combustible garbage be thrown out and on which days can non-burnable garbage be thrown out? Garbage has a designated time and place in each block, and is then collected by sanitation workers and sent to garbage treatment plants for reuse, burial, and incineration.

■Garbage sorting

■Separate meals are implemented at home

In Suzuki’s home in Tokyo, there are five people in the family, and each person has his or her own special bowls and chopsticks. . When eating at home, all kinds of dishes are separated and each person has a portion.

■Friends and relatives visit less often

Compared with Chinese families who are hospitable, Japanese people visit each other less often and do not receive guests at home. This is probably because Probably because the houses of Japanese people are generally relatively small.

■ Housewives clean the house every day

Most Japanese women work as full-time housewives at home after marriage. Their daily activities are not extensive, and cleaning the yard is an important job. The housewife will scrub the tatami or floor carefully every day, just like in "Smart Ikkyu".

■Japanese people have the habit of giving gifts

The Japanese pay attention to etiquette and have the custom of giving gifts. However, it is common to give items that are of little use to the recipient, so that the recipient can re-gift them. The Japanese like Chinese silk, famous wine and traditional Chinese medicine, and also like some famous brand goods, but they are more disgusted with things with fox and badger patterns, because foxes are a symbol of greed and badgers represent cunning. When visiting ordinary people's homes, they can only give chrysanthemums with fifteen petals, while the royal emblem only has sixteen petals.