What are the contradictory cultures in Japanese culture?

The achievements in the field of science and technology are remarkable, and the quality of the people is generally high, but the idea of patriarchal power is serious, the status of women is low, and the concept of hierarchy is deep-rooted.

Japan is a "country of etiquette", as evidenced by the development of Japanese honorifics. But on the other hand, Japanese men are rude to their wives at home and brutal to their subordinates at work.

"Kiku" is the family crest of the Japanese imperial family, and "sword" is a symbol of samurai status. Two things that were originally contradictory have become representatives of Japanese culture.

The concept of righteousness has penetrated deeply into the hearts of the Japanese and has become a major criterion for their conduct in the world, but the behavior of "breaking away from Asia and joining Europe" and diplomatically leaning toward the stronger side shows the utilitarian nature of the Japanese.

Japan's economy has been able to take off without natural resources, and on the whole, it is related to its advanced system and good national quality. However, on the one hand, he has a strict and almost rigid discipline, works hard, and has a good sense of public morality, but he is so indulgent and tolerant of sex; On the one hand, the pursuit of exquisite living standards, food hygiene and living environment are also the pursuit of perfection, plugging in the rest of the life is clean, but for life itself, the suicide rate has remained high for a long time. I don't know what kind of island mentality it is.

The Book of Filial Piety records that "the body is skinned, and the parents who receive it dare not destroy it, and the beginning of filial piety is also." "I don't even dare to "destroy" my hair, let alone my life. There are also statements in the Bible that people have no right to judge their own lives or the lives of others.

But suicide has never been banned in Japan, and there was even a complete set of rituals and procedures for seppuku in the Edo period.

The contradiction between peace and martial arts also reflects that Japan is a diverse and inclusive country on the spiritual level.

On the one hand, Meiji culture should provide a basis for the establishment of a modern capitalist state system in the early Meiji period, and on the other hand, it should serve the subsequent construction of capitalist modernization.

Extremely belligerent and extremely gentle, extremely militant and extremely beautiful, extremely rude and arrogant and extremely polite, extremely deferential and extremely hateful to be called, extremely loyal and extremely rebellious, extremely rigid and extremely flexible, extremely brave and extremely timid, extremely conservative and extremely willing to accept new things.

United States. Ruth. Benedict, "The Chrysanthemum and the Knife".

Are Wako dwarfs cultured?

Japan actually imitates Chinese culture, not completely imitates China, but its culture imitates foreign countries.

First of all, they are an island nation, supposedly immigrants. Qin Shi Huang asked Xu Fu to take three thousand boys and girls to the east to find immortality, but Xu Fu went to find it and did not come back. So now the Japanese say that they are descendants of Xu Fu. I don't know if it's true.

Before the Qin Dynasty, there was no such country as Japan, and even if there were, it was not a country. Japan was originally called Wakoku, but it was renamed Japan during the Tang Dynasty of China. During the Tang Dynasty, Jianzhen traveled east to Japan and brought with him a lot of advanced culture, technology, and so on.

Since then, various customs have imitated China, and this is the Chinese element of Japanese culture.

The contradiction between Japan's modernized economy and its unformed national culture lies in the external development of the economy.

The reason why Japan was the first to modernize in Asia is due to some coincidences, in addition to the traditional cultural advantages and geopolitics of the Japanese nation. First, the post-World War II world situation has made the United States urgently need an East Asian partner, and with a political marriage, it will naturally benefit a lot economically. Second, after World War II, the world's modern industrial development and urbanization process was the most rapid stage, and it happened that Japan's industry was dominated by this (Japan's industrial characteristics during the take-off of Li Jianji were: large-scale production, fast and efficient), and there was no competition between Europe and Asia at that time, such a first-mover advantage was given by history.

Therefore, although Japan's economy has entered the first-class developed countries, it does not have the requirements of the first-class developed countries: the overall quality of the people, the stability of the scientific social system, and the accumulation and accumulation of top-notch science and technology.

In other words, people have long mistakenly classified second-rate modern Japan as a first-class modern country, and this is the result of the wanton propaganda of sociologists and economists. Then it should be understood that there is no contradiction in Japan, or that Japan itself is just a second-rate modern country.

An analysis of what is now Japan. Japan's pursuit of cultural reform to form a compatible set of Eastern and Western cultural advantages is quite difficult and complicated, and in fact Japan has not succeeded. On the issue of sexuality, for example, conservatism is thrown away so quickly that it is a bit distorted here; For example, in the process of changing the busy life of the Japanese people to the high-end life of the Japanese, the progress of each class or individual is not consistent, which leads to a situation of social injustice.

To sum up, the current Japanese new culture is immature, and it is still in the period of exploration and experimentation, and when it is adjusted to a near-first-tier modern country, it will not feel that there is a contradiction in Japan's modernization. Now is a critical period for the stereotyping of Japanese culture, and influential Japanese people play a key role, so we must have an in-depth understanding of the real situation of people from all walks of life and all groups, and we must often have long talks. It is necessary to think deeply about the direction of national development and guide the people scientifically; Be calm and don't be fooled by fanatics or people with bad intentions.

Broadly speaking, it is divided by Nagoya.

The Kanto region is divided into Tokyo Prefecture, Kanagawa Prefecture, Chiba Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture, Ibaraki Prefecture, Tochigi Prefecture, and Gunma Prefecture.

The Kansai region of Japan includes Osaka Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture, Hyogo Prefecture, Nara Prefecture, Wakayama Prefecture, Shiga Prefecture, Mie Prefecture, and Fukui Prefecture (two prefectures and six prefectures).

Seki actually refers to a place called Sekigahara. Sekihara is the dividing line between Kanto and Kansai, with Kanto to the east and Kansai to the west.