"The Story of Breasts"
Tiny headlines. Strong taste. On top of that, I’m a breastfeeding mom, which is why I started the “breasts” conversation.
Last week, I served as a judge for the Anhui Breast Model Competition. I sat in the middle of the stage. It was probably the most coveted position for all the men present and absent. There were girls, with childlike faces, big breasts, and dignified faces. They were transparent, energetic and confident, and they showed off their busty breasts and waist right in front of me, showing off their youth and occupying their stage. If before breastfeeding, I would first allocate my envy, jealousy and hatred, and then slowly give a roughly fair score.
But after that, my mentality was completely different.
“Everyone’s breasts have many stories.” A person who has been a midwife and lactation nurse for thirty years told me five months ago.
Before I gave birth to my baby, I was hesitant about whether to breastfeed. The reason was very simple: I was afraid that my charm and youth would flow away with my plump milk, leaving my dry and sagging breasts to grow old with me. . During the Renaissance, women's breasts were divided into two categories, one was the "upper-class breasts" that were firm, round and small, and the other was the "low-class breasts" that were huge for lactation and feeding children. Yes, I don’t want to lift up my milk-soaked clothes anytime and anywhere to feed a crying child. It feels strange, primitive and crude! I told Mr. Gao: "If I feed him for three months, even if he is worthy of it, many mothers will not feed him at all." Mr. Gao smiled faintly and said, "It's up to you. It's up to you."
Not long after, this The crying child came into the world and lay beside me innocently and at a loss. Oops, I pushed her into this dangerous world without asking for permission. I truly realized that it was all up to me to turn her from an ignorant little being into a powerful human character. As a perfectionist, a perfect body shape is important, but building a perfect life, being a perfect mother, and providing perfect milk... would be even better. The great search engine told me that breast milk is first of all safe; breast milk is rich in lactoferrin and immune cells, some nutrients that formula milk can never synthesize; by the way, the great search engine also told me that breastfeeding will not affect the mother's body shape . I choose to believe.
I can never sleep more than three hours, I have back pain and neck cramps, I have had mastitis, I have changed breast pumps, I carry a breast pump on my back to work, I fly with a breast pump on my back, I carry a breast pump on my back Going to the countryside... Only those who breastfeed know the hard work of breastfeeding. Don’t go into details, don’t be coquettish. You know.
The baby is five months old and I have a mouthful of milk. This makes me confident and proud every day. I have to keep feeding.
Facts have proved that Mr. Gao understood myself better than I did; and the so-called tone of civilization must be based on the laws of nature. God has given a newborn baby the ability to stutter. If I were to destroy it artificially, I would be immoral.
Breasts are the parts of the human body that best shape the human imagination. In the Stone Age, breasts were totems symbolizing reproduction and nourishment; Renaissance painters and poets painted breasts with erotic imagery; European thinkers in the 18th century made breasts a source of civil rights. Who do breasts belong to? Babies, the opposite sex, or women themselves?
My answer is D, all three of the above. Children, men, myself. You say, which woman's life is willing to be incomplete?
In comparison, men seem to live a comfortable life without this burden. Aristotle believed that breasts were one of the signs that women were inferior to men. But I think, on the contrary, precisely because they have given birth to life and settled their temperament, breasts are a bridge that enable women to cross to heaven faster than men!
"College Entrance Examination Composition: Be Direct"
A long ladder is erected in the corridor between buildings at any time. Everyone passing by has their arms outstretched, their two legs are fighting, and they are almost ready to go first. Walk, lest the long ladder fall down and crack your head.
Although there is a "Pay attention to safety" sign, the red letter seems to be more dazzling, like a red light on a cross street telling you to stop moving forward, and like a bloody notice telling you to stay away quickly, otherwise you will be responsible for the consequences... Let's be more direct! If we just put the ladder horizontally, wouldn't this building become less panicked and more peaceful? "Please lay the ladder horizontally when not in use." This sign is still better. It is so direct, so practical, so considerate, and so useful.
In our live news column, we have to collect our own news every day. Day after day, reporters travel long distances, eat and sleep in the open air, stay up late and work overtime to rack their brains. In addition to all kinds of hard work, they also You need to bear the heavy camera and the responsibility of protecting the machine. If there is any damage, compensation must be made. If you often walk by the river, how can your shoes not get wet? When I put it down on my back every day, there is always a chance that the huge thing will be knocked off, so experienced reporters will tell newcomers: "Put it directly on the ground after use."
"Put it directly on the ground" also made me After getting inspiration, when my children just learned to roll over, they would roll around every day to find the joy of becoming human for the first time. The 2-meter by 2-meter large bed is enough for adults to indulge, but not enough for children to have fun. Whenever I leave for a few seconds to flush the water, go to the toilet, tie a pigtail, and pick up a magazine, I am always worried about the "dong——" and the subsequent "wow——". Later, I opened a space directly on the living room floor and put her on the ground, so the chance of damage dropped sharply.
When "The Legend of Zhen Huan" was on the air, the "Zhen Huan style" was popular on the Internet. First, he said a lot of antique, long-winded and sophisticated words, and then he said: "Speak in human words——" Then translate it into modern Chinese. Netizens had a great time, enjoying the fun of arranging words and watching the jokes between "beating around the bush" and "straightforward".
"Speaking people's words" has too wide scope of application. When writing an article, whether it is to express your feelings directly or to explain in detail, don't drop your book bag to show off. At a conference, there are three boxes outside and three boxes inside. It is more complicated than the biological world's phylum, order, family, genus, species. How many key points have been mentioned? I can't break it with all my fingers and toes. When I think about it, it is all false and empty. It is really useless. So everyone in the audience was asleep, and when they woke up they just applauded and dismissed the meeting. Those who are in the talking business - hosts - have to speak human words. Being good-looking is an additional bonus, and speaking the right words is the embodiment of professionalism. If you don’t understand what you are talking about, how can the audience benefit and be happy? If you speak human words, someone will listen, and if you listen to someone, you will love someone for a long time.
Speaking human words is more technical than formatting. For us hosts, speaking in human terms means speaking more clearly and in detail on the show, and speaking more deeply into the other person's heart. Bai Yansong asked himself, "Speak as human beings, pay attention to people, and act like a human being." During the investigation of the murder of Chinese students at the University of Southern California, I admired what Chai Jing said, "When two young international students were innocently victimized, someone lost their child. , someone lost a friend, and these two people lost their love and life that had just begun. In the face of such loss, people should not consume disaster and death, but should jointly bear, try to comfort, ask for responsibility, and demand. Protect." Although the words are simple, they are deeply meaningful and reveal their sincere concern and regret, as well as the media people's reflection on the incident, those involved, and their own responsibilities.
Be direct, so that people’s hearts will be closer, life will be more convenient, the world will be more peaceful, and everything will be better.
"Micro Japan"
The Meaning of Travel
Every time I end a trip, I feel like I am waking up from a dream. I felt lost and lamented, because the completely different world in the dream was no longer within reach and belonged to me; but I was calm and calm, because the atmosphere in the dream was truly projected into my real life, affecting and changing my perspective. Viewpoint, aura, direction.
Before going to Japan, I had many concerns. Because we will go to the disaster-stricken area in Northeast Japan for an exchange visit, where there are traces of earthquakes and tsunamis, and there are more or less but certain radiation values. They mean trauma and the opening of scars, the shadow of death and fear. Due to special historical reasons, Sino-Japanese relations are also tense and delicate. I am worried about whether the Japanese officials and people are friendly to us, or whether they are just friendly to us. Because of the language barrier, and because the cultural gap is obvious but unpredictable, I am afraid that I will not be able to find my place, be at a loss, and have a weak aura.
So not long after I landed, I saw a white guy and I felt friendly. Look, he is just like me, he is not Japanese, he speaks English, but he is running around on the street.
The tour guide and translator of the group is called Miki, a Chinese girl who has lived in Japan for 19 years. I got on the bus and listened to her gossip about Japan while looking at the scenery outside the window. It turns out that NHK does not broadcast advertisements and relies on full government funding for its revenue. It turns out that Japanese dramas generally only have twelve or three episodes, which is different from the historical giants where we often have hundreds of episodes. It turns out that sibling relationships are popular in Japan, even if they are more than a teenager, there are many articles like Ma Yili’s.
I have long heard that Japan is clean, and I was soon shocked by the facts. Large trucks carrying goods often pass by us on the road. I glanced at the open carriages and quickly thought of the bedroom floor I had just mopped at home before going on a long trip. After that, my eyes never left the window. All cars, big and small, were running silently, and I didn’t seem to hear a single whistle, including in the next eight days. The car bodies were all clean and translucent. I then asked Miki, how often do Japanese people wash their cars? Miki said, "Some people who love car washing will wash their cars once a week, while ordinary people wash their cars once a month." Well, let's not say anything else.
The streets are so spotless, but there are no trash cans on the streets. I heard a story about a Chinese tourist who borrowed nail clippers from a Japanese passerby. Before borrowing the nail clippers, the foreigner dumped all the broken nails from the knife box into his designer handbag. This shows that firstly, there are so few trash cans in Japan, and secondly, no matter how few trash cans there are, the Japanese will never throw garbage on the ground. There are fewer trash cans, maybe because it facilitates centralized management and classification of garbage. In the next few days, I felt very uncomfortable. Whenever I saw a trash can, it was like finding a pool of water in the desert, finding a toilet in Tibet, and taking an exam. I was overjoyed when I found the standard answer and received a year-end bonus in the moonlight.
At least it is a trash can, and at most it is a vending machine. Especially drink vending machines. Why do vending machines thrive and persist in Japan? Miki proudly said that Japan’s public security is one of the best in the world.
Our bus travels along the left side of the road at a very fast speed because the driver will not worry about a battery car cutting into the fast lane or a pedestrian crossing the road at a red light on the side. Close to the glass window, I was delighted to see more and more recognizable elements, such as friendly traditional Chinese characters, international brand LOGOs on the building, and long queues similar to those at Spring Festival travel ticketing points - Miki said this is the Japanese When buying lottery tickets, they are all superstitious about a certain window number, so the queue becomes very long. Everyone in the car laughed. I also relaxed and began to enter the state. I used my camera, pen and paper, and my mind to record and observe in detail the Japan I felt.
Japan welcomes me
In Japan, the first people to welcome our Chinese youth delegation were two girls. One is Emi, who is as gentle as water. She comes from the International Exchange Service Center, the organizer of this exchange visit, and her father, Mr. Okamoto Tatsuo, is the chairman of the organization. Okamoto is half-Chinese. He had no problem communicating with us, and was humorous and sincere. However, he said that a few days after receiving the mission, his daughter Emi was worried that he would not receive a good reception and her Chinese was not good enough. I broke out in a rash that didn't go away until the night before we arrived.
There is also Miki, a Beijing girl who has lived in Japan for 19 years, and is our tour guide and translator. She studied in university in Japan, became a Japanese citizen, and married a Japanese husband. She speaks fluent Japanese and is polite and generous. Like most Japanese girls, she has the habit of being slightly splayed when standing because she has been kneeling on the tatami for a long time.
The two girls, in just eight days, gave us enough warmth and touch to remember for a lifetime.
There are 29 people in our group C. One of them doesn’t eat fish and the other doesn’t eat pork. They had informed all the restaurants in advance and everything went smoothly in the end. Due to the full schedule, we were rushing and changing hotels almost every day. The hotel that was damaged by the tsunami had a single room, a tatami room for three people, and more rooms for two people. How to unlock which hotel, which one has wifi and which network cable , when the meeting will be held, where the meal will be, and what level of formal attire you need to wear tomorrow, they will tell you repeatedly in advance.
As time went by, everyone had more and more luggage, and they took the initiative to find hotels to pack boxes and weigh luggage for those who needed it to prevent us from overloading the luggage. They always think one step ahead and one step faster than we do, and they do everything for us in advance. Really, I haven't had this warm feeling for a long time. Before leaving, I hugged Emi so hard that I almost shed tears; and because Miki was busy with everyone's luggage, I didn't get to see her again until we passed the security check to say goodbye properly.
From them, I got the signal: Japan welcomes me and welcomes me to come again, and it is worthy of my coming again.
When communicating with Aomori educators, the receptionist thoughtfully hand-drawn a lot of beautiful question boards, which he held up and turned over during the explanation. The explanation summary and notes were written on them in Chinese and Japanese. matters, greetings. They also found a girl who taught herself Chinese among the staff of their unit to serve as a translator. They were worried that if we didn’t bring our own translator, we wouldn’t be able to understand.
When we met with people from the Aomori tourist community, we were greeted not only by the super-cute mascot Ekubei, but also by a large display board with the words "Warmly welcome to Aomori" written in Chinese. , the names of the 29 members are neatly coded below.
I don’t understand Japanese at all, but after a few days, I no longer feel afraid of going out on the street. After asking for directions several times, I came to several conclusions. First, the Japanese are all lively people. They will not only point you to the right path, but will also go out of their way to explain it to you, or take you directly for a while; second, although the Japanese English is difficult to understand, but all men, women, and children understand some English, and with body language, you won't be able to miss it.
There is also a little story that I personally experienced. One day we stayed in a remote hotel. It was almost twelve o'clock in the evening. I was washing up and getting ready to go to bed. I found that the contact lens care solution had been used up. I was anxious. I asked the front desk where there is a 24-hour store. The front desk said we have a car to take you there in 3 minutes. If you walk by yourself, it will take 15 minutes. I asked how much, and the other person said it was free, and this is what we should do. So a few seconds later, a big man rubbing his eyes was called out. Being woken up in the middle of the night to do work is a trivial matter that the other party can solve by himself. If this happens to anyone, it will make him complain at least or get annoyed at worst. I also feel sincerely sorry. But the driver was very kind. He opened the door for me, chatted with me in simple English, and took me to my destination in one minute. It turned out that the place was not far away. The receptionist took the greatest difficulty for me and provided the best service possible. After buying the care solution, I was once again surprised to find that the driver was standing straight in front of the opened car door, waiting for me. Then, he took me back to the hotel, opened the car door for me, and bowed good night. I didn't know how to express my flattery and gratitude. I could only keep bowing back and forth to the other person and thanking him in Japanese.
I would like to lament that Japan’s service industry is really not simple. I have always understood "service" as "welcome to come again", but they knew that we would not come again, but they still provided the best service. This is not only about the service industry, but also the sense of responsibility that penetrates into the bones of the Japanese people. , kind feelings and national quality. This incident moved me, touched me, and made me look up to and respect Japan. Exactly 150 years ago, during the Westernization Movement, there was a saying of "learning from foreigners and developing skills to strengthen oneself". This is true in any historical period, so I want to record everything I feel about Japan and share it with every compatriot. you.
The details of self-love
In the previous article, I said: Japan welcomes me. You might say: plagiarism. The original words are that Beijing welcomes you.
Yes, the Beijing Olympics and the Shanghai World Expo built beautiful venues, planted flowers along the road, and promoted spiritual civilization construction during a specific period, and then opened the door to welcome the world with an extremely sincere attitude. guest. But behind closed doors, do parents and officials care about the people? Do the members of this extended family love each other? Do we love ourselves enough?
In the few days I spent in Japan, I witnessed countless details of self-love among Japanese people.
At the training meeting before going to Japan, we learned about some public opinion surveys on China and Japan’s views on each other. One of the issues is the Japanese’s understanding of China’s social system, ranked in order of socialism, totalitarianism, and militarism.
It baffles me that our motherland is so closely associated with militarism. You are militaristic, in the eyes of us Chinese.
I learned some information only after I came here. For example, in Japan, war scenes are never allowed to appear in any film and television works, in order to protect children. I seem to understand their options somewhat. Think about it, we have been accustomed to the blood and blood in war movies since childhood; think about our soldiers Zhang Ga, Pan Dongzi, and Wang Erxiao, they are all children who have experienced war, children!
Japanese people really love their children very much. We visited the Aomori Prefectural Library, which has a dedicated children's reading room, which is clean, bright, and colorful. It has books, tables, chairs, and stuffed toys. There are also dedicated volunteers who tell stories to the children for half a day every week.
Japanese parents have to go to work just like Chinese parents, but Japanese grandparents are not like their Chinese ancestors. Their concept is that you gave birth to the child, and I have no right to interfere and am not responsible for it. So parents had no choice but to send their children to kindergarten when they were six months old. Fortunately, they have 10,000% confidence in the kindergartens in their country. As a mother, I really envy this aspect of Japan, because my own column has exposed news about kindergartens feeding children bad fruits, and kindergartens sealing children’s mouths with transparent plastic.
A friend of mine is asking me to work on a charity project in Anhui: a maternal and infant room. In China, I have only seen mother and baby rooms in some airports and IKEA stores. In Anhui Province, the number I know of is zero. When I was breastfeeding my child, my biggest worry was the inconvenience: I was always looking for an empty room at work, and ended up hiding in a corner of a conference room with a broken lock, secretly pumping breast milk; when I took my child shopping, even as a public figure, I was even I had no choice but to breastfeed in public in the corner of the restaurant. My mother-in-law used a gauze scarf to cover me at that time. So after arriving in Japan this time, I have been paying special attention to the layout of the maternal and infant rooms here. It appears almost as frequently as the restroom in public places such as shopping malls. Push the door and enter, and it is even more exquisite: curtains, a row of soft leather seats, two small beds with safety buckles, power supply, water heater, and running water. Sanitizing filter, hand sanitizer, toilet paper, trash can and of course a good door lock. The streets of Japan are full of parents with babies hanging on their chests, just because it is convenient to take care of children. At the two sessions in 2012, Yang Lan submitted a proposal to add maternal and infant rooms in domestic public places. This can increase the breast milk rate, extend the duration of breast milk, enhance the physical quality of the people, and also show respect for women and mothers in a civilized society. The cultural gap between the two countries is highlighted by the mother and baby room.
Of course, Japanese people love themselves not only for flowers and hope, but also for the elderly and women. If you need to support an elderly person, a woman, or a child, you can get tax relief. A small movie ticket costs 1,500 yen, but if you are a couple over 50 years old, an elderly person over 60, or a girl on Girls’ Day on Wednesday, you only need to spend 1,000 yen.
The Japanese public toilets are definitely worth mentioning. I have long heard that "washlets" are installed in public toilets in Japan, and you can clean your body directly after using the toilet. I have confirmed this with my own eyes. My new discovery is: there is a sound protection button on the "washlets". It is used to cover up indecent sounds; there is also a toilet cleaner and its instructions on hand; there is a fixed seat for babies in front of you; there are always two rolls of toilet paper hanging and two spare rolls; not every kind of paper can be used Toilet paper must be able to melt in water within 100 seconds and ensure that it does not clog the toilet in order to meet the standards. There are illustrations and notices on the use of various buttons and items on the wall. Even if it is your first time here, you will never There will be any embarrassment and confusion. Gosh, even the bathroom is of such high standard and finesse. Isn’t this the legendary impeccable quality?
The Japanese attach great importance to safety, which means they are born out of worries. In almost all residential and office buildings, you will see a red inverted triangle sign on a glass window at the top. This means that if there is a fire in this building, this window can be smashed, so it is usually not allowed to place it under this window. of items. Along the road, you can see “places of fatal accidents” and “check left and right (before crossing the road)” everywhere. "No crossing" and other traffic warnings. What’s even more valuable is that everyone can follow it.
Japan’s management is orderly and everyone has a strong sense of morality, which can be seen from the urban traffic. Although Tokyo is an international metropolis, the streets may be narrower than you can imagine, but I didn't seem to see any traffic jams or even hear a honking sound. Pedestrians obey the rules on the road, so the roads are smooth; more importantly, the government encourages everyone to take public transportation, so taxi fares and private car parking fees are very expensive; and the subway network is extremely rich and the prices are cheap.
On the day before I left, just like when I first landed, I saw the scene of long-distance running on Tokyo Street again. But this time it was an extremely large team, men, women, old and young, black and white, more than a hundred people looming in the evening greenery, harmonious and beautiful. Why are they so keen on long-distance running? Because this large group of people can freely appear on the streets; because the air is clean and the roads are quiet; because they love life and themselves.
About the happiness index of Japanese people
Friends who have been to Japan will sigh: prices are really high. What concept? A watermelon costs 70 yuan, and a KFC classic meal costs more than 60 yuan. Taking a taxi, the starting price is 660 yen, which is more than 50 yuan, and in the blink of an eye, 4,000 yen is gone, which is more than 300 yuan. So when I buy gifts for domestic friends in Japan, I grin. So should local brands be cheaper as a matter of course? NO! I went to the electronics store to check out the mirrorless cameras, only to find that the prices of electronic products made in Japan were almost the same as those on domestic Taobao, and the in-camera language setting was only Japanese, not even English! Japanese, how much do you not want to make money from international friends? ! Exactly, the more local Japanese products are, the higher the price; imported goods are actually cheaper, and American and European goods are all cheaper than Japanese goods. This is completely opposite to China. Because Japanese people unanimously believe that things made in Japan are the best. expensive? As it should be!
So do Japanese people have very high wages? At the farewell dinner hosted by the Japanese government for us, I met Ms. Hideko Nakayama. She is originally from Shandong, China. She has been in Japan for 30 years. She founded and ran a large travel agency and hosted exchange visits between Chinese and Japanese officials and large enterprises. Activity. She had just applied for a work visa for a girl from Northeast China, and offered her a monthly salary of 200,000 yen, or 16,000 yuan, but there was not much left to rent a house for food and groceries.
At night in Tokyo, there are many men in suits and ties sleeping on the street corners. Their briefcases are used as pillows or thrown aside. It is said that they are stressed and drunk. If they go home too early, they will be raped by their wives. Contempt - In this regard, we Chinese men are stronger. Not only do they have a good drinking capacity, but they also drink at the door. This should be regarded as a scene in Tokyo. Of course, it also relies on Japan's good public security. If you are robbed once in other countries, Bao, I don’t dare to sleep on the street for the second time in my life. A friend of mine works in a provincial office in Japan and is quite familiar with the living conditions of people in both countries. Seeing this street scene, I asked him, do you think your happiness index is higher, or that of Japanese men? After a long time, he replied: We Chinese men are the best.
Perhaps because he lives a privileged life, he cannot speak for the majority of Chinese office workers; perhaps he is right. Japanese men’s various repressions are reflected in the streets and inside and outside the buildings.
Although Japanese men are under great pressure to support their families, whether you are a recent graduate or the boss of a large company, if there are elderly people in the family who need support, a full-time housewife or children who need to be taken care of, you can get a certain amount of tax reduction. This kind of humane policy is so considerate. It allows Japanese men to maintain their dignity without having to embarrass themselves and pretend to be fat. The price is too high.
Contemporary Japanese women are becoming more and more proud. They no longer go to the door to greet their husbands after get off work as they did in the past, or they just stay at home until late at night religiously. After getting married, they may temporarily listen to their husbands and take care of things at home, but they will go back to work after a year or two. Japanese elderly people can be considered the happiest group. Many made a fortune by speculating in stocks in their early years, and then they lived a leisurely life and kept themselves decent all day long.
Due to lack of confidence in the future economic, energy and other conditions, more and more Japanese people do not like to have children. Just from the age of Japan Airlines stewardesses, we can see that Japan’s population is aging.” The most dangerous moment." Therefore, various discounts are coming to encourage having children. For example, Softbank provides a subsidy of 1 million yen for each child, using incentives to reduce the stress of raising children for employees.
Ms. Eiko Nakayama also has a say in how high the happiness index of Japanese people is. She said that when she came to Japan to start a business thirty years ago, she initially moved her family and didn’t understand the language. Then came the establishment of various new circles, the challenges of new concepts, and the adaptation of new rules... Although it was a bumpy journey, fortunately There are rules to follow. At the same time, she also mentioned that whenever she receives events from China and Japan, dealing with the Chinese side is often difficult and unpredictable, such as various unspoken rules, such as inefficiency, cold eyes, private gifts and other keywords. And as a middleman, as a Chinese, she always chooses to keep silent to the Japanese side.
She said: It’s hard in Japan, but it’s not hard. Those of us who came out can never go back.
The happiness index should be calculated according to different social environments, different people, and different requirements, so you should know whether it is good or bad.
Before you love or hate, you must first understand
When I said on Weibo that I arrived in Japan, comments immediately rushed to me, why would I go to a place like that?
I posted some detailed pictures of Japanese bathrooms on Weibo, and some netizens began to educate me that you must be patriotic and not worship foreigners.
Although these netizens are a bit extreme, I choose to understand and tolerate them. Many people around me, including myself, even if they know that Japan is a hundred good things, they will still label Japan with ranging from suspicion to hatred because of a certain major rift.
Bai Yansong said in the feature film "Iwasong Sees Japan": "Before you love and hate, you must first understand."
I am fortunate to have the opportunity to understand, so I deeply agree with this sentence.
There is a Yoshinoya near Ginza. The store is super crowded. The taste of beef rice is not much different from that of Yoshinoya in China, but here you eat first and pay later. There I met Mr. Lin, a native of Fujian, China. He had been working in Japan for ten years and had just submitted his naturalization application. He talked about how, by chance, he came to work in a company in Japan. At first, he was resistant because of the well-known history, and he was also worried because Sino-Japanese relations have always been delicate. Later, it took him six full years to let go of an emotion called hatred. Because the system, the people, the city, the scenery, everything here is constantly instilling friendly and gentle signals into him... We talked a lot, and when we said goodbye, he solemnly made a request to me: Are you here? Media work, can you help us Chinese people in Japan do more publicity? We all love our motherland very much, but we also like Japan. The Japanese are really friendly to us.
Yes, I have put many details into writing and verbally about the kindness, self-esteem and self-love of the Japanese. But this is not enough. I would also like to talk about how the Japanese face natural disasters as we are all human beings; as we are all human beings, we should unite, help each other, understand, learn, and get rid of love and hate.
The post-disaster reconstruction work of Sendai Airport is one of the tasks of our inspection trip. When I stood in the lobby of Sendai Airport and looked up to see the 3.02-meter water mark marked on the pillar that once engulfed the airport, I was silent and terrified. What kind of doomsday scene happened here last spring? In the video in front of me, there are waves rushing in like crazy, planes, cars, and containers that have been washed to pieces like grass. Everyone is screaming and running for their lives... The so-called catastrophe is such a decisive thing.
Only half a year later, the airport was rebuilt and its ability to withstand disasters was strengthened. The new Sendai Airport once again welcomed domestic and foreign tourists and won our respect.
When the staff told us all these thrilling, concerted efforts, and untold hardships in a calm tone, I realized: when people can face disasters with such an attitude, they have already Completed self-psychological reconstruction. And this is more valuable than any number of new high-rise buildings built.
No matter how difficult it is, this is how a country thrives. Japan is a country prone to earthquakes and tsunamis, so Japanese people must have perseverance and stubbornness ingrained in their bones. Isn’t it worth letting go of our love and hatred and study hard for the character and experience they have gained through long-term hardships?
After returning to Hefei, I saw slogans hung along the roads in the government district: Learn from Lei Feng and be a moral person. I immediately recalled that I had been touched and taught by countless texts since I was a child, but after I truly entered society, I found that all I had learned were fairy tales. In Japan, I have never seen such slogans teaching people to be kind, but everyone on the street is actually practicing "Learning from Lei Feng", loving each other, helping each other, and staying with each other. During this trip, I may not have seen too many traces of traditional Japan, I didn’t smell the fragrance of flower arrangements and tea ceremonies, and I didn’t go to Kyoto, Osaka, and Hokkaido, but I personally experienced an orderly, highly developed, and culturally advanced country that inherited traditional civilization. modern Japanese society.
I am not sure if I have ever hated Japan, but I am sure that I have always loved my motherland deeply. The communication, understanding, letting go of burdens, mutual understanding, respect, and learning that I describe today are all for the purpose of making the motherland better and people's hearts kinder.