Japanese people say that " Datang 's orthodox is in Japan", because the popular sushi in China, sashimi , tatami , etc. are all learned from Japan.
This time has become the pride in the hearts of many Japanese people, but only Chinese people know that these are the remaining ones used by Chinese ancestors!
Tang Dynasty Chang'an City The prosperity of many cultures has been derived. Now thousands of years have passed, and many things have been lost in China, but have been passed down by Japan.
So why did Japan retain the culture of our country Tang Dynasty , but China disappeared?
Is it really the orthodox Tang Dynasty that is popular in Japan now?
As early as the 19th century, a scholar named Nito Hunan in Japan proposed a new theory called "The Great Changes in Tang and Song Dynasties".
He believes that China's Tang Dynasty culture gradually moved south and disappeared after the Tang and Song dynasties, and later spread to Japan and was preserved. The statement
has caused huge controversy in later generations. So far, many people believe that some of the customs and cultures that are popular in Japan are all orthodox of the Tang Dynasty.
There is a traditional snack in Japan, which is the Japanese cuisine we are familiar with, that is sashimi.
Japan calls himself a "complete fish-eating nation", so they invented the way to eat sashimi, and also regard it as the highest etiquette when entertaining foreign guests.
There are many Japanese cuisines all over China nowadays, which are expensive but are very popular among people. However, most people only know that sashimi is a Japanese snack, but they don’t know that it is actually a traditional dish that has been circulating in our country for thousands of years.
This dish is called " Fish Raw ". As the name suggests, it is to maintain the most primitive and umami flavor.
China's earliest fish-eating history can be traced back to the original residents. They settled in rivers and beaches and found that the fish in the river could fill their stomachs, so they started eating.
Yusheng has been passed down in China for thousands of years, and later it was derived from another name, called " Fish Sashimi ". However, Yusheng was not a feature at this time, and its true reputation was in the Tang Dynasty.
People are becoming frenzy about fish breeding, and the raw materials are no longer wild fish that are casually salvaged from the river, but are replaced by precious fish species raised by people.
Li Bai , Du Fu and others have written fish into their poems. This kind of food has been popular until the Song Dynasty, but in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, fish gradually faded out of people's sight.
and even to modern times, although this kind of cuisine still exists in China, Guangdong and other places, it is not the mainstream cuisine that people eat every day. It is the Japanese sashimi.
So how did Yusui of the Tang Dynasty become a sashimi in Japan?
Why did it turn into a traditional Japanese snack after it disappeared in China?
Tang Dynasty culture disappeared in China but was inherited by Japan. Is this true?
actually knows after reading it. This statement is really ridiculous!
The reason why the Tang Dynasty culture appeared in Japan was because a position, or a special group, was appeared in Japan at that time, called " Despatch Tang Envoy ".
During the Tang Dynasty, in order to learn Chinese culture, Japan sent more than a dozen missions to the Tang Dynasty. This was not just an ordinary exchange. Its scale, time, and rich content were unprecedentedly popular in the history of Sino-Japanese cultural exchanges.
The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty paid great attention to it and rewarded Japan with many benefits. It is said that at that time, Yang Guifei also personally rewarded the envoy who sent the Tang Dynasty, an Pipa .
In this process, the envoy sent the Tang Dynasty to learn almost everything from the Tang Dynasty, including culture, technology, systems, food, etc. At that time, the Tang Dynasty was just popular, so of course Japan also learned it together.
Japan is an island country surrounded by the sea and has abundant fish resources. Japanese people always say "The blessing of the mountains and the blessing of the sea". In Chinese, it means "to rely on the mountains to eat the mountains and water to eat the water."
The best food for Japanese people is of course obtained from the sea, so fish quickly became one of the main foods on the Japanese dining table.
"Ya Sheng" is a food that is popular and convenient. After thousands of years of inheritance, it has become one of the traditional representatives of Japan. Even after the disappearance of Chinese fish, Japan began to pay more attention to inheritance.
In addition to sashimi, another Japanese characteristic culture, "tatami", was also passed down from China.
Because the land in Japan is small, houses are generally small. In order to save space, many families slept on the ground. Later, they gradually raised the mat they laid on the ground to form tatami.
The so-called tatami is a bed built against a window or against a wall. It not only saves space, but can also be used as a stool, sofa and other furniture.
Nowadays, many people in China will build tatamis for secondary bedrooms. People generally believe that this is a Japanese characteristic, and few people know that in China it also has a down-to-earth name called "Kang".
In ancient times, people did not have heating and could not withstand the cold winter, so they invented a hollow "kang" that could burn fire inside, making the entire bed very warm.
even nowadays. It was introduced to Japan from Han Dynasty and was gradually transformed by the Japanese, forming their unique tatami.
In addition, traditional Japanese clothing and makeup have been circulated from the Tang Dynasty.
After sending the Tang envoy back to Japan, he also brought the clothing with the characteristics of the Tang Dynasty. The Japanese liked it very much, so they designed a kimono based on the characteristics of the Tang Dynasty's clothes.
The makeup with kimono is also very distinctive, and it even seems a bit terrifying today.
They all shave off their eyebrows first, and then draw "hanging" eyebrows close to their hairline, which are thick and short, and combined with the thick and pale pink surface, forming a Japanese characteristic.
In some special festivals, they will also paint red eyebrows and around their eyes, blacken their entire mouth, and put red dots on both sides of their mouths, making the makeup difficult to understand.
In fact, these are just the tip of the iceberg that flowed into Japan from the Tang Dynasty. What they learned more were the political systems, rules and regulations of the Tang Dynasty, which directly promoted Japan's political reform.
and other things have directly affected Japan, and Tang Wenhua, who has preserved the integrity of Japan, has laid a profound foreshadowing to this day.
It seems that both sashimi and makeup have begun to go astray in Japan's heritage, and people cannot understand it. Is the culture of the Tang Dynasty really so terrifying?
What is the orthodox of the Tang Dynasty? Japan seems to have mastered the "essence", but in fact it has only learned the basics.
There is a joke online: There is only one reason why any food that is not popular in China is not delicious. The same goes for
sashimi.
Medical technology was underdeveloped during the Tang and Song dynasties, and there was no rich seasoning. People took out a variety of fish from the river or the sea, made it into "fish" and ate it directly into their stomachs, thus infected with parasites.
Later, people gradually discovered this fatal flaw and slowly abandoned the food of fish. Iron pot appeared during the period of the Song Dynasty, and oil refining technology gradually matured.
People found that after the fish was cooked, they would not only not be infected with parasites, but also had a better taste. So they slowly abandoned the fish and made the fish into various flavors.
The Tang Dynasty's makeup was varied, which made a woman's face look more delicate and beautiful. The woman would shave half of her eyebrows and then draw various eyebrow shapes to make her eyes look more flexible.
There is flower-die on the forehead, which is the most popular makeup in the Tang Dynasty. Red dots will be dotted on both sides of the mouth. This was called "Dianmian" in the Tang Dynasty. These two red dots look like dimples, which set off the woman's fair face, making her look more charming and attractive.
This is called the orthodox Tang Dynasty, not the white face like Japan, and the eyebrows like black moths.
However, what is ridiculous is that Japan has learned all these characteristics, but it has only learned some superficial knowledge. They regard the sashimi abandoned by Chinese ancestors as a tradition, and learn the makeup of the Tang Dynasty with only a slight understanding.
Over time, these so-called inheritances have become more and more biased, and are even considered by most people to originate from Japan.
So why do you say that these cultures were passed down in Japan but disappeared in China?
is more of an elimination than disappearance. Although the culture of the Tang Dynasty is good, it is only part of China's ancient and long cultural history, and China's culture is always moving forward and developing.
Many things have gradually stopped adapting to the historical development needs, so they have been eliminated.
So the answer is obvious. Japan only learns the basics, and even says "inheritance" is very difficult. The true orthodoxy has long been precipitated into the historical heritage of China, nourishing the endless and continuous growth of Chinese civilization.
