Every country has its own national flag, national anthem, national emblem, etc. This is a must for an independent regime and is also one of the representatives of a country's external image. However, among more than 200 countries in the world, the national anthems of some countries are very meaningful, and can even be said to be potentially aggressive. People can feel the ambition hidden in them after listening to them.
is like Japan's national anthem. Their national anthem only has 28 words, but these short 28 words hide a lot of information, and also reveal the ambitions of the Japanese invaders that have not been eliminated. Many people may not understand this, but if it is translated into Chinese, I believe you can understand how big their ambitions are. So what is the content of Japan's national anthem? What kind of unknown secret does it express?
Japan's national anthem - " King of Generations "
Before Japan launched the " Meiji Restoration " in 1868, they still imitated my country's feudal absolutism system and implemented a strict hierarchical system.
However, because it was still a feudal society before this, Japan did not have its own national anthem. Even the national flag and text were guided by the ancient dynasties of my country. After the establishment of the new capitalist system, it will naturally face many problems.
Among them was the issue of the country’s national anthem. The person who raised this matter was not the Japanese, but John William Fenton, a teacher of the British military band who was working in Yokohama, Japan. After he learned that Japan did not have a national anthem, he took the initiative to raise it to the Japanese military band and emphasized the necessity that a country must have its own national anthem.
After hearing such a proposal, the then Japanese Emperor naturally took it seriously. This was indeed an important way to unite the nation and establish national spirit and beliefs, and then began to compose the Japanese national anthem.
Because they had no experience, they asked John William Fenton to compose the music himself, and then Captain Dashanyan, who had high literary attainments and high prestige, composed the lyrics for the national anthem. It didn't take long for the Japanese national anthem "Kiminoyo" to be successfully composed. However, the first generation of the national anthem had a strong militaristic flavor. After all, both the lyrics and the music were composed by writers with military backgrounds. Coupled with Japan's long-standing spiritual ethos, it is inevitable that this will happen.
It was not until later that Navy band conductor Yuyong Nagakura felt that it lacked a sense of solemnity and the overall nobility of the royal family when listening to the original "Kiminoyo", so he proposed modifications to the national anthem. Finally, he adopted the style of Japanese court performance music, and then made new adjustments, which are still in use today.
So what is the content of the Japanese national anthem "Kiminoyo"? In fact, there are only 28 words translated into Chinese. The general meaning of the lyrics is: "My emperor's royal tradition has been passed down for thousands of generations, and has been passed down to eight thousand generations, until the small stones turn into giant rocks, until the giant rocks grow moss." Although it doesn't seem like much, and the whole song only lasts for more than a minute, if you read it carefully, you will find that the lyrics have connotations. After all, it is the national anthem. The lyricist cannot just write the lyrics casually, and it must have a certain meaning.
Who knows that there is an unknown ambition behind the short 28 characters? Let’s take a look at the first half of the lyrics, "My emperor’s royal tradition has been passed down to a thousand generations, and it has been passed on to eight thousand generations." On the surface, it seems to be a wish that his country can continue for a long time. As can be seen from the word "eight thousand generations" in , this is not only a hope for the continuation of the country, but also the continuation of the nation.
However, the previous sentence mentioned the Emperor of Japan. The original intention was that such continuation and development was achieved under the leadership of the Emperor. Therefore, the deeper meaning is to strengthen the restraint of thoughts and make the Japanese people loyal to the Emperor and maintain absolute loyalty. This is one of the manifestations of militarism .
Let’s look at the second half of the sentence, “until the small rocks turn into giant rocks, until the giant rocks grow moss.” It seems that there is nothing wrong with it. It feels like praying that your country can develop and grow, but in fact it is not that simple. The sentence
has an obvious meaning of aggression. "Little Rock" refers to the current Japanese island, and "Big Rock" refers to territorial expansion. It expresses an aggressive idea, eager to expand territory in the future and turn the original Japanese island country into an entire continent. To achieve this goal, the only way is to launch a war and invade other countries.
Then there is the moss growing on the "big rock". This moss actually represents the Yamato nation of Japan. The Japanese rulers at that time hoped that all countries in the world could surrender under their feet in the future, and also hoped that people of their own nation could spread all over the world. After all, the small country was not only short of resources, but also had a pitiful population. This was a situation that could not be changed before the Meiji Restoration, so these short 28 characters are full of aggression and ambition.
Their aggressive ambitions bring endless disasters.
It is precisely because of such thoughts and ambitions that Japan has always maintained its sinful militaristic ideas, which have not been eliminated even now. At the same time, it is also because of their aggressive nature of colonial plunder and expansion that has brought heavy disasters and torture to the people of the world, especially the people of our country.
You must know that in the second half of the 19th century, Japanese invaders had already coveted our country's territory. While other Western capitalist powers were expanding their colonies, Japan also took a share of the pie in an attempt to seize our country's territory.
After the outbreak of World War II , Japan formulated the so-called "Destroy China in Three Months" plan and wanted to annex the vast territory of our country in a short period of time. Unfortunately, this idea was eventually shattered by the unity of our military and civilians, but the Anti-Japanese War inevitably broke out.
This war was fought very hard due to the huge disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves, as well as the gap in weapons and equipment. It was not until the situation of the world war changed that the Japanese front was stretched too long and could no longer take care of the entire area. Only then did we have the opportunity to fight back. Fortunately, after 14 years of anti-war , we finally won the final victory, and at the same time shattered the wolf ambitions of Japanese imperialism.
Conclusion
As the saying goes, "Justice may be late, but it will never be absent." This just war against aggression and imperialism has washed away the humiliation of the Chinese nation for a century and greatly inspired the Chinese people's struggle. Ambition, now that the Eastern Lion has risen, Japanese militarists no longer have the chance to compete with our country. Their ambitions can only be described on paper. If they do not repent, they will definitely end in failure. They will also pay a heavy price for this, and even endanger the continuity of the nation.
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