No matter how developed science and technology can not hide the dirt in the depths of the soul, Japan's Yasukuni Shrine is the dirtiest soul of Japan's advanced country. On August 15, 75 years ago, Japan announced its unconditional surrender, which was the punishment they deserved as aggressors, and modern Japanese right-wing politicians, when looking at the war of aggression in that year, did not feel ashamed at all, and rushed to the Yasukuni Shrine to "worship ghosts."
The predecessor of the shrine founded by Emperor Meiji of Japan in 1869 is the Tokyo Spirits' Shrine. Most of the soldiers and their families who died fighting for Japan are enshrined in the interior. Most of them were Japanese officers killed in World War II. As a result of this act, Japan has been reviled and condemned by peace-loving people all over the world. As Chinese, we must not forget the harm that the Japanese invaders have done to us, and at the same time, we must know that there are three Chinese enshrined in the Yasukuni Shrine in Japan.
Yasukuni Shrine Yo right winger
The meaning of the Yasukuni Shrine in the early days of its establishment is still in line with normal values, and the two words "Yasukuni" come from China's historical classic "Zuo Zhuan" to represent national stability.
Since the outbreak of the Black Ship Incident in Japan, two opposing political systems have been formed in Japan, namely the imperial court centered on the emperor and the Tokugawa shogunate. Shogunate politics in Japan was a very special form of politics in which the samurai class held power and exercised military feudal rule, and the shogunate had great power over the emperor for a long time.
During the period of confrontation between the two major political factions, the shogunate ignored the orders of the central imperial court and obeyed the demands of the United States to "open ports". The "Emperor Faction" was extremely dissatisfied with this and launched an activity to overthrow the shogunate, a political movement full of bloody struggles, in which many court ministers died. The "Soul-Summoning Society" is to pay tribute to these ministers who have martyred for the country and to appease their relatives.
But as time flew by, the Yasukuni Shrine gradually became a weapon for right-wing politicians to cover up the crime of aggression. August 15 is a special day for China, but also for Japan, and every year on this day, various mourning ceremonies are held in various parts of Japan, some ceremonies are to face history and reflect on themselves, but some ceremonies are indeed to evade responsibility and falsify history.
The reason why these Japanese right-wing politicians visited the Yasukuni Shrine many times was mainly because the reform of the Meiji Restoration was not thorough enough at that time, and although the Meiji Restoration was Japan's path to capitalism, most of the politicians in power at that time were from the feudal samurai class, resulting in a strong feudal remnant of Japanese capitalism.
The Meiji Restoration harmed the interests of a large number of warrior classes, domestic contradictions intensified, the ruling class in order to ensure domestic stability adopted a way of external expansion, the disgruntled peasants, samurai clans led overseas, by this time Japan's traditional Bushido spirit has degenerated into militarism, through the expansion and plunder, Japan gained huge wealth, and gradually became the most powerful country in East Asia.
After Japan's defeat in the war, the United States adopted a supportive attitude toward Japan. This attitude of the United States has re-entered the pre-war forces of Japan into government institutions, and some even became prime ministers, and they are the earliest Japanese right-wing forces, a political group that strives to revive militarism and advocate foreign expansion.
Three Chinese in the Yasukuni Shrine
In fact, the shrines in Japan are not entirely Visited by Japanese people, but also three Chinese, which have a great role in promoting the development of Japanese society Chinese.
The first person was Xu Fu of the Qin Dynasty, who was deeply involved in teaching and was trusted by Qin Shi Huang to serve as the imperial physician of Qin Shi Huang. In the late reign of Qin Shi Huang, obsessed with the search for elixirs, Xu Fu once said that there were three sacred mountains in the east, and the mountains lived with gods and immortals. This made Qin Shi Huang extremely excited, and he sent Xu Fu to take thousands of boys and girls to the east to seek immortals.
At that time, navigational skills were extremely limited, and he arrived along the coast to stay here with Japanese children, and when he returned home, the "book burning pit Confucianism" broke out in the country, which made him frightened. So he found an excuse to start the second east crossing, this time he never returned. The Japanese regard him as the first emperor.
The second person was Lin Jingyin of the Yuan Dynasty, a monk who had followed his friends to Japan to carry forward the traditional Chinese staple food steamed buns, which improved the lives of the local people and promoted the reproduction of the local population.
The third is Chiang Kai-shek, who during world war II was the commander-in-chief of the anti-Japanese resistance in China, and it is said that he should have a great grudge with the Japanese government, but after the war, the Chiang Kai-shek government gave up the Shikoku Island region and the due reparations in order to win over Japan. This greatly reduced the burden on the Japanese people, who built a Chisho Shrine for him to worship.
History is the foundation of the future, and a nation that cannot face history squarely cannot develop in the long run, and repentance and reflection are the best way to make up for what happened in the past.