Chapter 70 Preface to San Ji of Visiting Japan

Comrade Hu Qiwang is the director of the Southwest Ethnic Research Office of the Central University for Nationalities, specializing in the study of the Yao nationality in Southwest China.From 1982 to 1984, he went to Japan to conduct academic exchanges with Professor Shirashima Yoshiro and Takebayashi Takuo, famous Japanese experts on the study of the Yao nationality in China. During his stay in Japan, he wrote several random notes: these random notes were published in domestic newspapers He once asked me to write the title of the article, and now that the collection is about to be published, he asked me to write the preface again.

I lived in Japan for five years. After returning to China in 1951, I participated in various friendly visit groups and went there several times. I also wrote several articles about Japan. However, because our majors are different, the missions to go to Japan are different, etc. The reason is that his and my focus and pursuit are different.I think that the real situation and value of any landscape or any person must be understood from the projections from all directions to understand its whole picture. When I was in Tokyo, Japan, I never noticed how big the Tokyo area is?What is the population?How tall is the building?As for business, prices, etc., I don't know much about it.I spent five New Years in Tokyo, and I only remember the straw ropes and green pine hanging on the door of the house.As for the "year-end party", I have never heard of it.As for food, I always feel that Japanese tableware is more elegant than the taste of the dishes.But I am a person who eats everything. I really like Japanese sashimi, and I also like horse meat.

It's a long way to go, in short, Sanji of Visiting Japan was written by a scholar engaged in research, and it is a "casual book" that anyone who studies Japan must read.