As we all know, China is a country with a long history and a long history, why are there so many Chinese characters in the Japanese language? Because many of their cultural customs and political laws were learned from our country, the Japanese side sent 19 "Tang envoys" to the Tang Dynasty to learn knowledge, and many scholars believe that many of the earliest Japanese residents migrated Chinese.
Is the name "Xu Fu" unfamiliar and familiar to everyone? Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor in China's history, has been pursuing the "elixir of immortality", and sent thousands of people out to sea to find the "elixir", and the leader was Xu Fu. But he also has an even more unsavory identity - the first emperor of Japan.
The "Chronicle of History" records: "Qin Shi Huang Dayue, dispatched three thousand men and women, and went through all kinds of work. Xu Fu (i.e., Xu Fu) obtained the plains of Guangze, and the king did not come. Speaking of the year as the imperial doctor of Qin Shi Huang, Xu Fu told Qin Shi Huang that there were 3 immortal mountains on the sea, namely Penglai, Abbot, and Yingzhou, and if he could find Xian Shan, he could ask for the immortal elixir for the emperor, so Qin Shi Huang agreed, he took 3,000 boys and girls, and enough to eat for 3 years of food, clothes, medicine, etc.
He was afraid that Qin Shi Huang would blame him, and did not dare to go back, in 210 BC, Xu Fu and the people came to the "Plain Guangze", felt that the place was beautiful and livable, so he discussed with everyone or he would live, and everyone agreed and supported him as king. "Plain Hirozawa" refers to Japan.
This is not empty talk, consult japanese historical materials, there are many records of Xu Fudongdu. For example, the "Kai Kuniji" of the Edo period in Japan wrote: "After Xu Fu and others arrived in Japan, they changed their names to Haneda and engaged in divisional duties. The famous Japanese master Hongshun said: "Xu Fu they live in the foothills of Mount Fuji in Japan, and now their descendants call themselves Qin. (The book calls Mt. Fuji "Mt. Penglai")
In addition to Japanese historical materials, in Japan, there are relics of Xu Fu everywhere, such as Xu Fu Ancestral Hall, according to statistics, there are more than 50 tombs, steles, temples and other tombs, steles, temples and other tombs related to Xu Fu in various parts of Japan, and more than 20 places where Xu Fu landed in Japan, and 30 large and small legends.
Until today, many people in Japan regard Xu Fu as their "god of farming" and "god of medicine", because when Xu Fu came to Japan, he brought the advanced rice cultivation methods, medical knowledge, metal smelting methods in China to the past, and the most important thing is Chinese characters and Confucianism, so that Japan entered the era of agricultural civilization from the era of fishing and hunting, so the locals called Xu Fu "Emperor Shenwu", as the first emperor of Japan.
Former Japanese Prime Minister Haneda Tsuru even publicly said: "I am a descendant of Chinese immigrants and a descendant of Xu Fu's subordinates, and I am proud of this." Later, he visited Xu Fu's hometown twice, Ganyu County, Jiangsu Province.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Japanese army came to a village in Jiangsu Province and was preparing to burn it on a large scale, when suddenly a soldier saw Xu Fu's stone statue, which frightened him to immediately kneel, and the Japanese army also knelt down, it turned out that this was "XuFu Village" (now a village under the jurisdiction of Jinshan Town, Ganyu District, Jiangsu Province), and they very respectfully withdrew from here and did not dare to step into it again.
Although it is unknown whether they are the descendants of Xu Fu, it is certain that China has had a profound and long-standing influence on Japan, and now November 28 is an important day for Japan to worship Xu Fu, who is still their god.
References: "History of the First Emperor of Qin", "Later Han Dynasty Book of Wu", "Chronicle of the Kai Kingdom"