Writing is very important for a country, even a region. Especially in ancient times, people did not have video recorders, nor recorders. If you want to record something, you have to rely entirely on words, write it down in one stroke. The chinese characters used in China are naturally Chinese characters, but you may not know that in fact, in many small countries around China in history, Chinese characters were also used, just like a country in Southeast Asia!
Historically, this country is still a vassal state of our country, and the streets are full of Chinese elements, but now chinese characters are abandoned. And this country is - Vietnam, friends who like history should know that vietnam was a vassal state of China a long time ago.
So Vietnam's influence on China is actually very large, you see some of the ancient cities in Vietnam, and some of the ancient costumes in Vietnam are actually the same as in ancient China, and even the characters used before are Chinese characters. In fact, not only Vietnam, But also Korean and Japanese have used Chinese characters before.
It was only over time that the writing in various places evolved in different directions, which is why there is such a difference as it is today. But if you look closely, you will find that many Japanese and Korean characters are still somewhat similar to Chinese. Japanese characters, in particular, are somewhat the same as Chinese.
Not to mention Vietnam, which is actually announced in 1945 to change the official script to Vietnamese and Vietnamese Romaji. Although it was only an order from the leaders of the time, it was still very difficult to implement.
Because of the development of history for so many years, the locals have become accustomed to using Chinese characters, so it is still difficult to change it all at once. However, it can be seen today that vietnam's change is still relatively thorough. But then again, they put a lot of work into the text.
If Vietnam had used this energy to develop its economy, Vietnam would certainly be better today. After all, writing is very important for a country, but even if you go to Vietnam today, you can still see a lot of Chinese characters, especially some shop signs on the street!
In this regard, some netizens said: Personally, I think it is still necessary for Vietnam to make this decision, especially in an environment at that time, but if it were today, I would feel that it was unnecessary. China's development was very good, and if they had used Chinese characters at that time, it would be more convenient for locals to come to China to work now. What do you think about that? Everyone is welcome to leave a message in the comment area