Chinese always avoid talking about life and death, Confucius said: "Unknown birth, do you know death?" "It seems to be a convention. People always cheer for the birth of a new life, but adopt an attitude of indifference to death and unwillingness to face it. In countries around the world, the Japanese have a unique understanding of the attitude towards death.
The film that best reflects the Japanese people's respect for death is "The Mortician", which won the Best Foreign Language Film Award at the 81st Academy Awards.
The film sees all kinds of deaths from the perspective of a novice mortician, and in the process of learning to respect the deceased, he also feels the love of the people around the deceased. "Bring to life the man who is already cold and give him eternal beauty." This must be calm, accurate, and with gentle emotion, in the moment of separation, to send farewell to the deceased. Silence, all the moves are so beautiful. "The true meaning of life is that everyone's life is a collection of truth, goodness, and beauty, and even the last moment of life is no exception. Respect for life, respect for death, and experience every good that life gives us, this is the inspiration that this movie gives us.
In "Norwegian Forest", Watanabe once said a sentence that impressed the editor: "Death is not the opposite of life, but as a part of life, it lasts forever." "When we take life and death as normal, and can really let go of the fear and disgust in our hearts, we may be able to face death more calmly and calmly."
The book recommended to you by Xiaobian today is also about the Japanese philosophy of life and death, but the difference is that this book mainly describes the Japanese corpse culture.
Dangdang Dangdang ~ it's "Tokyo Strange Talk of the Corpse Man Diary"!
In Japan, the ancient corpse-carrying people still exist, and the corpse-carrying people have worked hard to allow the dead to rest in peace. Although this book is a thrilling journey of corpses with two teenagers in Japan as the protagonists, its internal theme is to restore Japan's corpse culture, unveil the mystery of Tokyo corpses, and face Japan's super strange anecdotes.
"The Diary of a Corpse Rider in Tokyo" has been released, and I hope that everyone can gain and reflect on it while watching the story.