The fourteen-year War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was an eternal pain in China's modern history, and countless anti-Japanese heroes, in order to defend their homeland, did not hesitate to sacrifice their lives and sprinkle their own blood. Finally, on August 15, 1945, Japan was expelled, ending the war of aggression waged by Japan at great cost. The initiator of all this is undoubtedly The Showa Emperor of Japan.
However, due to U.S. interference, Emperor Showa was exonerated after World War II, and even the imperial system remained in Japan. It was not until January 7, 1989, that the biggest war criminal died of illness in Tokyo, eventually passing on his position as emperor to his eldest son, Akihito.
Born in the war years, Akihito was officially made crown prince in 1952, and after the death of Emperor Showa, he became the 125th emperor of Japan, and Emperor Akihito was very different from his father in all aspects, such as he was the first emperor of many emperors in Japan to marry a commoner, and he was also the first Japanese emperor to visit China.
The historical ties between Japan and China are very deep, as early as 630 AD, Emperor Shuming of Japan sent the first Envoy to China, and the Japanese Emperor of Japan in the Nara Period and the Heian Period appointed a total of nineteen envoys to China to learn many advanced science and technology, cultural customs, and so on to Japan in the period of change.
Envoys from the Tang Dynasty made very great contributions to Sino-Japanese friendly exchanges, but in modern times, due to the influence of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Sino-Japanese relations have become very delicate, but what they did not expect was that on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the formal establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Japan, that is, on October 23, 1992, Emperor Akihito actually made the decision to visit China, which caused a heated discussion for a while.
After all, there had never been a precedent for the Japanese emperor himself to visit China before, and Emperor Akihito's decision was undoubtedly historic. Emperor Akihito's position in the eyes of the Japanese people is extremely high, and when Akihito succeeded to the throne, Japan was in a period of economic bubble, but Emperor Akihito was able to share the weal and woe with the people and set his own example.
In order to get through the difficulties as soon as possible, he has visited 39 countries in the 15 years since he took the throne. However, during the visit to China, the Japanese cabinet finally agreed to Emperor Akihito's visit to China after a long discussion in Aare, and also invited a Chinese ambassador to Japan named Yang Zhenya to go with him.
A visit by a head of state is a major event for any country, after all, their actions are likely to affect diplomatic relations between the two countries. In order to show the demeanor of a great power, China also put up a state banquet to entertain Emperor Akihito. The banquets are carefully selected and carefully selected, and they have been checked layer by layer to ensure the safety of food.
The Japanese delegation nodded at the sight of one of the famous dishes on the table, but frowned at the sight of one of the dishes and immediately demanded that the dish be removed. It turned out that this dish was the Yangtze River hairy crab, and the reason was that the behavior was very unsightly when eating crab, so it would destroy the image of Emperor Akihito.
The reply given by China left the Japanese representative dumbfounded, the original crab shell has long been cut and disassembled by careful chefs in advance, but the technique is very fine, so it looks the same as it has not been dismantled, so there is no need to worry about the problem of eating hard. This also reflects the hospitality of traditional Chinese culture, and this vignette is finally perfectly dissolved.