People familiar with history know that the four major ancient civilizations in the world are ancient Babylon, ancient Egypt, ancient India, and China. The reason why they are called ancient civilizations is because they not only have a long history of thousands of years, but also have a civilization and culture that has been passed down to the present day, and have made indelible contributions to promoting the progress and development of the world. However, as the nations of the world recognize China's status as one of the four ancient civilizations, our old neighbor Japan does not agree with it, and even claims to have definite evidence.
When it comes to the historical entanglement between Japan and China, we have to talk about China's historical help to them. Since the Tang Dynasty, Japan has sent emissaries to Chang'an to worship and bow down in the face of the powerful Tang Dynasty, hoping to learn from Chinese architecture and culture. Mutual help and mutual assistance have always been a fine tradition of our country, and helping Japan spread its own culture is an important step in promoting cultural exchanges. It is precisely because of the traditions inherited from the Tang Dynasty that Japan can develop today, and it is inseparable from the generosity of our country.
Recent history, however, is a testament to Japan's wolf ambitions. Today, Germany has long acknowledged the responsibility for the crimes committed in World War II, and has repeatedly publicly repented and reflected, while Japan, on the other hand, has not only falsified history in textbooks, but also constantly beautified the behavior of that time, and even began to openly question China's history, claiming that China only has 70 years of history, and Japan is an ancient country with a 2,000-year history. The reason why Japan can say this sentence so confidently is only because they have not changed dynasties since ancient times, and have always been called the "Chrysanthemum Dynasty".
As the name suggests, the Chrysanthemum Dynasty has always been ruled by a royal family, known as the "One Lineage of Ten Thousand Generations". In order to flaunt its heritage, Japan even forcibly counted the myths and legends parts into the National Ancestral Committee. According to the "Nihon Shoki", the Chrysanthemum Dynasty has not been interrupted since the founding of Japan, and has continued for 126 generations of emperors, but this statement has been questioned by the outside world, only because the archaeological part as actual evidence is limited by the Japanese Imperial Family, outsiders cannot confirm the accuracy and authenticity of the statement, and it is difficult to determine the authenticity of the family's words alone.
Chrysanthemum is the family emblem of the Japanese imperial family, and the Chrysanthemum Dynasty is a long-standing nickname for Japan, they claim that China's history should be counted from the date of the founding of the country, the dynastic changes of the previous thousands of years have nothing to do with the current China, in a sense, Japan's refusal to admit war crimes is also here, they admit guilt to the Qing court, but do not want to bear the harm to China.
In the face of the past history, Japan has chosen to avoid talking about it, and in the national education of the younger generation, it does not mention the losses caused to other countries.
There is an old saying in China called "lifting a stone to drop one's own foot", in the face of Japan's sophistry, China has no shortage of people with quick minds, they quickly countered Japan's false remarks, took out the excavated bronzes, terracotta warriors and other real historical relics to prove China's history, the first step to break down the other side's defense line; second, Japan's history from the Yayoi era, has now been passed to the Reiwa era, is Japan's history only begun to count from 2019? After all, yesterday's Japan is not today's Japan, isn't it?