All along, only know that Japan is very admiring the mainland Tang Dynasty culture, not only at that time sent a lot of Tang envoys to the mainland to learn a variety of advanced systems and cultures, to this day, Japan still has a lot of Tang-style architecture, its proud tea ceremony culture, Buddhist culture, kimono culture are imported from the Tang Dynasty.
However, what is unexpected is that the Japanese people still advocate and fascinate the culture of Sichuan, and can even be said to be the number one international fan of Sichuan Province.
Japan's modern culture has been frantically exported to Asian countries and even the world, but who in the world has been the most successful in exporting culture to Japan? China's Sichuan will certainly be able to rank in the top three.
"The Little Master of China" (Japanese for "Zhonghua Yiban!" "), is a manga created by Japanese manga artist Yuji Ogawa in the late 1990s, which has always been very popular in Japan and is one of the originators of food-themed manga. The protagonist is a young chef from Sichuan, China, and the story begins with a struggle for the inheritance of a well-known restaurant in Sichuan.
There are many Sichuan delicacies in the film, the most famous of which is "magic mapo tofu", so that the Japanese people still like the dish of "mapo tofu", not only for receiving VIPs, but also for the types of mapo tofu in shops and supermarkets, even more than the local Sichuan.
In Japanese cuisine, there is a pot of meat and mapo tofu
The popularity of Sichuan cuisine in Japanese families is very high, and it can be said that Sichuan cuisine is the most popular Chinese dish in Japan, and there is no one. Japanese people believe that Sichuan cuisine is the highest level and representative of Chinese cuisine, so many stores selling Chinese food will write a "Chuan" character, many Japanese restaurants with the brand of "Chinese cuisine", the dishes inside are basically Hui Pot meat, Mapo tofu, green pepper meat shreds, Dan Dan noodles and other sichuan cuisine delicacies.
The Japanese diet looks light, in fact, they also like to eat spicy, especially for Sichuan hot pot, even "Sichuan people are the most spicy in the world" this thing, are promoted by the Japanese.
In addition to Sichuan cuisine, another specialty of Sichuan, the "giant panda", is also loved by the Japanese. Zoos with giant pandas, such as Ueno Zoo and Wakayama Wildlife Park in Japan, are bustling with tourists every day. At the craziest time, if you want to see the giant panda, you have to make an appointment half a month in advance, and then you have to go through the lottery, and after the lottery is won, you can see the true appearance of "rolling".
This also explains why there is an episode of "Crayon Xiaoxin" where the Xiaoxin family says that they are going to China, the destination is not Beijing but Chengdu, and when they get off the plane, they go straight to the zoo to see the giant pandas. The Japanese people's love for giant pandas is evident.
Japanese people are also keen on the culture of the Three Kingdoms, and the TV series "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" has accompanied the growth of several generations of Japanese since its introduction to Japan; the game "Three Kingdoms" is also based on the Three Kingdoms period as the background of the game. The novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", which is popular in the streets of Japan, also takes place in Sichuan, so much so that many Japanese people believe that the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is the history of Sichuan.
If you ask the Japanese, in addition to the mainland capital Beijing, which Chinese cities do they know? Many people will answer: Sichuan! If you want to ask what is the first impression of Sichuan in the hearts of Japanese people? They tend to answer: Shu Kingdom! Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhuge Liang, Zhao Yun and other famous Shu generals are countless fans in Japan, and many Japanese people are proud to have their "peripherals".
Many Japanese also said that if they went to Sichuan, the first thing they wanted to visit was the Wuhou Ancestral Temple. The highest peak in Sichuan, Gongga Mountain, known as the "King of Shu Mountain", is a sacred landmark in the hearts of the Japanese people, and they regard it as "Father Mountain", and the famous Japanese Mount Fuji is their "Mother Mountain".
King of Shu Mountain, Gongga Mountain
In 2019, some Japanese netizens voted in a post on the Yahoo website: What area do you most want to immigrate to China? The first place was Sichuan! Taiwan ranked second, while Shanghai only ranked third. The sichuan discussion was also particularly hot, and many Japanese asked how to immigrate to Sichuan!
Why do Japanese people admire and love Sichuan culture so much?
Some people say that Japan likes Sichuan because Sichuan has three cultures, giant pandas, Sichuan cuisine, and Gongga Mountain; some people say that the Japanese worship "strong Han", and the beginning and end of the Han Dynasty are in Sichuan; some people say that it is because the Japanese think that their ancestors are Sichuanese, and even organized an expedition to Sichuan to find their roots!
The real reason why the Japanese are so obsessed with Sichuan is probably only known to them.
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