The international community has long had stereotypes and prejudices about Chinese, believing that Chinese barbaric and backward, uncivilized and polite, although this is related to the cultural differences between different races, but japan in Asia also believes so. In the past, Japan thought that Chinese was very rude, and often shouted in public, even cut in line and littered. Some Japanese even threaten that Chinese tourist attractions, they often leave a piece of garbage behind, which seriously damages the environment.
But because of the global pandemic, Chinese no longer travel, but Japan's attractions are still full of garbage, and the answer is clear at a glance who is destroying the environment and who is not quality. The longer the pandemic lasts, the more aware the Japanese become of the situation, and the recent Japanese media commented Chinese, saying that Chinese become more polite and will no longer cut in line and no longer make a loud voice. The report mentioned that the reason for this situation has a lot to do with the development of the Internet, which is very common nowadays, coupled with cameras everywhere, people do not want videos of quarrels to be posted on the Internet and ridiculed by people all over the country.
Therefore, most of the Chinese have begun to pay attention to their own quality, and the etiquette in public places is also very in place, not only ordinary people, such as civil servants, subway workers and bank employees, etc., are smiling and enthusiastic, which is very different from the past. The Japanese media seems to be very surprised by the improvement of the quality of Chinese, and even some media say that today's Chinese are too polite, and sometimes they are mistaken for Japanese in foreign countries, which is ostensibly praising us, but in fact it is secretly praising itself, and can only say that the Japanese media will "paste gold" on their faces.
So how should we view this evaluation of the Japanese media? It can only be said that there is pertinence, but it is not comprehensive enough. In the past, the quality of the Chinese people was indeed not very high, and it was often compared with the Japanese, but in recent years, with the continuous development of the mainland economy, the people's living standards have been greatly improved, and quality education has also been strengthened. This is the so-called "barn is solid and knows etiquette, clothing and food are sufficient and know honor and disgrace", only when there is enough food can understand etiquette, only eating and wearing without worry, can we understand honor and shame.
If a person is even in trouble with food and clothing, how can he be required to abide by the rules of etiquette everywhere? Only when material life is rich, the spiritual world will be enriched, while the West and Japan are only one step ahead of the mainland into the era of material development, so they will produce a sense of superiority in etiquette. But in fact, China is an ancient country of etiquette, and everyone cannot be required to understand etiquette in difficult times, but after becoming strong again, etiquette and quality will naturally return to a high level, and all countries around the world are like this.
(Text/Xi Le)