Japan was very weak in ancient times, but after drastic reforms in modern times, it has become unprecedentedly strong, and its strength in all aspects has become stronger at a rapid rate.
During World War II, it became a military power, and then began to act recklessly, and after World War II, Japan became a defeated country.
Then they worked hard for many years to rise again, and until now, Japan's economic strength is not bad.
Don't look at Japan as an economic power, it belongs to a developed country in the true sense, but there have always been some uncivilized customs in Japan in the past.
There used to be a strange and bad habit in Japan, which was abolished in the last century in order to multiply the country's population. What exactly?
1. Japanese civilization originated in China
Japan is an economic powerhouse and one of the few developed countries in the Asian region.
It has been very developed many years ago, and Japan has greatly promoted the development and growth of the country by relying on its super technology, culture, and automobile manufacturing industry.
For example, Japan has a strong chip manufacturing capacity and is also a chip powerhouse, and the mainland often imported chips from Japan in the past.
Japan's culture is also very developed, especially Japan's anime culture has long been popular all over the world, and there are still many anime fans around the world who have a soft spot for Japanese anime.
And Japan's automobile manufacturing industry is not bad, among which Toyota, a car company began to mass-produce high-quality cars decades ago, Toyota has many advantages and has long been loved by countries around the world.
In addition to the advantages of Japan's economic development, one of the major characteristics of Japan is also eye-catching, that is, Japan can be regarded as a civilized country on the surface.
We will find that Japanese people are always polite to others, they bow when they see their elders at home, they also behave politely when they go out with strangers, and bowing and smiling are daily routines.
In fact, the Japanese inherited the Tang culture of the mainland, and the people of the mainland were like this at that time, and everyone treated everyone very politely.
Whether it is from Chinese characters or culture, we can see the shadow of Chinese culture. The current civilization of the Japanese is also in contrast to the brutality of the past, and we will not evaluate whether it is disguised or sincere.
2. Japan once had a strange bad habit
Japan doesn't look like a civilized country, but in the past Japan had a very strange bad habit.
This practice persisted for many years, and it was only in the last century that the Japanese government ordered its abolition.
The ancient society was not as good as the modern society, when the medical conditions were very backward, and the life expectancy of people was generally not very long.
As a result, the population of each country is not very stable, for example, in European countries, there was an outbreak of the Black Death, which infected and killed hundreds of millions of people.
The same is true for Asian countries, where outbreaks of plague are common, and when they occur, they are often uncontrollable and cause a large number of deaths.
In order to increase their population, some countries come up with all sorts of jaw-dropping methods, and Japan is no exception.
Japan itself is a small country, the consequences of not growing the population is unimaginable, the country used to attach great importance to the growth of the population, in order to increase the country's population, Japan has been popular in the past night crawling, this bad habit refers to the man in the middle of the night three watches climb into the girl's boudoir.
This bad practice in Japan can be traced back to ancient times, when Japan had not yet become a country in the true sense of the word.
It was just composed of some primitive tribes, and the people at that time liked that anyone could share a bed at night.
As society continues to evolve and progress, monogamy has been implemented in Japan, and people can no longer mess around as they did in the past.
Later, Japan followed the example of the Tang Dynasty and promulgated a marriage law, which explicitly forbade married women from having private meetings with other men, otherwise they would be severely punished, and they would be exiled.
In this case, of course, everyone does not dare to take a step beyond the thunder pool, and they all live in peace.
Unexpectedly, in the 14th century, there were two emperors in Japan, who were fighting for power for a long time and were eager to defeat each other.
The political turmoil in the country has naturally led to heavy casualties and hindered the development of society.
At that time, the Japanese government saw that the country's population was declining and full of a sense of crisis, so it hurriedly revived the bad habit of crawling at night, which had disappeared for many years.
Since then, this bad habit has become popular again in Japan, and men can go to women's homes at night at will, and if their husbands are out, strangers can also have fornication with married women.
What's even more outrageous is that after the wife has a child with a strange man, the husband must also shoulder the responsibility of raising the child.
Isn't this equivalent to being cuckolded, and having to swallow his anger to raise children for his wife's adulterer?
I have to say that the Japanese government will do whatever it takes to increase the population, they no longer care about any ethics and morality, as long as the population can grow, everything else is a floating cloud and can be ignored.
And that's not all, even Japanese women can go to a strange man's room in the middle of the night for a private meeting, and then the move will be reasonable and legal and will not be punished.
However, as the situation in Japan became more and more stable, especially during the Tokugawa shogunate, the bad habit of night crawling gradually disappeared from the Japanese people.
In addition, in ancient times, there were no laws to protect women, which meant that husbands were free to dispose of their unfaithful wives.
If it is discovered that his wife is having an affair with a strange man, the husband may punish his wife in a fit of rage or even kill him, so that the wife will not dare to betray her husband.
I thought that there would never be a bad habit of crawling at night again, but unexpectedly, this bad habit began to resurgence later.
During World War II, Japan embarked on the road of militarism and became a militaristic country, at this time, Japan continued to send troops to invade neighboring countries, such as China, Korea, Vietnam and many other Asian countries suffered greatly.
In order to meet the demands of the war, the Japanese government would send men to the battlefield while wives would stay at home.
In 1938, a Japanese man, Mutsuo Toi, also went to sign up for the army, but during the medical examination, he was found to have an infectious disease, and his dream of becoming a soldier was shattered.
At this time, there were no men in the village, because they had already gone to war and only women, and when Toi was bored, he remembered the Japanese custom of crawling at night.
He wanted to try it in the middle of the night, but the women all refused, and everyone already knew that Mutsuo Toi had an infectious disease and was afraid of being infected.
In a fit of rage, he actually began to kill the women of the village, killing more than 30 people in total, and the news caused a huge sensation in Japan.
3. The Japanese government abolished night climbing
It was only the year after the incident that the Japanese government introduced a law prohibiting night crawling, and anyone who dared to violate it would face a hefty fine.
Since this bad habit has existed for more than a day or two, but has been popular since ancient times, even if the government prohibits it, it is useless, and people will often know the law and break the law, and quietly carry out the behavior of crawling at night.
As a result of the war, Japan's development was seriously affected, and the lives of ordinary people became more and more difficult.
At that time, most Japanese men had left home to fight in the war, and the women who stayed at home had to sell their lives to earn a living.
In this way, night crawling in Japan occurs not only at night, but also in broad daylight.
For example, in big cities such as Tokyo and Nagoya, many women with heavy makeup will take the initiative to provide special services.
After the end of World War II, Japan developed economically and gradually returned to social stability after years of development.
The Japanese government has successively introduced more relevant laws and regulations, which has made the bad habit of night crawling disappear.
Night crawling seems to have only disappeared on the surface, but in fact, it is more like a different way to continue to exist, for example, the Japanese custom industry is still very developed, and Japanese women often provide some services, which shows that the status of women in Japanese society is still very low.
Japan feels like a very civilized country, but the country is not able to achieve equality between men and women, and women have always been at the bottom of society, and this has been the case since ancient times.
Even in the 21st century, Japanese women are expected to do their best to take care of their husbands and children after marriage, and they must be obedient to their husbands.
If the status of women is not improved, Japan will not be a truly civilized country, and although the phenomenon of being polite to people and queuing up for shopping is also civilized behavior, it does not mean that the country is truly civilized.
Of course, the strange habit of crawling at night can no longer be prevalent in Japan, which shows that Japan is more advanced than in the past, or at least more civilized.
epilogue
Although Japan is economically strong, it is also polite to others.
For example, when the Japanese go to the football game, the Japanese fans sit in a relatively clean position after the game, which has also been recognized by many countries, and everyone says that the Japanese are civilized and quality.
If you travel to Japan, you will also find that Japanese people are in a long queue to buy groceries, and no one will cut the line.
These phenomena all reflect the civilized side of the Japanese people, but many people may not know that Japan was not as civilized as it is today, and there is even a strange and bad habit for a long time - night crawling.
It is understood that as early as ancient times, when Japan had not yet become a country, night crawling began to sweep Japan.
Later, Japan followed the example of the Tang Dynasty and enacted a marriage law requiring monogamy, which made the night crawl gradually disappear.
Unexpectedly, the Japanese government did everything to multiply the country's population and once again encouraged the common people to climb at night, which was circulated for thousands of years until it was abolished in the last century.
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Resources:
Institute of Historical Knowledge 2023-05-06 "Japan's Strange Bad Customs, Unscrupulous Means to Multiply the Population, Were Not Abolited Until the Last Century"
History of Tangdouan 2023-08-01 "Japan's thousand-year-old bad habit of "night crawling": unscrupulous means to reproduce the population, it was abolished in the last century"
Overnight is also very homely 2023-06-19 "Japan's Strange Folk Customs "Night Crawling": Unscrupulous Methods for Reproduction and Thousands of Years Before It Was Abolished"