Today, August 15, 2021, the 76th Anniversary of Japan's Defeat. This is a day that Chinese people will always remember.
The history of Japan's invasion of China is an indelible wound in the feelings of the Chinese nation. That period of history reminds us that history cannot be denied, tampered with or forgotten, and must always be remembered and forge ahead.
Unfortunately, there are always some people who frivolously hurt the feelings of the Chinese people on this historical issue. A few days ago, a number of photos of a top domestic artist happily taking a group photo at the Yasukuni Shrine flowed out. Netizens also revealed that the artist had attended a friend's wedding at the Nogi Shrine in Japan at the end of 2019 and took a group photo with Mrs. Devi, a former Indonesian "first lady" who advocated splitting China and "supporting Tibetan independence" and denying the Nanjing Massacre.
For a time, public opinion was in an uproar, netizens criticized it bitterly, the cooperative brand quickly announced the termination of the contract, and the artists involved dropped all endorsements overnight. Today, Weibo announced the closure of the artist's personal account, studio account and super talk.
On August 13, in an apology statement issued by the artist, he said that he was "ignorant", "careless" and "lacked knowledge of the historical background of the relevant places". But can this serve as a shield for one's own mistakes? As a public figure, you should always check your own behavior, ordinary people can not make mistakes, public figures can not make mistakes; ordinary people can not cross the bottom line, public figures can not touch.
It's not that we're too sensitive, it's that the suffering is too painful. As long as it is a Chinese, you should know what the "Yasukuni Shrine" represents, and many citizens will not feel comfortable as long as they hear these four words, let alone run in without heart and lungs to take a picture. We can't help but ask whether a Chinese who can take pictures in front of the Yasukuni Shrine never paid attention to that period of history and whether he still retains basic national self-esteem.
To this day, Japan still denies history without a bottom line. On August 13, Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi visited the Yasukuni Shrine, the second time that Japan's current Defense Minister has visited the Yasukuni Shrine. Today, on the anniversary of Japan's defeat, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga offered sacrifices to the Yasukuni Shrine, and a number of cabinet ministers and former Prime Minister Abe went to pay homage. This once again reflects the Japanese side's erroneous attitude toward the history of aggression and its sinister intentions to challenge the post-war international order!
China firmly opposes all acts of "worshiping ghosts." But if our domestic public figures go to the Yasukuni Shrine without being condemned and prosecuted, how can we straighten up and ask foreigners not to go?
This incident also reminds us once again that the entry threshold for artists must be raised to keep bad artists out of the door.
Recently, some top-notch artists have "collapsed" one after another, seemingly accidentally, not accidentally. As the saying goes, ten years of grinding a sword and inspiring plum blossoms, but the current capital and flow can quickly bring an ordinary person to the center of the attention of the people. Celebrities are embraced, protected, and touted by the rice circle and fans, and they float up. But if you are on top of the clouds, the cultivation is far from keeping up, the example that should be done is not done well, the responsibilities and obligations that should be fulfilled are not fulfilled, and it also brings a bunch of adverse effects to the society, then collapse and coolness are the end of sooner or later. "If virtue is not worthy, there will be disasters."
Today, the China Performing Industry Association issued an announcement to morally reprimand the actor Zhang Zhehan for his improper behavior in visiting the Yasukuni Shrine, and in accordance with the provisions of the "Measures for the Administration of Self-Discipline of Performing Artists in the Performance Industry", member units are required to boycott his practice.
The majority of performing arts practitioners, please put this warning away! From art to be a person, learn art before learn morality. Virtue and art are lifelong cultivation, first of all, tie the first button of the acting career, at least the bottom line must be strictly observed - the political bottom line, the legal bottom line, the moral bottom line, the historical bottom line, in the face of the national righteousness must not be the slightest ambiguity, wavering. Those who cross the line will be punished.
On this special day, we once again solemnly recall that period of history. Today's beautiful life is exchanged for the suffering and blood of the past. History cannot be forgotten, and history cannot be desecrated. Show the past, ti ti future generations!
(Photo: CCTV News)
Source: Website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission