On April 1 and April/20 1 2009, the Japanese government announced the New Year's number as "Linghe", which was officially used from May 1 2065438. The current "Heisei" year number (1989 1.8) will be discontinued on April 30th.
2. The New Year's number "Linghe" comes from the Japanese ancient book "Ye Wan Collection" for the first time, which literally means "Beautiful Peace", and comes from the preface of "Plum Blossom Song" in Volume 5 of "Ye Wan Collection": "In the early spring and the moon, plum blossom powder is in front of the mirror, and then orchid incense is worn."
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Japanese titles of the past 247 years come from ancient books in China:
1, Japanese year number selection process attaches great importance to the publication of Chinese characters. Of the 247 Japanese book titles from Dahua to Heisei, all the titles whose origins can be confirmed are quoted from China's classical works, and * * * comes from 77 ancient China documents, more than half of which are works before the Tang Dynasty.
2. There are 36 titles of Shangshu, 27 titles of Yijing, 25 titles of Wenxuan, 24 titles of Later Han Dynasty, 265,438+0 titles of Han Dynasty and 65,438+06 titles of Jin Shu.
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