What is Japan?

Question 1: What does Japan mean? Japan literally means "the root of the sun", which is where the sun rises. Therefore Japan is sometimes called the Land of the Sun.

Long before Japan came into contact with China, the Japanese called the place where they lived "やまと" and "ひのもと", which means the root of the sun.

During the Three Kingdoms period in China, the Chinese used the word "Japan" to represent Japan. Since the word "倭" means "short", after the Chinese characters were introduced to Japan, the Japanese replaced it with "和" which has the same pronunciation (わ) in Japanese. The Chinese character "Yamato" is used to represent the Japanese word やまと, and "日本" is used to represent ひのもと. Later, the phonetic pronunciation of "Japan" was changed in Japanese, and it turned into にほん (Nihon) and にっぽん (Nippon) commonly used in Japanese today.

The term "Japan" did not appear in China until the end of the 7th century AD. The "Old Book of Tang" in the "Twenty-Four Histories" records that the Japanese changed the country's name to "Japan" because they did not like the name "Japan". There is another statement in "Historical Records of Justice" in the 8th century AD, saying that Wu Zetian ordered Japan to change the name of the country to "Japan".

The official name of modern Japan is "日本国" (日本国にほんこく), and it is one of the few countries in the world that does not have a "long-written" name. From the Meiji Restoration to the end of World War II, Japan's official name was the Empire of Japan. After World War II, in the new constitution, it was changed to its current name.

Although most people who use Japanese in Japan use "Japan" to refer to their own country, in recent years, "ジャパン", which is translated from the English "Japan", is also used, and even "Cipangu" is used. The word "ジパング" is used to represent Japan, thereby creating the effect of a foreign language, which is especially common in advertisements and brand naming.

Question 2: What is Japan’s nickname? In ancient my country, Japan was called “Japan” or “Japan”. In the fifth century AD, after Japan was unified, the country was named Yamato. In addition, in Chinese, "Fuso", "Japan" and "Japanese pirates" are also nicknames for Japan's country name.

Question 3: What does Japan 1 mean? It means "Japan No. 1" in Chinese ~

Question 4: What time is it in Japan now? The time difference between Japan and China is 1 hour.

In other words, Japan is 1 hour ahead of China.

If China time is AM7:45 now, Japan time should be AM8:45 that day.

Question 5: What is Japan like? I personally agree that Japanese society is lifeless. I think it is mainly caused by post-war collectivism. Innovation is mainly reflected in groups rather than individuals. At the same time, I think Japan values ??order and does not like individualists. There are very few geniuses like Steve Jobs. . As for the development potential, it is certainly not as good as China. After all, China has a low starting point and is in a period of rapid development. There are untapped areas in various fields. I am very optimistic about the future of Chinese agriculture, so I plan to study abroad and return home to farm. The xenophobia is sincere. It is impossible for foreigners to fully integrate into Japanese society. However, this kind of xenophobia is not hostile xenophobia. It is just a matter of the distance between people and society towards "outsiders". It can be seen from the non-immigration aspect of Japan that it is not as open as Europe and the United States. As for China, there are various types of xenophobia and a lot of hostility among regions. I don’t want to comment on it because I don’t want to be criticized.

Question 6: What nation is Japan? The Japanese were migrated by the Malays thousands of years ago. The Malays and Japan's indigenous Ezo people fought a thousand-year war. In the end, the Ezo people were defeated and forced to retreat to Hokkaido. Today, only 2 people are left. With more than 10,000 people, the Malays had a small amount of integration with the local Yiyi people after arriving in Benben, and gradually formed today's Japanese tribe. These are prehistoric things, so the formation of the Japanese nation was far earlier than Xu Fu's eastward journey, Xuzhou The role of the Eastward Journey in changing the Japanese ancestry can be said to be minimal. It mainly played a role in cultural dissemination and other aspects. It is said that Xu Fu founded the first country in Japanese history in Japan. Even if they are hybrids, I can’t tell how many ethnic groups they can mate with.

Question 7: What ethnic group are the Japanese? Japan's ethnic composition is relatively simple. Except for a few Ainu (also known as Ezo) people, they are all Yamato people.

The Ainu people are the original inhabitants of Japan and are a branch of the Equatorial race. According to Japanese historical records. The Ainu people were called "Hairy People" in the fifth century AD because they were characterized by darker skin, thick, long, and wavy hair, a lot of hair on their faces and bodies, and a short stature. The height of an adult man About 1.6 meters. Their faces have European features, their language bears no resemblance to that of the neighboring peoples and countries, and the men have red beards. The clothes they wear are very similar to the costumes of the tribes living in the Far North. Their legends and the many narrative poems circulated have many similarities with the folk (oral) creations of the indigenous peoples of Oceania and Australia. In short, this mixed culture is incredible, and there is still no explanation for this phenomenon. How they came to Japan is unknown.

Some people believe that their ancestors migrated to Japan from Southeast Asia in the early Neolithic Period (about six or seven thousand years ago). Some scholars believe that the Ainu are Japanese immigrants who were distributed across the Honshu Islands after controlling a vast area of ??the Far East for a certain period of time. As some Japanese tribes gradually migrated north, their territory was shrinking. From the second half of the seventh century AD, the Ainu people were called "Ezo", which means Yi Di. This was a contemptuous name given to them by the reactionary rulers of Japan's dominant Yamato clan. From about the middle of the fourteenth century AD, they gradually changed their name to the Ainu. The word "Ainu" means "people" in the language of this ethnic group. Since the 16th century AD, some Ainu people have migrated to the Sakhalin area. From the 17th to the 18th century, most of the Ainu were wiped out. Today, there are less than 20,000 people left. Most of them have moved to Hidaka, Asahikawa, Kushiro and other places in central and northern Hokkaido. A few have moved as far away as Kuhaye. Islands and the Kuril Islands, some are also scattered in some parts of Honshu.

The Ainu people originally relied mainly on fishing and hunting for their livelihood. At the end of the 18th century AD, the Tokugawa shogunate directly sent officials to manage the Thousand Islands, opened up more than a dozen fishing grounds, and implemented an assimilation policy. It required the Ainu people to change their customs and habits, shave their beards, clean their hair, wear kimonos, and change their names according to Japanese style. surname. After the 19th century AD, Japan began to develop Hokkaido and other islands to popularize the civilization of the Yamato nation. As a result, the traditional lifestyle of the Ainu people has further changed. They gave up traditional fishing and hunting and became farmers living a settled life.

The Ainu people have their own festivals and sacrificial activities, the most famous of which is the "Bear Festival". They like to use chisels to carve animals, especially the image of bears, on peeled logs, which is called in Japan It's called "Ainu sculpture". The Ainu people have rich cultural heritage, are good at embroidery, and love to dance. They composed many poems and passed them down from generation to generation based on their memories. There are some long narrative poems in the Ainu language that have been handed down from history. They are so rich in content that it takes a long time to recite them.

The Ainu people have their own language - Ainu, which is a Baohe language. This is an independent language belonging to the Malay-Lynesian (Austronesian) language family. Currently, apart from the Ainu, only Eskimos and American Indians speak this language. Many place names in northeastern Japan are derived from the Ainu language. For example: "Reiboro", the original meaning is "big river valley"; "Otaru", the original meaning is "Sagawa"; "Nayo", the original meaning is "crow-infested city", etc. The Ainu people have contributed to the development of the Japanese archipelago, including cultural development.

Question 8: What does zero mean in Japan? You should go to a Japanese place and ask, people there know better.

Question 9: What does zero mean in Japan? It means 正. .

Question 10: What is the abbreviation of Japan? Hello!

The abbreviation of Japan is: Japan

The English name is: japan, the English name can also be abbreviated as JP or JPN

JPN; used in general

JP; specifically used for domain name identification

Usually there will be jp at the end of Japanese websites

Just like Taiwan's tw and Hong Kong's hk