Well, for one, the CCP had a policy of consciously erasing traditional Chinese culture in the 1960s and 1970s.
Why Japanese and Korean cultures are so superior to Chinese?
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Remember that the PRC had a systematic and intentional purge of their culture a mere 50 years ago.
Also, Korean culture is basically an offshoot of Japanese culture, so it's not the case that both Japanese and Korean culture are independently superior.That's so inaccurate as to give any historian a stroke. If we're being reductive, Korean culture is an offshoot of Chinese culture. And Japanese culture is an offshoot of Korean culture. For the vast majority of their history, it was: China >> Korea > Japan. Korean scholars and artists learned from the Chinese and the Japanese scholars and artists learned from their Korean counterparts. You can trace a lot of technological and artistic innovation spreading to Korea from China and then ultimately spreading to Japan from Korea.
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nah Northern Chinese are deeply influenced by nomads north of the Great Wall.
-speaking as someone who knows far more Chinese history than you do.Same with Manchurians. The amazing thing about Han people is that even during the time they were conquered, they were able to assimilate the conquerors, not the other way around. That's why the Chinese culture was able to continue despite sporadic times where other ethnicities took control. BTW, I'm not a Han Chinese, but one of the ethnic minorities.
Kubilai Khan conquered China. Do not claim Mongolian is part of "Chinese history". Technically Manchurians conquered China, but then became part of China.
Eh, I'm not as pessimistic on Chinese culture as you are, but one big issue is that China has been constantly under attack from foreigners throughout its history and has usually been under foreign rule. On the other hand, Japan was only conquered once - by the US in the 1940s.
I think things are looking up in China though since Japan and Korea are suffering under American occupation while the chinese mainland is proudly independent.China was only under attacked during 1840-19xx
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Remember that the PRC had a systematic and intentional purge of their culture a mere 50 years ago.
Also, Korean culture is basically an offshoot of Japanese culture, so it's not the case that both Japanese and Korean culture are independently superior.That's so inaccurate as to give any historian a stroke. If we're being reductive, Korean culture is an offshoot of Chinese culture. And Japanese culture is an offshoot of Korean culture. For the vast majority of their history, it was: China >> Korea > Japan. Korean scholars and artists learned from the Chinese and the Japanese scholars and artists learned from their Korean counterparts. You can trace a lot of technological and artistic innovation spreading to Korea from China and then ultimately spreading to Japan from Korea.
This guy has no idea about history.
Samurai, Emperor, Jomons, Sumo, Judo, Ukiyoe - all came out from Japan. Not the other way around. -
Remember that the PRC had a systematic and intentional purge of their culture a mere 50 years ago.
Also, Korean culture is basically an offshoot of Japanese culture, so it's not the case that both Japanese and Korean culture are independently superior.That's so inaccurate as to give any historian a stroke. If we're being reductive, Korean culture is an offshoot of Chinese culture. And Japanese culture is an offshoot of Korean culture. For the vast majority of their history, it was: China >> Korea > Japan. Korean scholars and artists learned from the Chinese and the Japanese scholars and artists learned from their Korean counterparts. You can trace a lot of technological and artistic innovation spreading to Korea from China and then ultimately spreading to Japan from Korea.
This guy has no idea about history.
Samurai, Emperor, Jomons, Sumo, Judo, Ukiyoe - all came out from Japan. Not the other way around.And Kanji just came from nowhere?
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Remember that the PRC had a systematic and intentional purge of their culture a mere 50 years ago.
Also, Korean culture is basically an offshoot of Japanese culture, so it's not the case that both Japanese and Korean culture are independently superior.That's so inaccurate as to give any historian a stroke. If we're being reductive, Korean culture is an offshoot of Chinese culture. And Japanese culture is an offshoot of Korean culture. For the vast majority of their history, it was: China >> Korea > Japan. Korean scholars and artists learned from the Chinese and the Japanese scholars and artists learned from their Korean counterparts. You can trace a lot of technological and artistic innovation spreading to Korea from China and then ultimately spreading to Japan from Korea.
This guy has no idea about history.
Samurai, Emperor, Jomons, Sumo, Judo, Ukiyoe - all came out from Japan. Not the other way around.Wow. Might as well claim the historically, the British influenced the French and Italians more than the other way around. Because you know, the Beatles, Queen, Harry Potter, soccer, etc. You've got to be kidding me man...
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Remember that the PRC had a systematic and intentional purge of their culture a mere 50 years ago.
Also, Korean culture is basically an offshoot of Japanese culture, so it's not the case that both Japanese and Korean culture are independently superior.That's so inaccurate as to give any historian a stroke. If we're being reductive, Korean culture is an offshoot of Chinese culture. And Japanese culture is an offshoot of Korean culture. For the vast majority of their history, it was: China >> Korea > Japan. Korean scholars and artists learned from the Chinese and the Japanese scholars and artists learned from their Korean counterparts. You can trace a lot of technological and artistic innovation spreading to Korea from China and then ultimately spreading to Japan from Korea.
This guy has no idea about history.
Samurai, Emperor, Jomons, Sumo, Judo, Ukiyoe - all came out from Japan. Not the other way around.And Kanji just came from nowhere?
And just to be clear, what you cite as distinct Japanese inventions contain traces of Chinese and Korean influence or are even just Japanese variants (i.e. copycats).
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Remember that the PRC had a systematic and intentional purge of their culture a mere 50 years ago.
Also, Korean culture is basically an offshoot of Japanese culture, so it's not the case that both Japanese and Korean culture are independently superior.That's so inaccurate as to give any historian a stroke. If we're being reductive, Korean culture is an offshoot of Chinese culture. And Japanese culture is an offshoot of Korean culture. For the vast majority of their history, it was: China >> Korea > Japan. Korean scholars and artists learned from the Chinese and the Japanese scholars and artists learned from their Korean counterparts. You can trace a lot of technological and artistic innovation spreading to Korea from China and then ultimately spreading to Japan from Korea.
This guy has no idea about history.
Samurai, Emperor, Jomons, Sumo, Judo, Ukiyoe - all came out from Japan. Not the other way around.And Kanji just came from nowhere?
Probably Kanji and Buddhism only. Kanji was incorporated there, sure. You really better learn history. Even religion, Japan started with Shinto and the Emperor of the Sun since Day 1 of their history.
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This guy has no idea about history.
Samurai, Emperor, Jomons, Sumo, Judo, Ukiyoe - all came out from Japan. Not the other way around.Samurai wasn't much different from western men-at-arms or knights. You only think samurais were special if your only sources were Western movies.
Emperor is a concept imported from China to Japan. The title of emperor was borrowed from China, being derived from Chinese characters, and was retroactively applied to the legendary Japanese rulers who reigned before the 7th–8th centuries AD.
Jomons were Ainu bronze age civilization, similar to hundreds of other bronze age civilizations (and was far behind China or other classical civilizations) around the world.
Sumo is literally just wrestling, which appears in multiple cultures throughout the world.
Judo was a 20th century invention.
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This guy has no idea about history.
Samurai, Emperor, Jomons, Sumo, Judo, Ukiyoe - all came out from Japan. Not the other way around.Samurai wasn't much different from western men-at-arms or knights. You only think samurais were special if your only sources were Western movies.
Emperor is a concept imported from China to Japan. The title of emperor was borrowed from China, being derived from Chinese characters, and was retroactively applied to the legendary Japanese rulers who reigned before the 7th–8th centuries AD.
Jomons were Ainu bronze age civilization, similar to hundreds of other bronze age civilizations (and was far behind China or other classical civilizations) around the world.
Sumo is literally just wrestling, which appears in multiple cultures throughout the world.
Judo was a 20th century invention.Japan started their history with Shinto and the son of sun god. Later they used title Emperor. Their existing emperor can trace their blood back to the first reigning Queen, Himiko. Shinto never existed outside Japan.
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This guy has no idea about history.
Samurai, Emperor, Jomons, Sumo, Judo, Ukiyoe - all came out from Japan. Not the other way around.Samurai wasn't much different from western men-at-arms or knights. You only think samurais were special if your only sources were Western movies.
Emperor is a concept imported from China to Japan. The title of emperor was borrowed from China, being derived from Chinese characters, and was retroactively applied to the legendary Japanese rulers who reigned before the 7th–8th centuries AD.
Jomons were Ainu bronze age civilization, similar to hundreds of other bronze age civilizations (and was far behind China or other classical civilizations) around the world.
Sumo is literally just wrestling, which appears in multiple cultures throughout the world.
Judo was a 20th century invention.Japan started their history with Shinto and the son of sun god. Later they used title Emperor. Their existing emperor can trace their blood back to the first reigning Queen, Himiko. Shinto never existed outside Japan.
Buddy, you taking too much effort in tr0lling how about you work on that identification strategy.
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You should read The Manchu Way by Mark Elliott. He explains that the Manchurians assimilated into "Chinese people" not because of anything special about Han culture, but because the Manchus tried very hard to keep the "Banner" identity (旗人) separate from the "civilian" (老百姓) identity. In particular, unlike most conquerors, the Manchu language was supposed to be restricted to "Bannermen" only. Which meant that Manchus had to learn Mandarin if they wanted to speak with civilians.
Well, if the Manchus could speak Mandarin but civilians couldn't speak Manchu, then Manchu assimilation into "Chinese people" was pretty straightforward (if unpleasant for the former elite).
Same with Manchurians. The amazing thing about Han people is that even during the time they were conquered, they were able to assimilate the conquerors, not the other way around. That's why the Chinese culture was able to continue despite sporadic times where other ethnicities took control. BTW, I'm not a Han Chinese, but one of the ethnic minorities.
Kubilai Khan conquered China. Do not claim Mongolian is part of "Chinese history". Technically Manchurians conquered China, but then became part of China.
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Important to separate CCP from any notion of "China". The counterfactual is what China would be like if CCP had lost in '49. It's impossible to say, but I'd be willing to bet it would be a much better country than now. CCP is harrible and should be condemned loudly at every opportunity.
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Important to separate CCP from any notion of "China". The counterfactual is what China would be like if CCP had lost in '49. It's impossible to say, but I'd be willing to bet it would be a much better country than now. CCP is harrible and should be condemned loudly at every opportunity.
Nah, сср and сhyniece people are now concepts that are glued together forever. Anyone who wants to destroy the сср should really consider a "final solution" type of approach.
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Japan did not eat meat until about 200 years ago. It was Buddhist influence. Buddhusm entered into Japan via India, China, Korea, and then Japan. But Japan developed ita own cultural notion and some of its development spread back to Korea and China. This is cultural relativism.
Chinese claim that everything in East Asia came from Chine. While it is somewhat true (sharing Yellow River root), this statement is vacuous. We can talk about Egypt or Africa for that matter.
A case in point: people eat crazy varieties of fishes in Japan, raw or grilled. Literally thousands recipes. None exists in China.