Why do many people in China think that Japanese traditional culture originated in China?

Although Japan has developed for many years, it has formed its own unique cultural characteristics. However, it is undeniable that from a historical point of view, Japan still retains a part of the shadow of China's ancient culture, especially the far-reaching culture of the Tang Dynasty. Traditional festival customs, etc. In Japan, they also serve jiaozi, glutinous rice balls, zongzi, moon cakes, rice cakes and other traditional festivals and some customs of some festivals, all of which are reserved to a certain extent.

As far as clothing is concerned, Japanese kimono is very similar to China's clothing in the Tang Dynasty, so Japanese kimono originated from the technology and characteristics of our clothing technology in the Tang and Song Dynasties, while China's clothing in the Tang Dynasty was mostly dominated by flowers or set off by flowers. After more than 1000 years' development, Japanese traditional clothing and kimono has exaggerated and deformed cherry blossoms, forming its own unique artistic characteristics.

Today's Japanese tea ceremony and mountain city culture still retain a style of Chang 'an in the Tang Dynasty, but now Japanese tea ceremony culture has merged with China tea ceremony culture at that time, creating its own characteristics, but it also hides the style of Chang 'an in the Tang Dynasty. Tatsu Yamashiro in Japan also evolved from tangdao through further evolution and smelting process.

In addition, more than 2,000 years ago, there were no Japanese characters, and his characters were imported from China in the Tang Dynasty. So he already has Hiragana and Katakana on the basis of Japanese characters, forming his own Japanese. Although different from the simplification of modern Chinese today, it also retains a large number of Chinese characters. At the same time, it has also been innovated and developed on the original basis.