Speaking of death, what's the difference between China and Japan?

The concept of death between China and Japanese is very different.

People in China are more taboo about talking about death, and think it is unlucky to talk about death orally easily. Confucius famously said, "I don't know life, I don't know death", that is, the living haven't figured out how to study the dead or do something for them, and living well is what we should pay attention to. The Japanese regard death as more common and even praise the beauty of death. Their attitude towards death is not as negative as that of China.

There is a saying that there are usually many bones buried under the beautiful cherry blossoms in Japan. In Japanese death aesthetics, death is not an eternal silence, but a flowing "life". Haruki Murakami, a famous Japanese writer, wrote in Norwegian Forest: "Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of life."

Haruki Murakami's view of death shows the attitude of Japanese writers towards death from the side. They even think that the end of life is beautiful. From the Meiji period to the present, many Japanese writers have committed suicide, such as Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Osamu Dazai and Yasunari Kawabata. Even people who tried to commit suicide many times until they succeeded. Japanese people's pursuit of the beauty of mourning is almost abnormal.

In China, talking about death is a disgrace. In ancient times, when he was young, the emperor was in high spirits and made great efforts to govern the country, and enjoyed the admiration of thousands of people. However, in middle age, he began to indulge in Dan medicine, pursue the so-called immortality, and suffered from diseases such as lead poisoning. Rulers are like this, not to mention the people's fear of death. People think that people who do evil before their death will suffer in eighteen layers of hell. People yearn for life and hate death. This social collective will has a far-reaching impact on future generations.