Comments from Japan

The guest was the famous singer Shinji Tanimura. He said that the first time he came to China was in 1981, and now he can see the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics in person. Things that I don’t even dare to think about. The artistic elements at the opening ceremony, whether they were puppets and Chinese characters, the phalanx and drama of three thousand disciples of Confucius, especially the performance of human body images in ink paintings, all aroused loud exclamations from the Japanese announcer. Here's what they had to say.

“The scale of China’s work is amazing!”

“The beauty of Chinese characters is vividly expressed, and the letter makes us Japanese feel grateful to Chinese culture!”

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"What a touching idea it is to release doves in the bird's nest."

"Tai Chi combines hardness and softness, with the gurgling water and the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers, showing the Chinese ideological realm of the unity of nature and man."

Throughout the entire performance of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony, the Japanese male and female announcers continued to praise it, as if they were intoxicated in a civilized and splendid visual feast. In addition, speaking of the Japanese’s views on the opening ceremony, I just received an email. The sender of the letter is my student named Kinuka Noriko. This is what she wrote, and the full translation is as follows.

"Teacher, I just watched the live broadcast of the opening ceremony. I was very excited and couldn't calm down. Because when I saw the huge "and" formed by the performers, I shed tears. Although I don’t know if Westerners who don’t understand Chinese characters can understand my feelings, I still shed tears. I sincerely hope that Japan and China will continue to be friendly from generation to generation, and may the world’s peace last forever! ” p>