The Dongying people in the crew stopped when they heard this question, looked at Xu Wangqiu, and wanted to hear what he would say.

Xu Wangqiu exhaled softly and said, "Ms. Weitling once said that Chinese are too kind and are always easy to forget those bad things. She's really right, sometimes the Chinese are really too kind.

Beginning with the Sino-Japanese War in 1894, Dongying began to invade Chinese territory, and the Japanese army burned, killed, and plundered. But after the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923, the Chinese did not hold grudges and actively extended a helping hand. The government organized a disaster relief committee and spent 200,000 yuan in treasury silver for disaster relief, and also ordered the temporary exemption of tariffs on food, clothing, medicine, and sanitary materials exported to Dongying. Celebrities from all walks of life also donated one after another, including Mei Lanfang, a famous Peking Opera artist, who also organized a charity performance for disaster relief, and Modu and Beiping also spontaneously organized fund-raising activities.

But at the same time, in Dongying, there was a massacre of Chinese, slaughtering more than 700 innocent Chinese workers, and killing Wang Xitian, a Chinese leader who went to investigate. Only five years after the Great Kwantung Earthquake, the Dongying army caused the Jinan Massacre in China, resulting in 17,000 deaths and injuries of soldiers and civilians in Jinan, followed by the 918 Incident and a full-scale invasion of China. ”

The Dongying people present all showed shame when they heard this, they all knew about the massacre of Huagong and Wang Xitian.

Shortly after the Dongying massacre of Chinese workers, Wang Xitian, a Chinese leader who was actively defending the interests of Chinese workers in Dongying at the time, was killed by Dongying soldiers while investigating the matter, and the truth was covered up and said to be missing. It was not until August 28, 1975 that the Mainichi Shimbun published the "Diary of Shigeji Kubotano", which revealed the truth about the murder of Wang Xitian, who had been sealed for more than half a century.

In an interview with Hiroshi Tahara, Secretary of Senator Kazuo Yoshikawa, Senior Lieutenant Saburo Endo, who was ordered to cover up the murder of Wang Xitian, gave a detailed disclosure of the circumstances of the killing of Wang Xitian and his activities to cover up the truth of the incident. Just a few days ago, Hiroshi Tahara published "The Great Kanto Earthquake and the Wang Xitian Incident", which caused a sensation.

Xu Wangqiu continued: "During the entire Anti-Japanese War, tens of millions of Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed and wounded. At the end of the war, the defeated Kwantung Army ignored the frantic retreat of millions of immigrants, and many women, children, and children were abandoned. For the Chinese, these abandoned children are the children of the enemy, and many Chinese relatives have been killed by soldiers, but in the face of these desperate orphans, they do not hold grudges, adopt these children, and treat them as their own children.

If they do this Chinese, it must be that today's Dongying people have done very excessive things, such as summoning spirits for the doctrine of military gnatification, negating the Nanjing Massacre, and so on. You are all friendly people, our friends, and of course we will not hate you for what the Dongying army has done in the past. But if there is a war in the future, if I meet Miss Nakamori or all of you on the battlefield, then I will not hesitate to shoot. ”

Akina Nakamori immediately said: "No, I won't fight, let alone fight with you." ”

Junya Sato exhaled softly and said, "This is the point of our film, to tell today's young people that there can be no more wars." The war is not beneficial to the people of both countries, and it is the common people who suffer in the end. The people of Dongying and the Chinese people should join hands and be friendly. ”

Xu Wangqiu smiled and said, "Yes, I think so too." ”

It was fast to the end of the month, and that's when the Chinese New Year arrived. Many Asian countries, such as South Korea, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, etc., have the tradition of Chinese New Year, but Dongying has not preserved the tradition of welcoming the Lunar New Year. In fact, before the Meiji Restoration, Toying also celebrated the Lunar New Year, but after the Meiji Restoration, the New Year of the Toei people was changed from the Chinese New Year to the Gregorian New Year's Day.

Many festivals in China are celebrated by Dongying people, such as Qixi Festival, Chongyang Festival, etc., but the dates are different from those in China. The main reason is that after the Meiji Restoration, Toei changed from the old lunar calendar to the new Gregorian calendar, and all festivals were directly copied from the Gregorian calendar. For example, Dongying's Qixi Festival is the seventh day of July in the Gregorian calendar, and Chongyang is the ninth day of September in the Gregorian calendar.

Since the people in Dongying are only celebrating the Lunar New Year, there is no holiday for the Chinese New Year in Dongying, and they all go to work as usual. However, Tokuma Yasuai knows China very well, and Mori Fan grew up in China and knows the importance of the Chinese New Year to the Chinese, so the crew of "A Game of Unfinished Chess" took a two-day holiday on the 24th and 25th, so that the Chinese staff of the crew could have a good holiday.

On the morning of the 24th, the Chinese in the crew got up from bed early, changed into clean clothes, and prepared to go to Yokohama to participate in the celebration of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Japan, and the Yokohama Chinese Chamber of Commerce organized a special celebration during the Spring Festival, with not only street performances, but also parties. Xu Wangqiu is a celebrity, and "The Rape" and "Falcon" are very popular in Dongying, and the Chinese Chamber of Commerce sent them an invitation early to participate in the party. In addition to the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Wang Deqing, the Chinese boss he met last time he watched the women's volleyball game, also sent an invitation to Xu Wangqiu and them, hoping that they would visit Yokohama Chinatown.

When Xu Wangqiu and they gathered at the door of the hotel, they met Akina Nakamori. She saw that Xu Wangqiu and the others were dressed neatly, as if they were going to travel, and asked curiously, "Mr. Xu, where are you going?"

Xu Wangqiu said: "We are going to Yokohama Chinatown for the Spring Festival, there are many celebrations there. ”

Akina Nakamori's eyes lit up when she heard this: "I haven't been to Yokohama Chinatown, can I go with you?"

Xu Wangqiu smiled and said, "Of course you can, but it's rare for the crew to have a holiday, don't you go home and take a look?"

Akina Nakamori said with a smile: "I was going to go home to have a look, but I haven't been to Yokohama Chinatown, so I want to go with you to see it." ”

Xu Wangqiu smiled and said, "Then let's go together!" He turned his head and said to Tang Yan with a smile: "Ah Ming take care of your daughter-in-law!"

Nakamori Akina's face turned red: "Mr. Xu, what are you talking nonsense?" ”

There are three famous Chinatowns in Toei, Yokohama Chinatown, Kobe Nankinmachi, and Nagasaki Shinchi Chinatown. Among them, Yokohama Chinatown is the largest in Toei, and even the largest Chinatown in Asia. Yokohama Chinatown has a long history, dating back to 1859, when the Port of Yokohama opened. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, many of the revolutionary parties that died in Dongying were active in Yokohama's Chinatown, and Dr. Sun Yat-sen basically stayed here when he was active in Dongying.

Yokohama is located in the heart of the Kanto region, about 20 kilometers north of Tokyo, and is the third largest city in Toei. Chinatown is located in a prime location in the urban area, where thousands of Huaqiao have lived here for a long time. The street is full of two and three storeys of Chinese-style buildings, red eaves and green tiles, the style is simple and scattered, dense and sparse, especially on the majestic and magnificent ancient archway at the entrance of the street, there is a huge plaque of "Chinatown" written in block letters, which adds a strong national atmosphere.

However, Chinatown is not as lively as imagined, and there are many pedestrians on the street, because the people of Dongying are only the Lunar New Year, and today is not a rest day, they should go to work, go to school, and there are fewer tourists on the street. In addition, Yokohama's Chinatown has not yet been made into a tourist signboard after large-scale celebrations and parade performances, as it was later on, and attracts a large number of tourists.

Xu Wangqiu and the others found him in "Qingweiju" according to the address provided by Wang Deqing, an old Chinese who they met when they watched the women's volleyball game. Wang Deqing was very happy to see Xu Wangqiu, and hurriedly called his wife and children out.

Wang Deqing's wife was also very enthusiastic about Xu Wangqiu, and they talked about Xu Wangqiu and kept inquiring about the situation in China. Wang Deqing's son is not so enthusiastic, after all, he was born and raised in Dongying, and he doesn't have much affection for China. Wang Deqing's daughter was very enthusiastic about Tang Yuqiang, and asked him to sign autographs and take a group photo. If Tang Yuqiang is willing, it should not be a big problem to stay in Wang Deqing's house as a son-in-law.

After chatting for a while, Wang Deqing and his daughter became tour guides and took Xu Wangqiu and them to visit Chinatown.

Along the straight and neat China Avenue, it is like coming to Beiping, with antique shops going from house to house, and the stone lions guarding the door. The red lanterns hanging under the eaves, the banners in front of the store, and the stone screens that can be seen everywhere with dragons flying and phoenixes dancing, the purple purlin chairs with carved ovals, and the beautiful Cantonese music are simply like being in the land of China, so that Xu Wangqiu, who has been away from home for a few months, is emotional.

To Xu Wangqiu's surprise, in the Chinatown among the shops, there was a rather majestic Guandi Temple. Xu Wangqiu was very curious about this and proposed to go in and have a look. This was echoed by everyone, and everyone wanted to go in and have a look.

After entering the Guandi Temple, Wang Deqing told Xu Wangqiu that this Guandi Temple has a history of more than 100 years, and it is said that a Chinese from Fujian Province brought a wooden statue of Guandi from across the ocean for here. During the Great Kanto Earthquake, the temple was destroyed, and after the earthquake, Chinese merchants raised funds to rebuild the temple, but the rebuilt temple was destroyed again in 1945. After the war, the Chinese compatriots once again raised funds to rebuild. This Guandi temple is a symbol of the spirit of unity of the Chinese, and every year on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the Chinese in Yokohama will come to the temple to offer incense.

Wang Deqing bought two handfuls of incense and distributed them to Xu Wangqiu. The Chinese present were either league members or party members, and burning incense and worshipping Buddha was feudal superstition and was expressly forbidden. Tang Yuqiang didn't burn it after they got the incense, and they didn't burn it, they all looked at Xu Wangqiu, after all, he was the director of the art center and the biggest "official" here, so he could only make up his mind about this matter.

Xu Wangqiu said with a smile: "Unlike other temples, the Guandi Temple is not actually dedicated to gods, but to the spirit of loyalty, which is an important support for the Chinese belief and moral system. Just as Yu Youren wrote a couplet for the Guandi Temple: the word loyalty and righteousness unite the sons and daughters of China, and the book "Spring and Autumn" represents the national spirit. It's no problem to incense Guan Gong, it's not feudal superstition. ”

Everyone was relieved when they heard this, lit the incense, closed their eyes, silently said their wishes, and then inserted it into the incense burner. Akina Nakamori also did the same, holding the incense with her hands folded, silently saying her wish in her heart, and then inserting the incense into the incense burner.

Tang Yanqiang saw that Akina Nakamori looked pious, and said curiously: "Akina, what wish did you make?"

Akina Nakamori smirked, "I won't tell you, it's my secret." ”

Xu Wangqiu said with a smile: "If you don't say it, I know it, your mind can't hide it from me." He saw Akina Nakamori looking at him a little nervously, as if he was afraid that he would see through her wishes, he could guess what Akina Nakamori's wish was, but he didn't plan to say it, touched his chin, and said deliberately: "I'll pinch my fingers and count it, and it's out." Akina's wish is to find a handsome and rich boyfriend. ”

Akina Nakamori breathed a sigh of relief and chuckled, "No, you're talking nonsense! What is your wish?"

Xu Wangqiu naturally wouldn't tell Akina Nakamori that his wish was to hope that Rongcheng's family would be safe, and that Changchun's parents would be safe, showing a righteous and awe-inspiring expression: "I hope that the world will be peaceful and there will be no more wars." ”