Japan's only dynasty so far. Japan's emperor is known as the "one lineage of all generations", so this dynasty has been uninterrupted since the founding of Japan, and has continued for 125 generations of emperors so far, making it the longest known dynasty in the world. According to the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki, the first emperor of Japan, Emperor Jimmu, was established in 660 BC, and the Chrysanthemum Dynasty has been passed down to 125 emperors. In reality, however, none of the 33 emperors above Empress Suiko, who ascended the throne in 592 AD, have ever descended into the world (these emperors are fictional in the Kojiki to complete the emperor's transition from god to man). Even so, it is still the longest dynasty in the world.

Why is it called "Chrysanthemum Dynasty"?

Because the Japanese are especially revered for chrysanthemums.

The family crest of the Japanese imperial family is a 16-petal chrysanthemum, and the symbol of Japanese bushido is the sword. Benedict said, "The chrysanthemum and the knife, the two make up the same painting." "Chrysanthemum and sword, seemingly incompatible, in fact, depend on each other, the grasp of the image of chrysanthemum and knife, is the excavation of the spiritual history of the Japanese nation. Raising a knife to kill someone, disemboweling one's abdomen, putting down one's knife to admire chrysanthemums or traveling to a seye -- such completely different artistic conceptions are just two sides of the Japanese national character. Chrysanthemums and knives, the two images, the connotation is actually exactly the same: the withering of chrysanthemums, isn't it the pulling out of the knife? It seems to be contradictory, but the knife pulls out the person and dies, and that instantaneous form just corresponds to the withering of the chrysanthemum. Chrysanthemum and knife, born to death, born for death. The chrysanthemum itself is the embodiment of death, and the knife is undoubtedly the bridge to death. The knife became a tool for chrysanthemum, and chrysanthemum was used for the purpose of the knife. In the metaphor of the chrysanthemum, both the knife and the owner are passive, killing is the mission, and being killed or committing suicide is inevitable; And in the grammar of the knife, chrysanthemum represents an unknowable predecessor and a fateful future. Benedict writes about the inseparability of the chrysanthemum and the knife, the complementarity of the chrysanthemum and the knife, and the two go hand in hand on the stage of death. She accurately grasped the essence of a nation with freehand brushwork, allowing us to see the glory and dream of a nation, as well as the background color and tone of a nation.

At the end of the 8th century, Japan moved its capital to Heiankyo (present-day Kyoto). The Heian period, which was a turning point in Japanese history, began. In the early years of the Heian Dynasty, the royal family, even the nobles and scholars vigorously admired the beauty of chrysanthemums. In China, the Double Ninth Festival is held every year in early September, also known as the Chrysanthemum Festival in Japan. On this day, the crown prince led all the ministers and ministers to the Zichen Hall to pay homage to the emperor, and the monarchs and ministers rewarded chrysanthemums and drank chrysanthemum wine. In October, the emperor set up another chrysanthemum banquet and invited his ministers to practice chrysanthemums. Perhaps the chrysanthemum on the coat of arms of the Japanese imperial family was engraved at this time. Back then, the memory left by the Heian Dynasty seems to be chrysanthemum crab fat.