In Tangning's nature, he really didn't like the Japanese, but in the case of no war, Sino-Japanese friendship is also a helpless thing, after all, both countries need to develop, so although he did not participate in the previous wave of Sino-Japanese friendship activities, he did not go to make trouble, but what happened in October 1978 made him feel that he could no longer sit still.

Because in October 1978, Yasukuni Shrine Miyasu Shrine Priest Matsudaira Eiyoshi (the eldest son of the Imperial Household Minister Matsudaira Yoshimin during the defeat period) included the names of 14 Class-A war criminals including Hideki Tojo in the Yasukuni Shrine joint memorial. Since then, the nature of the Yasukuni Shrine has undergone major changes.

Originally, the Yasukuni Shrine was just an ordinary spiritualist shrine. In 1874 (January 27, Meiji 7), Emperor Meiji visited the Tokyo Spiritualist Shrine for the first time and sang the poem "My country is をつくせる人々の名もむさし野にとむる玉かき" (your name will live forever in this shrine in Musashino for fighting and sacrificing people for our country). In 1879 (Meiji 12), the Tokyo Spiritualist Shrine was renamed Yasukuni Shrine; "Yasukuni" was named by Emperor Meiji and comes from the phrase "I take Yasukuni also" in the "Twenty-third Year of the Reign of the Emperor of the Zuo Chuan Dynasty", which means to stabilize the country

After the Meiji Restoration, the shrine began to enshrine military personnel and their families who died for Japan in wars including the Sino-Japanese War (1894-5), the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905), and World War II. All other shrines in Japan are managed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but the Yasukuni Shrine is managed by the military.

After Japan's defeat on August 15, 1945, the General Headquarters of the United Nations Occupation Forces prepared to abolish the Yasukuni Shrine. However, the shrine was reorganized into a religious law and survived. Article 20 of Japan's post-war pacifist constitution stipulates that there should be a separation of church and state, and that the state cannot intervene in any religious affairs, so the Yasukuni Shrine has become a non-governmental religious institution.

After 1955. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has put forward the "Yasukuni Shrine Act" five times, calling for the Yasukuni Shrine to be changed into a "special legal person" in an attempt to nationalize it. In 1974, it was unsuccessful due to opposition from Japanese society. Unexpectedly, in 1978, 14 Class-A war criminals tried by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East were enshrined in the Yasukuni Shrine. They are: Hideki Tojo, Kenji Dohihara, Ishine Matsui, Hyotaro Kimura, Hiroki Hirota, Seishiro Itagaki, Akira Muto, Yoyo Matsuoka, Shusei Nagano, Toshio Shiratori, Kiichiro Hiranuma, Kuniaki Koiso, Mijiro Umezu, Shigetoku Togo.

Originally, there was only one shrine (the place where the deity was placed) in the main hall. After the war, Prince Noehisa of Kita-Shirakawa Palace was enshrined at the former Taiwan Shrine and Tainan Shrine, and the permanent king of Kita-Shirakawa Palace was enshrined at Mengjiang Shrine (Zhangjiakou). A new shrine was re-established, so that there are now two shrines.

In 1966, Japan's Ministry of Health and Welfare handed over the list of Class A war criminals sentenced by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East to Tsukuba Fujima, the head of the Yasukuni Shrine, but Tsukuba did not enshrine them. After World War II, the Japanese emperor visited the Yasukuni Shrine every year. However, since 1978, when Class-A war criminals were listed in the shrine, Emperor Hirohito was dissatisfied with the shrine's enshrinement of Class A war criminals of World War II, and has not officially visited the Yasukuni Shrine since 1978.

When Chinese Premier Zhou and Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka negotiated the resumption of Sino-Japanese diplomatic relations, Premier Zhou proposed that "the responsibility for the war lies with the Japanese militarists" based on the political considerations that China needs Japan's assistance, hopes to restore diplomatic relations with Japan, and demands that Japan sever diplomatic relations with Taiwan. and not the Japanese people, who are the victims of the war". China carried out political education on the dichotomous viewpoint at home and tried to avoid arranging for Japanese people to visit anti-Japanese places of interest in order to promote friendship between China and Japan, but it did not expect that the Japanese side would actually do such a thing that provoked the feelings of the Chinese people.

Many people believe that officials can only visit the shrine in their private capacity during non-official hours, and that they are not allowed to use official cars or other administrative resources when visiting the shrine, otherwise it will violate the spirit of separation of church and state.

On April 28, 1988, the head of the Imperial Household Agency of Japan, Asahiko Tomita, recorded Emperor Showa himself explaining that he would no longer visit the shrine after the joint sacrifice of Class-A war criminals: "I have heard of it. There was a time when some people proposed to sacrifice Class-A war criminals, including Matsuoka and Shiratori. Fortunately, Tsukuba handled this carefully", expressing his approval of the practice of enshrined in 1966 after Tsukuba Fujima, the head of the Yasukuni Shrine (i.e., in charge), received the list of Class A war criminals from the Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare. Emperor Showa expressed his opposition to the practice of secretly moving 14 Class-A war criminals including Hideki Tojo to the Yasukuni Shrine in October 1978 when Matsudaira Yoshimin, the eldest son of the Imperial Household Minister Matsudaira Yoshimin during the defeat period, secretly moved 14 Class-A war criminals including Hideki Tojo to the Yasukuni Shrine for joint memorials: "What does Matsudaira's son think, Matsudaira strongly hopes for peace, and I think my son doesn't understand his father's heart too much." I didn't go to the shrine after that, that's what I really thought."

Some people believe that visiting the Yasukuni Shrine is based on personal beliefs and Japan's cultural traditions, and that other countries should not make irresponsible remarks about this and interfere in Japan's internal affairs, and that "it is natural to pay tribute to the heroic souls who sacrificed their lives for the country," and that "although there is the problem of Class-A war criminals." But when you die, you become a Buddha." This remark has received a considerable degree of support in Japan.

Japan's right-wing political forces believe that there is no causal relationship between Japan's Showa Emperor and his abandonment of visiting the Yasukuni Shrine in 1978 and the joint sacrifice of Class A war criminals.

A right-wing politician said: "The only people in the world who make irresponsible remarks about the Yasukuni Shrine are China and South Korea." They believe that the Yasukuni Shrine, like China's Babaoshan Cemetery and the Monument to the People's Heroes, is a memorial to those who sacrificed their lives for the country, and that the visit to the shrine should not be measured by different standards.

An official of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that the nature of Hitler's aggression is "academically inconclusive," and therefore the nature of the war criminals enshrined at the Yasukuni Shrine is also inconclusive. Shinto Political Alliance, "All the Shinto dead became gods, and foreign interference was a negation of Japanese culture." ”

Japan's right-wing forces said: "Why is the Chinese government always entangled in the Yasukuni Shrine issue? Is it trying to embarrass Japan? In many ways, the Yasukuni Shrine is like the Arlington National Cemetery (in the United States). Therefore, I think it is natural for anyone to pay homage to the Heroic Spirit. "The verdict on Class A war criminals was decided at the time of the U.S. occupation of Japan, not in accordance with Japanese law," he argued. ”

Yufuko Tojo, the eldest granddaughter of Hideki Tojo, objected to the removal of the names of Hideki Tojo and other war criminals from the shrine. "This is not a personal issue, nor is it a question of whether or not to withdraw from the shrine after a request from a foreign country, but we hope that neighboring China and South Korea will face up to their past history and understand our feelings better."

No matter what they say, Downing decided to contact the Red Army operating in the Middle East and try to launch another operation to blow up this broken shrine! (To be continued.) )