The Documentary Influence of China Railway Travel

"China Railway Journey" caused a warm response in Japan.

A series of documentary "China Railway Journey" produced by NHK TV station in Japan has aroused enthusiastic response among Japanese audiences after it was broadcast a few days ago. The leading actor Tomohiro Sekiguchi is a young actor who is only 34 years old. He made travel programs, such as crossing the Japanese archipelago by train and traveling around European countries. His trip to China started from Lhasa, Tibet in spring, took the train all the way to xi 'an, Shaanxi, and then started from Xi 'an in autumn, ending in Kashgar, Xinjiang, with a total length of 36,000 kilometers. The itinerary was basically not arranged in advance, but I took a backpack trip by train at the pass. The pictures are all about the scenery along the railway, the scenery of the transit city and the scenes of talking, eating and working with ordinary people in China. This simple travel program is not only among the best in the ratings of similar programs, but also has a lot of audience comments on the blog of the program group after it is broadcast every week. The Japanese audience was attracted by the magnificent mountains and rivers in China, moved by the enthusiasm and simplicity of the people in China, and surprised by the misunderstanding of China and the difference in reality.

Guankou called his trip to China a "trip without it". We Japanese have the values of modesty, he wrote in his blog. Even when boasting, you should add something like "it's nothing" in front. The person who heard it didn't say anything at that time, and later he would comment on this person's arrogance and cause disharmony. This kind of thing can be found everywhere in daily life. China people don't have this kind of "psychological game", don't have that kind of strange boast, and don't ask others to be modest. Besides, there are many "no's". None of the people I contacted on the spot boasted about the 5,000-year history of China. No one ignores me because I am a foreigner who can't speak Chinese; No one hates the happiness of others because of the hardships of their own lives ... it is actually very difficult to find these "no"

Some experts have also noticed this "no travel". At the just-concluded annual meeting of the China-Japan Friendship Committee in the 2 1 century, when discussing "China-Japan exchanges in various fields", members thought that China and Japan lacked non-governmental exchanges in recent years. In this regard, media representative Yoshida Hiroshi praised "China Railway Journey" as a rare good program of Japanese media. The good thing is that there are no preconceptions, close to civilians, and shooting nothing. Take Tian Yuan as an example: In a program, Guankou was filming by the Guizhou River, and an old man stood silently watching and asked him what he was watching. The old man smiled and replied, "Nothing, I'm just observing you." This simple communication between ordinary people touched countless Japanese audiences.

The Significance of China Railway Travel to Sino-Japanese Relations

The 35th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between China and Japan. It is too simple to define Sino-Japanese relations simply by "friendship". Strategic and mutually beneficial relations need not only the spring of political relations, but also further mutual understanding and emotional integration between the two peoples. Although the two countries now have convenient transportation and smooth information, tourists visiting the other country are always busy with sightseeing and shopping, and rarely sit down and talk to each other. There are a lot of media reports about each other every day, and news without subjective judgment can never occupy a prominent position. Takeuchi Minoru, a famous Japanese scholar, famously said in 1970s that "friendliness is easier to understand than understanding". In his view, the expression of the Japanese nation pays attention to "ambiguity" and is used to saying high-sounding words while hiding the inner meaning. When communicating with other nationalities, they attach great importance to each other's views on themselves, and especially hope that each other will accept their unique way of thinking. In this case, the best way to enhance mutual understanding and emotional integration between the two peoples is to promote and advocate interpersonal communication and experience each other's situation and heart through personal feelings. Therefore, the current Sino-Japanese relations need to convey more objective, simple and touching "no progress". This is not only the responsibility of the media of the two countries, but also the hope of the people of both sides.