The scholar Duan Liyang Yoshino concluded that there are three main reasons for the Japanese belief in snakes: first, the shape of snakes is similar to that of male genitals and has strong symbolic significance; Second, it has the power to kill with one blow; Third, it has the characteristics of peeling and regeneration to ensure that life will never die. When analyzing the snake worship in Zhanghu Lake in northern Fujian, Ma Guoqing said that the most primitive feature of the three is the ability of "life renewal" and "species continuation" of the snake ecology. (See Ma Guoqing's "Into the World of the Other".
By the way, Japanese culture reveals the ancient culture of China from ancient bones!
Because China's two subjugations in history led to the dating of China culture, but China culture remained relatively intact in Japan, which is a fact that there are too many data to prove!
Kimono-the development version of Hanfu, sitting, architecture, writing, Tang Dao, karate (Tang Dao), judo (Jiu Jitsu), elegant music and Confucianism are the best manifestations!
It is because of Confucianism that Japan has developed today!