Let me tell you a joke first: there was a leader, surnamed Wang, who went to Japan on business one summer. After arriving in Japan, Wang Zhongyuan led a "survey" of Japanese feelings in the bustling streets of Japan. He was surprised to find that all the department stores he went to were covered with banners from the inside out, and there were several striking Chinese characters "Zhongyuan"-the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese character "Wang" was exactly the same as that of "Wang". In this case, Wang Zhongyuan's leadership was almost beautiful. I'm so famous in Japan! In fact, all Japan is welcoming "Wang Zhongyuan"! Hehe, just kidding. In fact, "Wang Zhongyuan" is not welcome in all parts of Japan, but the Mid-Autumn Festival in summer (July of the lunar calendar 15) is approaching. Japanese people have the habit of giving gifts before and after the Mid-Autumn Festival. The objects of giving gifts are mainly people who are kind to themselves or who have taken care of their predecessors and teachers. In China, Mid-Autumn Festival and Spring Festival are the main gifts, while in Japan, "Central Plains" in the middle of the year and "dusk" at the end of the year are the main gifts. At these two times every year, major department stores and supermarkets in Japan will set up special counters for "Zhongyuan" and "Lunar New Year" to designate special people to receive guests who buy gifts for "Zhongyuan" and "Lunar New Year". During these two periods, in addition to shops, the postal company was also very busy, and the doorbell of every household was also "busy" because people in the postal company kept ringing the bell and saying "I'm in a hurry". Japanese gifts are romantic and practical. The price of gifts ranges from several thousand yen to tens of thousands of yen. Therefore, the gift boxes of "Central Plains" and "New Year" have all kinds of all-encompassing flavors. Food, from seafood to pickles, desserts to Lamian Noodles; For daily necessities, even washing powder, soap, foam, bath lotion, shampoo, detergent and so on. They were all transformed into gifts and packed in beautiful boxes. There were several layers of exquisite wrapping paper on the outside of the box, and white strips were put on the outside of the wrapping paper, and several big characters were written: "ぉぉぉ", thus completing a very traditional mood gift-in addition to the Chinese New Year and the Lunar New Year, Japanese people, like us in China, also have the habit of giving gifts when friends or family get married, have children and move. When getting married or having children, gifts or cash are different according to different relationships, generally ranging from several thousand yen to tens of thousands of yen. Different from China people, Japanese people pay attention to odd numbers when giving gifts or cash, such as 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and so on, unlike us in China who pay attention to "yes-men". In addition, the Japanese have the habit of giving gifts to their neighbors when they move. There is an old saying in China that "a distant relative is better than a close neighbor"-this sentence spread to Japan, and the Japanese seem to remember it clearly. Therefore, every time you move to a new place, you must prepare gifts to greet your neighbors. After introducing your name, you should briefly introduce yourself. Finally, you should send a prepared gift and say, "Please be sure to accept a small gift. I'm new here and I don't know many rules here. Please take care of it in the future. " Yun Yun. Of course, gifts are also "real" gifts: for example, a small box of soap, a small box of snacks, a box of detergent or a box of washing powder. The price is generally around 500 yen-1000 yen. Gifts for this occasion should not be too expensive. A gift that is too heavy will make the other person feel scared. Writing here, I thought of a Japanese publication sponsored by the Japanese Cultural Association. There is a passage above that talks about the great difference between China and China in giving gifts, saying: Japanese people like to give the best gifts that they think are the most valuable, and only in this way can they express their feelings. When China people give gifts, they sometimes say to each other, "This is a gift I bought for you specially, and I finally found it in many places"-to express how important the other person is in my mind; When the Japanese give gifts, even if they buy them on purpose, they should pretend to be calm and pretend as if nothing has happened, saying, "I bought them by the way when I passed by, which is quite boring." -The Japanese did this because they were taught from an early age "Don't give people trouble". They are afraid that the gift will be too grand, but they will add psychological burden to each other-don't bother?