In what ways did china influence Japanese culture?

Answer 1

China believes in Confucius ideaology... which is simply the belief of respecting your elders, and in return your elders will watch out for you, and look after you... Japan liked this idea of China.. and adapted it... Confucious ideology being a cultural factor hashad several influences on Japan for Example the Imperialism of Korea was mainly for cultural motives:confucious ideology.

As Japan believed as being elder, and believed they were to be respceted by Korea, in fact they made this happen, but at the same time... "looked after' Korea.. as they believed and instituted Japanese education etc.......

the Chinese writing system.

Answer 2

Japan adapted many things from China. The religions Buddhism and Confucianism in Japan were from the Chinese. Confucianism focuses on governance and society which interested the Japanese. Buddhism is a systematic belief system. The local Japanese religions were forced by the Chinese to define themselves related to Buddhism in some way. The Imperial Court was also adopted by the Japanese. The Japanese Imperial Court also adopted bureaucracy that is similar to Confucian principles. City- planning was also adopted by the Japanese. Japan's Shinto religion is similar to China's Daoism.

Answer 3

I know one of the major things China influenced Japan on was religion. China helped bring Buddhism to Japan. In fact almost the entire country is Buddhist or Shinto (A derivative from Buddhism that the Japanese formed over the years).

Answer 4

Its reported that China was the first Asian Country to make chopsticks. Now there's Chopsticks In japan they also brought Buddhism to japan.

Also, Japanese have influenced Chinese in many ways.

Answer 5

The Chinese civilization was a much older civilization than the Japanese civilization. The Chinese and the Japanese had cultural and commercial relations that date back to 200 A.D. Chinese culture flowed out of China and into Japan to influence Japanese culture in several waves. The degree to which the Japanese adopted Chinese cultural influences depended on the receptivity of the latter at that particular historical juncture. Chinese influence on Japanese culture is readily apparent.

Some of these influences are:

• Language. The Japanese had no written language at the time of their first contact with the Chinese and their use of Chinese proved important for the purpose of political unification under the Japanese Emperor.
• Religion. Buddhism and Confucianism are important features of Chinese culture. As a systematic belief system, Buddhism forced the local Japanese religions, which were less coherent systems, to define themselves in relation to Buddhism. Confucianism, a systematic religious belief system, had a lot to say about governance and society and proved attractive for the Japanese. Consequently it had an important influence on Japanese culture.
• System of government. The method of organization of the Imperial Court, a significant element of ancient Chinese culture, was also adopted by the Japanese. The Japanese Imperial Court as well as its bureaucracy, including titles, ranks and functions, soon came to be modeled after Confucian principles. City-planning is also an aspect of Chinese culture borrowed by the Japanese. Kyoto and Nara, capital cities constructed along these lines, are examples. Several localities around these old capital cities reveal a system of fields and irrigation systems divided into even rectangles based on the ancient Chinese model of city planning. The use of a road system to hasten communication and control rebelling localities are also important features of this system of planning.

Answer 6

The Chinese were a major factor in shaping Japan's culture. As a matter of fact, kanji, the older form of written Japanese, uses Chinese characters. Both Buddhism and Confucianism were both introduced into Japan by Prince Shotoku, a devout Buddhist and one of the driving forces behind the integration of Chinese culture into the Japanese lifestyle. Buddhism, which was extremely well developed and complete, encded up taking the place of the smaller, less organized Japanese culture. Confucianism also helped shape the rules and standard procedures for a everday Japanese citizen's life. A new government system was also introduced dubbed the "Twelve Level Cap and Rank System". A system very similar to this was already being used in Sui Dynasty china.

Answer 7

The most obvious would be the written language - Kanji, it all comes from China.

Answer 8

the japan country because they were rich, that's why they were influenced by the china country... and they also sell all kinds of things they also own the biggest korean buildings...