Wang Jingxian.
At the beginning of the new year, a severe Category 7** event occurred on the Noto Peninsula in Japan, with the official death toll now confirmed at 128 and 195 missing. More than 28,000 people are waiting for support at evacuation centers due to collapsed houses and other reasons, and 2,000 people have not been rescued due to severe road damage in Wajima City and Suzu City, which were the hardest hit by the disaster.
Tsubaki, a 9-year-old elementary school student in Wajima City, has been living in a shelter with her parents for seven days because her family's house has collapsed. The aftershocks continued, and every time he shook violently, Tsubaki was still scared, even though his parents would protect him with their bodies. These days he often weeps alone for no reason when he is quiet. The mother is worried that the child's crying will cause sadness and upset in those around her;But considering the child's mental state, the mother and Tsubaki Yue said okay, "You can cry once a day." Before going to bed, my mother would gently ask Tsubaki, "Have you cried today?"Tsubaki Moon replied as if she had returned to her baby state, hugging her mother, "I've cried." Sometimes, when her mother wanted to go back to the collapsed house to pick up her things, Tsubaki would always cry and beg her mother not to leave her.
Seeing these reports, the author can't help but think of the ** past that I had personally experienced when the children were young. 3.At the 11th year, my area was nearly level 5. After a loud bang, the house began to shake, and the dishes on the cupboard fell to the ground little by little. The youngest son, who is just one year old, can't pronounce the full syllables, and his small mouth says "drop, drop". I relied on my experience of the 2004 Fukuoka 6th grade high school to pretend to be calm in front of my children, but when I saw the tsunami on the TV screen, I felt like the end of the world was coming. I picked up my suitcase, packed my clothes and passport, packed a lot of diapers for the children, stuffed a blanket to protect against the cold, and escaped from the house on the fifth floor with great fear and determination to take the child to death.
Downstairs, I met "mom friends" Miho and Kyoko. They saw me like a frightened bird, and while comforting me, they asked me where my little brother was. When I learned that my 5-year-old brother was in kindergarten and that my private car was unable to pick up the child because it was handed over for inspection, Miho offered to drive her own car to pick up my little brother with me. This is the first time I have been helped by the Japanese in **. That night, my lover was away from a business trip and did not return, and with their comfort, I spent an uneasy night alone with my two babies in the aftershocks of the swaying and stopping. But the thought that Miho and Kyoko are also at home with their children makes me feel courageous.
Another time he was helped by the Japanese was Wenchuan Da**. At that time, I led my eldest son, who was less than 4 years old, to volunteer at a "parent-child square" called Piyopiyo. After the Wenchuan Massacre in May 2008, seeing the pain that my compatriots were experiencing, I experienced the meaning of "blood is thicker than water" for the first time. Every dangerous scene and every difficult situation stung me like a heartbreak, but the more anxious I was, the more I found that I couldn't do anything. It was at this time that Aunt Iwama, the person in charge of piyopiyo, extended a helping hand to me. One warm afternoon, Aunt Iwama asked me, "There is such a big disaster in China, what can we do to help?"”
I remember tears in my eyes. After **, with the help of Aunt Iwama, Piyopiyo set up a donation box in Wenchuan**, and I wrote a letter in Japanese to the mothers of the "Parent-Child Square", explaining the situation in Wenchuan** and the current situation of many children affected by the disaster in need of help. Although everyone is a full-time mother with no income, everyone has done their best, and even has a four-year-old baby, who also donated his pocket money for Sichuan after listening to his mother's words. After the donation box was full, I donated it to the Anxian area of Sichuan through the Dalian Charity Federation. Although the amount is not much, it is really the heart of some Japanese people. In fact, when we were in Wenchuan, we received many rescues from Japan** and society, and I remember that the Japanese rescue team was the first to arrive at the rescue site.
Now, Japan has once again experienced a ** disaster. Compared with a few years ago, it is fair to say that Japan, under the coercion of its so-called "ally" the United States, has made some diplomatic and even military moves that are not conducive to the development of Sino-Japanese relations, and the discharge of nuclear sewage has also dealt a heavy blow to the relations between the two countries. This has rekindled a new hatred in the country, including war injuries, and has led to a kind of hate speech flooding the Internet.
The author is very saddened by this. Although the author can understand the background, we are a country with great love. Even if we cannot forgive the harm caused by the war to our Chinese nation, we have raised the war orphans of Japan with the great love unique to our nation. Not only that, but our culture promotes "do unto others as you would have them do unto you", so how would we feel if we were in a disaster and others laughed at us?
In the face of such a catastrophe as natural disasters, the author believes that we should first empathize. It is impossible for every country to be free from natural and man-made disasters, and in the face of disasters, we must not use the theory of "retribution" to interpret the problem. When others are in trouble, this is precisely the time when we should lend a helping hand. At a press conference on January 3, the spokesperson announced that "regarding the strong incident in Noto in Ishikawa Prefecture, I would like to express my condolences to the Japanese side and hope to provide necessary assistance to the Japanese side." In my opinion, this is what a great power should look like.
Helping the poor and helping the needy is the virtue of the Chinese nation, the manifestation of the bearing of a great country, and the duty of a gentleman's state. We must not be quick to speak for a while, which will lose the dignity of our nation and put our country and people in a place of right and wrong that is despised and ridiculed. It is important to remember that hateful words and deeds without compassion in the face of disasters are not patriotic but misguided for the country. In the face of the proposal of a "community with a shared future for mankind" in the new era, the first thing that should be there is the most universal human love.