break away from tradition

Arnold 2022-03-23 09:02:45

After watching this film, I was reminded of the article about Japanese culture in "One Way Street 4". The Japanese attach great importance to etiquette and rules. Every rule in it, which is why the Japanese elementary school is so admirable. However, it is also said in the film that today's young people are afraid of hardship and eager to succeed as soon as possible. With the explosion of information and the rapid changes in the economic situation, people's mentality seems to be starting to break away from tradition and become erratic.
China has long abandoned tradition, and now it finds that tradition is important, but only a few fragments have been picked up. The craze for Chinese studies is like the craze for culture. It comes and goes, and what we learn is just the skin. Mr. Fei Xiaotong has long foreseen that the social structure has changed, the original social foundation has long been stripped, and the original tradition is not suitable for modern society. Restraining oneself and restoring rituals, if you want to "recover rituals", you must first "restrain yourself", but everyone's mentality is like this, so there is no need to force it.

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Jiro Dreams of Sushi quotes

  • Hiroki Fujita: I either buy my first choice, or I buy nothing. If ten tuna are for sale, only one can be the best. I buy that one.

  • Masuhiro Yamamoto: [describing Jiro's dedication and consistency through the years] The difference between Jiro today and Jiro 40 years ago is only that he stopped smoking. Other than that, nothing has changed.