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Phoenix City is full of energy: Essays on life - Notes on Diaoyutai In recent days, the topic of Diaoyutai has been very popular, and almost no one knows about it. I have some concerns about Diaoyutai...

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Phoenix City is full of energy: Life Essays - Notes on Diaoyutai In recent days, the topic of Diaoyutai has been very popular, and almost no one knows about it. I have a very deep impression of Diaoyutai, but that Diaoyutai is completely different from this Diaoyutai. There is a big difference. That is a person's stage name, not an island on the sea. Diaoyutai, which has been hotly discussed recently, was caused by the farce of Japan's illegal purchase of the island, which strained Sino-Japanese relations and provoked Chinese people all over the world to join forces to resist, making the international situation turbulent and the future bleak. I receive messages discussing this issue every day on the Internet, and this important topic is indispensable for a chat with friends. In fact, the problem of Diaoyutai has existed for a long time. It was ceded to Japan when the Treaty of Shimonoseki was signed during the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894. After World War II, it was not explicitly returned to the Republic of China along with Taiwan. Instead, the Ryukyu Islands were placed under U.S. custody along with the Ryukyu Islands. By 1972, the United States ignored China's protests and handed it over to Japan, sowing factors for future friction. For 40 years, the two sides have shelved disputes and maintained friendly relations. Until today, the incident happened in the atmosphere of various sieges against China. It is unusual. It is obvious that there is a fisherman who makes profits from fighting between snipe and clams. The political purpose is greater than the military purpose. Some people say that politics and women's genitals are the dirtiest and most tempting things in the world. The stakes are so high that friends can become enemies and enemies can become friends. As an ordinary citizen, we must analyze it calmly and rationally and not be blinded by the attitudes of politicians. The Diaoyutai Islands Incident is discussed in the news every day. However, every time I mention the Diaoyutai Islands, I naturally remember this familiar name. It is not the Diaoyutai Islands that are engaged in disputes at sea, but Mr. Diaoyutai Islands, who used to live on the embankment of Vietnam and choose good luck and fortune-telling for people. Before 1975, South Vietnam was a free society with the assistance of the United States. As long as it did not break the law or be pro-communist, any industry could be operated at will. Fortune-telling and fortune-telling were freelancing. They could advertise in newspapers or put up large-character signboards in front of the door. Numerologists at that time rarely used their real names and were accustomed to changing their stage names. The ones who were slightly famous in the Chinese area of ​​the embankment were: He Tieyan, Diaoyutai, Baiyun Mountain, Yan Nanfei, Tiemian The judge waits. Among them, He Tieyan and Diaoyutai impressed me the most. He Tieyan's library was located in Jiuru Lane, Pinhu Street, and was the father of classmate He Xuemei. Her classmates often teased her with that interesting advertising slogan, because there was a saying, "Marriage or not, is it okay to remarry?" At that time, people were still very conservative, and it was almost a taboo for a woman to "remarry". It was really bold that his advertisement dared to be published like this. However, what most people liked to imitate was the phrase "Mr. does not have a day off during the week." If anyone was still working on Sunday, he would definitely say this sentence. Diaoyutai is a fortune teller that I admire. It is located on Ruan Lai Street, next to Dongyuan Chicken Restaurant, in Bean Cai Lane. Most people come to him for approval, write down their birth date and birth date, submit it to him, and pay the fortune. As the saying goes, "the fortune comes first, so pay special attention to it." He agrees with the guests to come to get the approval on a certain day, and then explains the numerology in person, gives advice, and turns misfortune into good luck. I would like to explain the so-called "Bazi" by the way, that is, based on the heavenly stems and earthly branches of the year of birth, the stems and branches of that month, day and time, each group has two characters accurately recorded. The year, month, day and time are eight characters in total. Each group can be called a "pillar", so the "Bazi" is the "four pillars", or "four pillars and eight characters". The reason why I admire Diaoyutai is that I have a friend Huang Nanjin. Her father runs a factory. Every year when the market opens in the New Year, she goes to Diaoyutai to choose auspicious times to open her business. Business is booming every year and she makes a lot of money. She said that fishing in Diaoyutai will bring good luck. One year, she went to get her fortune approved by herself. Later, when she showed me the passbook of her fortune telling, I saw the following words under the three rows of names in Diaoyutai: "The fortune is accurate when the time is right, but when the fortune is false, it doesn't work." When evaluating her future, the sentence that impressed me the most was: "She has the desire to marry a foreigner!" She is a talented woman who works at the Bank of France and Asia, where a young French man is pursuing her. She always praises the French in front of us men for how graceful and romantic they are, and she also explicitly disparages the Chinese and Vietnamese, saying they are incomparable, and she wants to marry France immediately. Only those of us who are familiar with it know this kind of situation. Even those who are not familiar with it don’t know it. How Diaoyutai can calculate it is simply amazing. So, after I got married, I asked him to do the calculations. At this time, the Vietnamese regime changed. This industry was regarded as an unfair and deceptive way to make a living, and it was banned. The remark on my past with Taizu was generally accurate, and my character performance was consistent. It was pointed out that my spouse was a good wife and mother who managed the household well, but would never tolerate harassment from a third party. It was later proven that there was no mistake. What surprised me the most was that after he handed me the approval document, he said in passing: "Brother, hey! I have never met your wife, but I know that her skin is fair and bright, and she has a black mole on her temples!" Strange, how did he know? Diaoyutai is so awesome, I will remember it forever. Later, the situation in Vietnam was chaotic, everyone fled abroad, and there was no news about the whereabouts of Diaoyutai. Now when we talk about Diaoyutai, they are all islands that Japan covets, but I always remember that Mr. Diaoyutai!

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