Ryukyu has survived the period of independent kingdom(1429-1879),the period of Japanese colonial rule(1879-1945),the period of American occupation(1945-1972),and the period of Japanese administration(1972-present).On May 15,1972,the United States transferred administration of the Ryukyu Islands to Japan,ending its 27 years of occupation.However,the Ryukyu people who returned to Japanese administration continued to promote their Anti-Japanese Movement or Ryukyu Independent Movement,to regain and strengthen their historical memory,in order to highlight the uniqueness of their own ethnicity.In contemporary Okinawa,there is a significant turn towards"Ryukyu"in the social trend of thought,with the basic characteristics of identity reconstruction by marginal ethnic groups in the post-colonial period.As a"response"to the"impact"brought by long-term differentiated treatment and tragic historical experience,the Okinawans began to think about their own Japanese identity and Ryukyu identity,which has spawned a wave of Ryukyu identity construction.Ryukyu identity evolves in accordance with their own interests,and it is strengthened again every time it is oppressed.It is embodied in four core features:the re-inventionof traditional symbols,the re-establishment of discourse system,the re-display of ethnic characteristics,and the re-memory of glorious history.
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