Yoshihiro Dotoku’s character controversy

On February 24, 2016, netizens posted on Weibo that a sacrificial ceremony was held before the start of construction of the Luoyang Municipal Construction Group East Ring Road Cross-Luo River Bridge in Henan Province. According to several pictures uploaded by the netizen, there is a table with some fruits on the construction site, and a person dressed as a Feng Shui master is burning incense and performing rituals. According to the netizen, the person in the photo is named Yoshihong Dott.

Yoshihong Duode stated on his personal blog that on June 21 last year, a similar "Drilling Start-up Prayer Ceremony" was held for the "North-South Bridge Across the Luo River in Xinjie, Old Town, Luoyang City", and attached There are several photos of six or seven people wearing hard hats kneeling on reed mats. According to Yoshihong Duode, this project is also "built by Luoyang Municipal Construction Group." Yoshihiro Dodd said that last year’s prayer event was also at the invitation of the construction company, but he “can’t remember clearly” the specific name of the construction company. As for why some people knelt down, he explained, "Those are employees of the construction company, and they knelt down because they wanted to pray for safety and success."

The Chinese Pictographic Calligraphers Association, whose full name is " Chinese Pictographic Calligraphers Association Limited", a private company limited by shares registered in Hong Kong. The website of the Companies Registry of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government shows that the company was established on January 16, 2014, and the company’s current status is “still registered”.

The Chinese Calligraphers and Painters Association has not officially found a member named "Jihong Duode". The relevant person in charge said, "No matter what position you hold, those who can be found on the official website are members, and those who cannot be found are not members."