China has a long history of civilization and splendid culture, and is also one of the only four remaining ancient civilizations, which is unique in the history of the world. In history, we have had an incomparable glory. The four great inventions of ancient times have promoted the development of the world, and excellent culture has also had a huge impact on neighboring countries, which is worthy of the pride of our Chinese descendants.
However, we have a neighboring country, the history is not very long, and the contribution to the world is incomparable with China, but they are also very "proud", this country is also in East Asia, South Korea.
Korea has historically been a vassal state of Central Plains Dynasty China and has been heavily influenced by China. After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894, Korea was freed from Qing control. They were colonized by Japan for a period of time, and in the 1960s, South Korea experienced a golden period of development, achieved an "economic miracle", and became a developed country, becoming one of the four asian tigers.
South Korea is suddenly rich, but they still have no confidence in their own history and culture. As a developed country, it has always been a vassal state of China in history, and it has made almost no cultural contribution to the world.
In the 1980s, the boom of intangible cultural heritage began, and Koreans were very happy and broke down, and immediately took the "national essence" kimchi to apply for heritage, and after the successful application, they were even more excited. In order to show the world that they are a country with a historical background, they do not hesitate to plagiarize China's cultural heritage to apply for heritage. In the end, Qu Yuan is Korean, the Dragon Boat Festival is also Korean, Li Bai is Korean, and Ondol is also Korean.
South Koreans are ecstatic, feeling that their historical heritage is recognized by the world. For such a shameless behavior of The Koreans, we can only helplessly say: Is the Dragon Boat Festival that we spend every year fake? What is even more surprising is that South Korea actually wanted to take the Goguryeo Royal City in Ji'an City, Jilin Province, China, to apply for a relic, which they believe is the site of their ancient Royal City.
In fact, this is just wishful thinking on the part of Koreans. Goguryeo did exist, and during the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, Goguryeo was a regime that existed in northeast China and the Korean Peninsula, which was considered a Chinese territory.
Later, a Goryeo was established on the Korean Peninsula, that is, the ancient Korea plus Korea. But notice that this is Goryeo, not Goguryeo, not the same thing at all. However, the Koreans did not care, Goguryeo was their own history, and rushed to take the Goguryeo Royal City in Jilin, China to apply for heritage, but the United Nations did not give face at all, and directly refused.
In order to prevent South Korea from exploiting loopholes, In 2004, China applied for the relics of the Chinese Goguryeo Royal City. As a result, it took only 20 minutes to pass unanimously. The South Koreans could not sit still, they felt that China had "plagiarized" their cultural heritage, they were very angry, and went to the United Nations to theorize.
The United Nations was also helpless, and in order to prevent South Korea's entanglement, it asked a very direct question: Is the Goguryeo Royal City in South Korea or in China? In this regard, the Koreans were very embarrassed and suddenly dumbfounded. I'm afraid even unesco people are very strange, where does the South Korean people get their confidence?