This picture is a screenshot of South Korean netizens promoting their own lion dance culture internationally.
In the picture, South Korean netizens specifically compared the differences between the Korean lion dance and the Chinese lion dance in detail, in order to emphasize to foreigners:
Although both are lion dances, Korean lion dances and Chinese lion dances are completely different cultures and have nothing to do with each other.
In this picture, South Korean netizens made a comparison from history and reality, respectively, in order to convey that Korean lion dance culture is a unique culture different from neighboring countries.
Historically, Koreans have emphasized that there has been a lion dance culture since the ancient Goryeo period, which is completely different from the lion dance culture that exists in China.
One detail is that in order to show the Korean lion dance culture, the Koreans deliberately used an ancient painting in the picture;
When describing the Chinese lion dance culture, a modern photo of the lion dance is used.
Through such a picture comparison, Korean netizens want to convey such a subtle impression to foreigners:
The origin of Korean lion dance culture is earlier than in China!
In fact, there are great doubts about the authenticity of this ancient painting, and some people even suspect that it is a specially made fake picture.
In reality, South Korean netizens compared the two countries from the shape of the lion dance, emphasizing that this is a cultural product that is completely different from the Chinese lion dance.
The picture below is the two festive colors of big red and yellow common to our Chinese lion dance.
And the Korean Lion Dance?
More like a "lion of hades": all white, and black stripes, people look frightened.
No wonder some people say that watching the Korean lion dance completely subverts the three views.
Although South Koreans have repeatedly said that their own lion dance culture has nothing to do with neighboring countries.
But in fact, the Korean lion dance culture is completely derived from China, and it is not related at all.
As the predecessor of lion dance culture, lion dance techniques appeared in China as early as the 5th century AD.
However, it appears as a skill in Xiliang's "Masquerade Play".
By the Tang Dynasty, lion dance had become a traditional cultural activity that prevailed in the court, military service, and folk.
The picture below is the Tang Dynasty lion dance pottery figurines.
In the early Silla period, Chinese lion dance culture began to spread to the local area.
However, it was not until the ancient Goryeo period that the lion dance culture really spread on the peninsula, gradually combined with the Koryo culture, and gradually developed into the current Korean lion dance culture.
However, the characteristic of Koreans is that as long as any culture is taken away by them, it can be developed into its own thing, which has nothing to do with the place of origin.
Moreover, South Korea's greater ability is "anti-customer-oriented": to convince the international community that these cultures really originated in South Korea and are part of the "Korean culture".
This point has been common in the fields of Hanbok, Korean food, Korean medicine, Korean lantern festival and other fields, such as the following costumes with obvious Hanfu characteristics, all of which are promoted as Hanbok culture by Korean netizens internationally.
Now South Koreans are poised to replicate this case internationally: to convince foreigners that the real lion dance culture is in South Korea.
Sometimes, I have to "admire" that Koreans have been completely out of the blue in terms of "take-ism".
There is a typical case that illustrates the Korean people's statement.
At last year's Chinese New Year celebration in Dublin, the capital of Ireland, the local city council invited both China and South Korea to participate in the celebration performance.
China sent lion dances, and South Korea sent hanbok children with fans printed with Korean tai chi flags and Korean flat drums.
As a result, after the media released the live photos, the Chinese lion dance performance completely became the background board, and Hanbok, Taiji Flag, and Pinggu completely occupied the C position.
Looking at the media coverage below, almost all foreigners will look at it and think that the Chinese lion dance behind it is also part of Korean culture.
In the report, there is no mention of the relationship between this lion dance and China, only the introduction of clothes is a traditional Korean costume.
But even Some Irish netizens think that this is the Koreans in Dublin celebrating the Korean New Year, thinking that the Spring Festival is also from South Korea.
In fact, such cultural propaganda of Koreans is not uncommon in the world, and there are too many of them.
Even in order to achieve the goal, even at the expense of making fake pictures.
This is the strength of Koreans: they can think of the effect of "Korean culture dominating the world" at any time.
It can be said that if we do not pay attention to cultural protection, such outrageous phenomena will continue to increase.