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Guo Degang once had a popular joke:
Korea invented the world, Chinese invented Koreans.
South Korea's appetite is growing, in addition to the Dragon Boat Festival, traditional Chinese medicine, porcelain, kimchi, they are also trying to make the Spring Festival a Korean heritage project.
The cake of festival folklore is too big to eat in one bite, and this time South Korea, which has a new trick, has turned its attention back to the "little thing" - pork belly.
Korean media clamored: Grilled pork belly is Korean! Chinese is jealousy!
Some netizens found that the Korean Herald published an article, in which experts attacked: China has begun "food engineering" again and we are grabbing food!
From Baidu Encyclopedia to film and television dramas, the "criminal evidence" of China's "plagiarism" of Korean food culture has been dug up from multiple angles and in an all-round way.
Some Korean netizens watched China's "Treasure Food" and found that there were actors wearing "hanbok" eating roasted pork belly with relish.
South Korean netizens suddenly couldn't sit still, scolding "outrageous" and "thief".
More Korean netizens criticized the relevant pictures: "It is claimed to shoot traditional Chinese cuisine, but it is actually our Korean roasted pork belly, this is naked plagiarism!" ”
Other Korean netizens showed the costumes of the actors in the play in their posts, claiming: "Chinese love hanbok." ”
South Korean netizens said: "The reason why I secretly and dare not broadcast in South Korea is actually afraid that 'plagiarism' will be discovered." ”
The history of pork in Korea
According to the relevant academic expert survey of the Korea Herald, the history of grilled pork belly can be traced back to the 70s of the 20th century and began in South Korea.
"Experts" said that the reason why Chinese frequently "steals" South Korea's food culture is because of "great jealousy."
Korean records in Chinese history books
The History of the Three Kingdoms is Korea's earliest historical text, which mainly records the history of the three "countries" of Goguryeo, Silla and Baekje in Northeast China and the Korean Peninsula.
This is a history textbook written by the Koreans themselves.
The "History of the Three Kingdoms" clearly records that the first ancestor of Goguryeo, Jumon, is a descendant of Chinese.
Korea existed as a vassal state of China for most of its history, and even during the Han Dynasty, Korea was not even a country, but could only be called a county.
Emperor Wudi of Han sent troops to occupy the Korean Peninsula and set up four counties in the north. Ask Lelang-gun (North Korea), Hyunji-gun (Goguryeo, Woju, Fuyu), Jinban-gun (Jinban), and Lintun-gun (Lintun).
It was not until 1392 that Yi Sung-gui proclaimed himself king and changed the name of the country to Joseon. South Korea has been recorded in history as a "nation".
The history of pork in Chinese recipes
According to scientific studies, pigs appeared on Earth even earlier than humans.
About 40 million years ago, traces of pigs were found in Europe, and by 15 million years ago, pigs had migrated from Europe to the entire continent of Asia, Europe and Africa.
By studying fossilized pig bones, it can be speculated that modern domestic pigs evolved gradually from wild boars.
Wild boar can be divided into Asian wild boar and European wild boar, of which Asian wild boar is mainly distributed in Chinese mainland, Taiwan and Japan. About 9,000 years ago, humans began to try to domesticate wild boars, and the Yellow River Basin on the mainland is an important domestication center for Chinese domestic pigs.
Verifiable information on Chinese eating pork can be found in the "History".
During the Western Han Dynasty (202-220 BC), there were already records of people raising and eating domestic pigs. There is a cloud in the "History": "Zezhong Thousand Foot Song (pig), all of them are with the Thousand Families Marquis and so on." ”
Various artifacts unearthed from the Two Han Dynasty have confirmed that there are many records of domestication and raising of domestic pigs
Since the beginning of the Southern Song Dynasty, pork has gradually begun to become the protagonist of the Chinese table.
The tender taste of pork has attracted many literati to flourish.
For example, Lu You once wrote: "Mo Xiao farmhouse is full of wine, and there are enough chickens and dolphins in the harvest year." ”
Fancy cooking methods for pork began to be developed in a blast during the Song Dynasty. One of the most noteworthy dishes is the Dongpo meat created by university scholar Su Dongpo on the way to be degraded.
Due to the geographical proximity of China and South Korea since ancient times, and there are many similarities in cultural customs, it is inevitable that there are many similarities in clothing and food.
In recent years, cultural disputes between China and South Korea have occurred frequently, and a large part of it is due to the lack of correct understanding of Korean history among young Koreans.
And under the influence of Western culture, nationalist sentiment in Korean society is on the rise, and some Koreans often compare the history and culture of the two countries, and once raised these issues to the height of ethnic and national antagonism in disputes.
In this and this "pork belly origin" dispute, many netizens bitterly criticized: South Korea is really ugly!
Some netizens ridiculed: South Korea contracted my laughter.
More netizens are skeptical: South Korea can afford pork?
There are also netizens who have a serious science popularization: China has a history of pork belly that is 1,000 years earlier than South Korea.
Some netizens also expressed concern: If it goes on like this, will it really be brainlessly promoted by South Korea, and finally China will become South Korea's?
What do you think about the "origin of pork belly" dispute? Comments are welcome.