When it comes to South Korea, this is a country that makes many people on the mainland laugh, once upon a time in the feudal society, South Korea has always been a vassal state of the mainland, and even the appointment of the emperor of the dynasty needs to be approved by the emperor of the mainland, in order to ensure the security of the country, but also repeatedly asked the Central Plains Dynasty for help.
However, it is such a country, after the development of modern and modern economies, it has begun to belittle and insult China in all kinds of ways, and it is full of hostility towards this former heavenly kingdom, and does not miss the old feelings at all.
The most hateful thing is that they also take many cultures on the mainland for themselves. Such a despicable act can't help but make people dumbfounded.
However, not all Koreans are so unfriendly to China, and many Koreans who have been to China, or who know the real development of China, are yearning for life in China.
Professor Kim Rando from South Korea once came to the mainland for an investigation, and as soon as he got off the plane, he was shocked by the mainland's modernization development, and after returning to China, he was even more emotional. In a lecture, he said bluntly: "A trip to China completely shattered my blind sense of superiority over China." ”
China in the eyes of Koreans
In the minds of most South Koreans, China's streets are muddy, Chinese houses are dilapidated, and the standard of living of Chinese people is still in a stage where they are hungry and unclothed. The reason for this perception is that their impression of China is still a few decades ago.
After World War II, China had a difficult time, and the world knows this. However, no one can believe that under the premise of not relying on external forces, the great Chinese nation has achieved self-rejuvenation, and in just a few decades, it has completed the transformation from devastation to orderly and then to high-rise modern development.
South Korea is different from China, just after the end of World War II, South Korea, which was in ruins, received great support from the United States, which made South Korea's economic construction rise rapidly, and many well-known Korean brands rapidly went global.
As a result of U.S. investment, many entrepreneurs have emerged in various fields in South Korea, and they have seized the opportunity and worked hard to develop, which has led to the development of South Korea's overall economy. However, such drawbacks are also obvious, that is, South Korea has a large number of chaebols, chaebols hold great power in their hands, and the gap between the rich and the poor is huge.
However, in any case, South Korea has become one of the "Asian Tigers" with its economic advantages, and has even always believed that it should not belong to Asian countries, but to European developed countries.
With South Korea's economic rise, South Korea has become more and more contemptuous of other Asian countries, especially China, the former suzerain, which has made South Korea even more vilified.
If, a few decades ago, China's conditions were indeed relatively backward, and South Korea was appraising us with colored glasses, we had no choice but to turn our grief and anger into strength and strive to develop our own economy.
But now, China has already achieved great rejuvenation, and we are already at the forefront of the world, so why does South Korea still look at the mainland in this way?
The answer is actually very simple, that is, because of South Korea's deep-seated inferiority complex and deep-seated fear of China.
The more there is nothing, the more it is revealed
When it comes to the history of South Korea, although it is not as long as China, it still has a certain historical heritage, but in the history of South Korea, there are only two words that can be used, that is, surrender.
In the ancient history of Korea, Korea has always existed in the form of a vassal state of China, and the emperor of the mainland symbolized the majesty of imperial power with a five-clawed golden dragon, while the emperor of Korea only dared to imitate it with a three-clawed golden dragon.
You must know that in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the three-clawed python robe was the clothing of officials, not the royal family. This in itself illustrates the position of the Korean emperor in front of the Central Plains Dynasty.
Because of the size of South Korea, even if a large-scale war broke out in Korea in ancient times, in China's view, it was just a civil strife in the province, and it had nothing to do with the word war at all, let alone mobilize the army to launch a nationwide counterinsurgency.
In 1910, South Korea was forced to sign the Japan-Korea Merger Treaty with Japan, and Korea was officially annexed by Japan. In 1919, the government of the Republic of Korea was finally formally established, but the place of establishment was not in Korea, but in Shanghai, the mainland.
It was not until 1948, when Japan was defeated and U.S. troops were stationed on the North and South Peninsulas, that Korea was able to return to its "homeland" and establish the current Republic of Korea.
Looking back on these pasts, it is not difficult for us to find that South Korea's development and establishment are inseparable from China, and it is precisely because of its lack of its own historical and cultural heritage that South Korea will spare no effort to steal the history and culture of the mainland.
Let's take a look at the economy, South Korea's several major economic industries, film and television, variety shows, entertainment, mobile phones, electronics, and tourism, are inseparable from the support of the Chinese people, if one day the Chinese people completely lose interest in South Korea, then South Korea's economy will be severely hit.
If it were another country, in this case, it would definitely be respectful to China, but this is not the case in South Korea, where most of the people have always been resistant to China and think that China is backward.
The reason lies in the false reports of the South Korean media, who use the state of China decades ago to confuse the South Korean masses, that is, they are afraid to admit that China is strong today, and they are afraid to admit that this former suzerainty has risen again.
Subverting cognition in China
During his visit to China, a well-known South Korean professor Kim Randu, as soon as he got off the plane, he was shocked by the scene in front of him, such as modern airports, dazzling high-rise buildings, incomparably convenient intercity transportation, and mobile phone payment that South Korea had been planning for more than ten years.
These high-quality, modern lives in China have completely subverted his perception of China. He said frankly that compared with China, South Korea has been sitting in the well and watching the sky. And when he returned to China from his inspection, he bluntly said in his speech, "The only person in the world who looks down on China may be South Korea." ”
Professor Kim said that China's development is too frightening today, and if South Koreans cannot face up to China's development and let go of those blind superiority and pride, then South Korea will quickly disappear from China's field of vision, and will not even be qualified to let China face it.
Only by going abroad and visiting China more often can we truly feel how different the real China is from the China reported in the media.