South Korea's relationship with the mainland has always been very complicated. In recent years, South Korea has repeatedly applied for intangible cultural heritage with the culture of the mainland as its national culture. In addition to applying for intangible cultural heritage, they also actively studied Chinese, copied the design of the mainland in architecture, and said that "the two are not the same, this is the result of the hard work of their national designers".
In fact, anyone with a discerning eye can see what is going on. After being exposed by countless netizens, South Korea did not pretend, and started directly from the ancestors, saying that Chinese are their children and grandchildren, and Koreans are the ancestors of Chinese.
And to transmit such ideas to young people in the "identity" of genuine textbooks, such a thing really makes people laugh out of their teeth. But why did South Korea do this, and what happened between China and South Korea?
The prevalence of the History of the Great Korean Empire
There is a book in South Korea that tells in detail about where South Korea came from. This book is Kim San-ho's "History of the Korean Empire" published in 1994, in which famous figures in ancient China and the Japanese imperial family are said to be descendants of Korea, and even Korean is the origin of the language of the whole world.
In the first volume of the book, we talk about the Pamir Plateau, which originated in Korea, and then these people went from the north, through Lake Baikal, to the northeast of the mainland, where they lived for a while, and then most of them went to the Korean Peninsula, and finally settled on the Korean Peninsula.
And those who stayed in the northeast gradually multiplied and became the current Chinese. After the heroes of Goguryeo fled to Japan, they established the first state of Japan, Taborea. The system established by Goguryeo's sons gradually developed into a maritime empire that spanned what is now Shandong and Japan in China, with the Asan region as the center and other places as colonies.
Because of the unification of the Goguryeo Empire, the old ministers who had been driven away before ran around until they reached the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and found that this place had a pleasant climate and enough food to live on the sea, so they established the Gayata Alliance there. The entire first volume overturns the theory of the descendants of Yan and Huang that the mainland believes, and turns the mainland into a colonial state under the control of Korea's former ancestors.
In the second volume, the book details the development of Japan, how they plundered and unified the islands, and even set off wars. The third volume talks about the mainland, and also talks about the Japanese reform led by Silla, which is actually talking about Japan's Taika Reform, and Japan wanted the history of the Tang Dynasty on the mainland to learn at that time, but it is not expressed in this book.
During the reform, Silla found that the reform was not smooth, he thought that it was because of the disunity of the country, so he wanted to drive Goguryeo away, so he joined forces with the Tang army to launch an attack on Goguryeo, the first battle was Baekje, but I didn't expect the people of Baekje to resist hard, causing them great difficulties, but after all, it was still a large joint force, and there were no thermal weapons at that time, so Baekje perished.
Since then, the Tang army began to attack Goguryeo repeatedly, wanting to take more land while the morale of the soldiers was high after the victory in the first battle, but they did not expect Goguryeo to resist bravely, so that the Tang army did not get a little bargain.
It was not until after the death of Goguryeo's Yuangai Suwen that his sons fought with each other for power, and even colluded with the Tang army, to destroy the entire Goguryeo. However, two generals of Goguryeo were not reconciled and always wanted to restore the country, but the general trend had gone, so they had to establish the Balhae Kingdom again, inherit the tradition of Goguryeo, and protect some of the people of Goguryeo.
The last two volumes detail the struggle between these forces, in which Goguryeo's former ministers actively participated in the new government and allowed the Dashi Goguryeo to settle down, and began to send Tang envoys to Tang to study, and later achieved national unification due to the failure of the Menyi attempt to compete for the throne, and later occupied Shandong.
As trade between them grew, varied, and frequent, Japan's culture and economy developed rapidly during this period. The book also describes that Korea's トンデモサイト is the ancestor of Wanyan Akuta in the mainland, which is the Jin country established by this Korean, and coexists with the Khitan. In the first month of 1115 AD, Jin Aguta became emperor, and the entire power was transferred to the hands of the Chen Joseon line. At this time, the Jin State of the Dongyi Empire surrendered to Mongolia and later established an anti-Mongolian regime. This was followed by various conquests and capital migrations, which were told until 1597.
In these five volumes, all of them revolve around the Joseon ancestors, and then his descendants developed and established political power in various places, including the Tang Dynasty on the mainland and the tribes of the Western Regions.
South Korea's "Gangneung Dragon Boat Festival" inscription on the World Heritage List
In fact, not only that, but South Korea's plagiarism of the mainland is countless. In 2008, South Korea took the lead in applying for the Dragon Boat Festival, which caused an uproar in the mainland, and many Chinese people said that Koreans have no conscience, and it is really despicable to learn the culture of the mainland and learn what they have learned.
This festival in South Korea is actually called the "Gangneung Dragon Boat Festival", and the first appearance of this festival in Korea was in the ninth century, that is, during the Tang Dynasty on the mainland. This festival of theirs is mainly to worship ghosts and gods, mainly to worship Kim Yuxin, the general of the Silla Kingdom.
The general was born in 595 at the time, and the Kim family where he was located has always been married to the Silla royal family, so Kim Yuxin married the younger sister of Jin Chunqiu, and the royal family has a deep relationship, and then the war broke out, and with his efforts, and the Tang Dynasty united to destroy Baekje and Goguryeo, and the Korean Peninsula was unified, which was a major event in the serious view of the Korean people, and Kim Yuxin was also their great hero, and the seat had this festival.
The Dragon Boat Festival on the mainland is mainly to commemorate Qu Yuan, in order to praise Qu Yuan's tragedy of committing suicide in the face of strong enemies for his country, and to praise his patriotism. Judging by the origin of the festival, there is no difference between the two.
Judging from the time of the festival, the Dragon Boat Festival in the mainland is on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar, and South Korea is also on this day. On this day, the mainland has to race dragon boats, eat zongzi, hang calamus, wear wormwood, etc., the main purpose of which is to drive away evil spirits, prevent diseases, ward off evil spirits and avoid disasters. In Korea, it is necessary to worship mountain gods, wrestle competitions, swing swings, sing mountain songs, dance masquerade, eat wheel cakes, and so on.
In this way, it seems that there is nothing more in common than the same time. But is this really the case? After the outbreak of South Korea's successful application for World Heritage Status, a mainland Internet celebrity group went to South Korea to experience this festival in South Korea in person.
The South Korean "Gangneung Dragon Boat Festival" was themed on "Wandering Gods", and the on-site decorations were also designed according to their main activities, including a special venue for wrestling competitions, a professional and magnificent sacrificial platform arranged for the sacrifice, and a large swing built next to the grass, everything looked different from the mainland's festivals, after all, they did not race dragon boats or eat zongzi.
But after a few turns, the Internet celebrity duo felt very strange, because they didn't feel a little uncomfortable even though they were in a foreign country, but had a sense of intimacy, so they observed the scene layout in detail and finally found out.
Although it is an event to commemorate Jin Yuxin, there are not many related elements on the scene, but more Chinese elements, and even many places in the scene are using Chinese characters, and even in many decorative elements and color matching are very similar to the use habits of the mainland, they finally understand why they feel cordial.
They filmed the entire event in South Korea and edited it into a video and posted it on social media, causing an immediate uproar. Many netizens said that this is a plagiarism of the mainland's festival, but it has changed its origin and name, and even the name has not been completely changed, it was learned from the mainland during the Tang Dynasty. However, some netizens think that it is impossible for others to learn a little bit and say that it is all from the mainland, and the discussion group is like a war.
In fact, South Korea's "Gangneung Dragon Boat Festival" was only recognized by the United Nations as their country's festival, and the reason why it caused heated discussions at that time was that the United Nations would only recognize the same festival once, once South Korea's festival was successfully inscribed, it means that the mainland's Dragon Boat Festival is likely to be unable to apply for the World Heritage Site, but the final result is not bad. I don't know for what reason the United Nations has also approved the mainland's application for the "Dragon Boat Festival" to be declared a World Heritage Site, perhaps because it is afraid that it will not be approved by us, and the opinions of the mainland citizens are too great. After all, China's 5,000-year-old uninterrupted history is here to speak, and it is really unreasonable to say that the mainland copied South Korea.
South Korea and China
In addition to the Dragon Boat Festival, there are many cultural aspects of South Korea that are one step ahead of the mainland to declare to the world that this is theirs. For example, Confucian culture, in the eyes of the people of the mainland, does it need to be said? Naturally, it is from the mainland, but South Korea still took the first step to apply for the "Korean Neo-Confucian Academy" as a World Heritage Site, and it succeeded.
When this news came out, the president of Yuelu Academy in the mainland felt very sorry, because the Confucian Academy originated in China, began to rise from the Tang Dynasty in the mainland, and in the past few thousand years, it has taken root in the lives of the people, scattered in the cities and even the countryside, and has made a significant contribution to the inheritance and dissemination of the traditional culture of the mainland.
However, South Korea, as a small country, not only copied this academy from the mainland, but also did not develop as well as the mainland, the number of participants was not as large as the mainland, and the influence was not as great as the mainland, but it was taken by South Korea to apply first, which is really sad.
South Korea not only copied the traditional culture of the mainland, but also copied the architectural design of the mainland. Because South Korea is going to hold a briefing on the "Jemulpo Port Rejuvenation" project, it wants to build some iconic buildings, which to be honest has nothing to do with the mainland, but after the project is completed, careful Guangzhou compatriots will find that this tower is so similar to the "Canton Tower" that they can see when they look up.
After a detailed comparison, netizens found that there is no difference at all, if you really want to pick out something different, that is, the height is not the same, the mainland has a full 600 meters, but South Korea is only 140 meters, and there is one more observation deck in South Korea, and there is no difference in others. Isn't this a miniature Canton Tower? This kind of operation in South Korea is really mysterious.
In addition to the Canton Tower, the mainland's "Bird's Nest" was also copied and used in the construction of the World Expo Park in South Korea. There was once a designer who saw the frequent plagiarism of South Korean builders and sent out "In my lifetime, I am really happy and excited to see my work reborn", such a comment was issued, and I don't know if the Korean government blushed when he heard it.
Some of the plagiarism incidents in South Korea can be said clearly, and some are really difficult to explain, but if you don't talk about plagiarism directly like South Korea, and directly claim that you are ancestors, it will really make people laugh off their teeth.
South Korea's hostility or plagiarism towards China does not know if it stems from their inferiority complex for their own design or lack of confidence in their own national culture, after all, there are not many countries like China with 5,000 years of glorious traditional culture, and the mainland has always been extremely tolerant and very kind to the outside world.
Maybe it wasn't because the mainland fought too hard when it helped North Korea beat them so hard that they held grudges, so they always wanted to suppress us after they gradually developed. But in fact, culture, a factor that has been flowing in the blood, is not something that can be taken away by copying appearance, and the patriotic and cultural charm in the bones of Chinese may be difficult for Koreans to compare for thousands of years.