Preamble:
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central and Eastern Europe, located in the southeast of Europe, because of its geographical center, fertile land and pleasant climate, it has always been known as the "Pearl of Central Europe", one of the oldest countries in Europe, and one of the member states of the European Union. As an ancient civilization with a long history of 5,000 years, China has always maintained friendly and cooperative relations with other countries, promoted world peace and development, and played an important role on the international stage.
One: Hungary's relations with China
Hungary is located in the east-central part of Europe, although the geographical distance from China, but the friendly exchanges between the two countries can be traced back to the 13th century, in the Hungarian capital Budapest there is a famous thermal bath - the salt mountain baths, this historic thermal baths are guarded by a golden bull and a white bull on the throne of the Hungarian king Béla IV, and these two bulls, in fact, from the northeast of China.
At that time, the northeastern region was under the rule of the Jurchen and Khitan tribes, and the Jurchen ruler Yelu Abaoji often presented various pets to the Hungarian king Béla IV, including these two bulls, which undoubtedly established friendly diplomatic relations between the two countries thousands of miles away at that time.
2. The cultural integration of China and Hungary
The Salt Mountain Baths became the envoy of cultural exchange between Hungary and China, and also made the Hungarians have a strong interest in China, they began to try to understand China through various ways, learn Chinese culture and language, and also brought Hungarian culture and language to China, this strong interest in cultural exchange has continued to this day, reflected in the way the two people get along and understand each other.
Hungary and China often choose to support each other in international affairs, both Hungary and China attach great importance to and protect the traditional culture of their own countries, but there are many similarities in the cultures of the two countries, for example, the descendants of the Huns have been said on the territory of Hungary, which also makes some regional characteristics of Hungary similar to China, such as black hair and black pupils, and some wedding customs in Hungary are also very similar to traditional Chinese customs.
Epilogue:
It is believed that in the near future, the friendly relations between the two countries will continue to deepen, and on the basis of mutual respect, equality, and mutual benefit, cooperation and exchanges in more fields will be carried out to jointly promote the process of world peace and development.