Not humble, calm, Koreans have not yet learned.
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South Korea is an interesting neighbor of China.
Today, we will start with an incident from half a year ago to talk about this neighbor.
Can you imagine a TV series that invested 32 billion won (nearly 180 million yuan) and only aired 2 episodes, but caused an uproar across South Korea.
More than 200,000 South Koreans left a message on the website of the South Korean presidential palace Blue House.
There are even demands that the screenwriter be put to death.
The reason for the "anger and resentment" is that many Koreans believe that this TV series accepts Chinese funds and dwarfs South Korea.
It's a lot of crying and laughing.
The Korean Exorcist
Let's start with a few words.
This TV series is called "North Korean Exorcist", which is a big production of the famous Korean television station SBS, starring a number of actors of all sizes such as Gan Woo-sung, Jang Dong-yun, park Sung-hoon and so on.
The TV series mainly tells the history of the Joseon Dynasty after the founding of the country, and focuses on the story of the succession of the throne between Taejong of the Joseon Dynasty and his two sons, Jungyeong Maharaja and Jungyeong, adding elements of evil spirits and exorcism.
Costume + fantasy, originally very selling point.
Don't want to, South Korean netizens are very angry, thinking that there are too many Chinese elements in this drama.
For example, the era of this drama is set in the Taejong period of the Joseon Dynasty, but the banquet in the first episode appears at the moon cake, peeled eggs, wine and other Chinese characteristic foods.
The Chinese mooncakes that made Korean netizens feel quite unhappy in the play
Moreover, the brothel of the characters in the play, the overall architecture and set are Chinese, and the name of the brothel and the costumes of the prostitutes are Korean.
The crew of "Korean Exorcist" once clarified that so many Chinese elements in the play, on the one hand, are the historical background at that time, the Joseon Dynasty is indeed close to the Ming Dynasty, on the other hand, the area in the play is close to the Chinese border, the interaction is frequent, and it is normal for many Chinese elements to appear.
But not to say that it is okay, after such an explanation, South Korean netizens simply exploded.
Just after the second episode was broadcast, South Korean netizens immediately went to the Blue House website to petition for a halt to broadcasting, and soon exceeded 200,000 people.
South Korean netizens signed at the Blue House
Shocked, SBS TV quickly came forward to apologize, and wanted to say that it would be revised before it was put on the shelves. But South Korean netizens still did not agree, and finally forced the TV station to remove the drama.
Including Samsung, LG, HONDA, Dyson and other 20 well-known labels decided to divest, this new drama costing up to 32 billion won, completely adrift.
What makes South Korean netizens even more unhappy is Park Ji-wook, the screenwriter of "The Exorcist of North Korea", who previously wrote the drama "Queen Jeongjin" that was criticized domestically for having a similar "contrary to history" situation.
Park Jiyu also has a "Vincenzo", because of tencent investment, but also implanted a large number of Chinese advertising, was also scolded half dead.
The fierce reaction of South Korean netizens forced screenwriter Park Jiyu to apologize
To put it bluntly, for South Korean netizens, whether it is "North Korean Exorcist" or "Queen Jeongjin", you say that the story of North Korea must be a North Korean element, even if it is Western.
But there is a Chinese element, that is, unhappy.
Even South Korea's "JoongAng Ilbo" interviewed Ki Kyung-leung, a professor of national history at Gattuli University in South Korea, who criticized the suspension of the "Korean Exorcist" as an act of excessive patriotism.
It is quite difficult for some Koreans to acknowledge that There are deep cultural ties between South Korea and China.
Some Koreans even believe that Chinese culture has been passed down from Korea.
This is the view that many people in South Korea hold at the moment, which is absurd and unbelievable.
Why?
This may start with The Historical Development of South Korea itself.
Geographically, South Korea (including the entire Korean Peninsula) is located between China and Japan, and its national strength is not strong, so it can only submit to China and be obedient.
Historically, South Korea has long had close ties with China. Since the Tang Dynasty, they have honestly been vassal states for more than a thousand years, and they have been at peace with each other most of the time. Even if you are bullied by a certain dynasty in the middle, you have to think that you are unlucky.
Especially after the Ming Dynasty, Korea is a copy of almost all the culture of the Ming Dynasty, because the name "Joseon" was given by Ming Taizu.
The Joseon Dynasty almost completely copied the Ming Dynasty of China from the official system to the clothing
In 1392, The Joseon Dynasty's Taejo King Lee Sung-gyu established himself as king, and later Myeongtae gave the name "Joseon" to the country, and the two countries began to establish clan relations, and the Joseon Dynasty adopted a policy of respect for the Ming Dynasty.
Before it was just a friendly country, with the "clan relationship" it means that it is its own people, and there is a big brother covered.
A rare truth to be told in Korean dramas
Sure enough, in 1592 and 1598, Japan sent troops to invade Korea twice, and Myeongshinjong sent troops twice to help the Joseon Dynasty defeat the Japanese army, and the Joseon Dynasty also regarded the Ming Dynasty as a "grace of reconstruction".
During the Lee Joseon dynasty, the official full name of The Joseon Dynasty was Ariake Korea, Daming Korea, and Emperor Ming Korea.
The grateful Joseon Dynasty was indeed loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and even in 1636, the Manchu Emperor Taiji sent troops to conquer Korea for the second time, forcing Korea to use its own New Year number, and the Joseon Dynasty still secretly used the Chongzhen Era name.
The picture shows the Korean envoys who came to China to pay tribute during the Manchu Qing Dynasty
In the centuries that followed, the Joseon Dynasty and China had harmonious relations with each other, absorbing and borrowing a large amount of Chinese culture from calligraphy, clothing, food, and even entire official positions.
It is precisely because of their close historical and cultural ties that during the Japanese occupation of the Korean Peninsula, many patriotic young Koreans who did not want to be slaves to the country quietly came to China.
In 1919, Koreans in exile in China established the Korean government-in-exile in the French Concession in Shanghai, the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea, and elected their compatriot Kim-joo as its leader.
In 1919, Koreans in exile established the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea in China
This government-in-exile has never been recognized by the National Government and the international community.
However, the Nationalist government quietly gave a lot of assistance, including military training and equipment, until the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan.
After that, the Korean Peninsula was divided into two countries, North Korea and South Korea, because of the war.
To this day, American soldiers still protect South Korea.
So, overall, South Korea and even the entire Korean Peninsula have been constantly circling around in big countries like China, Japan, the United States, and Russia.
This also leads to the extrasensitive nature of Koreans.
U.S. forces in South Korea
There is an old Chinese saying that "once a person is wide, his face changes."
This statement may be most appropriate for South Korea.
After the End of the Korean War, South Korea's economy has been sluggish, with a per capita GDP of only $100 in the 1960s.
Originally, the materials are not abundant, Koreans often hungry, full of food, white rice kimchi is already a good meal. If you can eat lunch meat that the US troops in South Korea do not like to eat, it is a long-awaited "American meal".
The "troop hot pot" made of ordinary can of lunch meat with instant noodles and vegetables is the world-famous "Korean cuisine" that is still famous in the world.
The "army hot pot" that South Koreans are proud of is actually a chowder soup made with U.S. military lunch meat and instant noodles
It was not until the late seventies that this bitter life took a sudden turn for the worse.
Against the backdrop of the shift of labor-intensive industries from developed to developing countries, South Korea seized the opportunity. Through the implementation of several "five-year plans", South Korea's economy has achieved rapid growth and become one of the "Four Asian Tigers".
Just look at the growth curve of South Korea's GDP below, you can feel the strong economic growth in South Korea.
In terms of GDP per capita, South Korea has reached the income level of high-income countries in the World Bank's classification.
Not only that, South Korea's overall economy has world-class standards from high-tech products to freight and manufacturing.
Shipbuilding ranks second in the world, tire industry ranks third in the world, synthetic fiber production and textile industry ranks fourth in the world, automobile production ranks fifth in the world, and steel production ranks sixth in the world.
South Korea's soaring economy has also been hailed as the "Miracle of the Han River."
With the growth of the economy and the increase of the wealth of residents, South Korea's sports and film culture have grown to a considerable extent.
For example, in 2002, this year's World Cup in South Korea and Japan, the South Korean team won the fourth place, creating history and the whole country rejoiced.
In the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan, South Korea finished fourth and the whole country rejoiced
In terms of film and television, the Korean film industry has risen rapidly, and the production level of various films is not inferior to that of Hollywood; tv dramas are represented by "Dachangjin", which has set off a "Korean Wave" fever around the world.
However, even if South Korea's economy rises and its culture prospers, it plays a little "little clever" from time to time in the face of China.
For example, in Korean dramas such as "Yuangai Suwen" and "Morning of the Empire", either Tang Taizong Li Shimin was shot blind in one eye, or Li Shimin gave Yuangai Suwen a kneeling submission and had to cede the territory of the Tang to them.
The absurd plot of the Korean drama "Morning of the Empire"
In fact, in the face of a rapidly powerful China, South Koreans are clearly not quite comfortable.
Historically, in terms of history and culture, South Korea can only be regarded as a junior in front of China. Today, China has surpassed its hard power in the economy and other areas.
Therefore, there are more bad remarks against China in the South Korean media.
In this way, things like forcing "The North Korean Exorcist" to stop broadcasting, so that outsiders seem to be crying and laughing, happened in South Korea.
A criterion for self-confidence is not to be humble and calm.
This is obviously not yet learned by Koreans.