Recently, South Korea** made an exclamation, saying that their traditional festival is being stolen by China. This news has attracted widespread attention and discussion. In recent years, China has begun to celebrate some traditional festivals that originally belonged to South Korea on a large scale and promote them as its own cultural activities, according to South Korea**.
Let's take a look at one of the traditional festivals celebrated in China – the Spring Festival. Spring Festival is one of the most important festivals for Chinese and the beginning of the Chinese Lunar New Year. However, South Korea** points out that the origins of the Spring Festival are actually in South Korea, not China. They claim that there are clear similarities between Chinese New Year celebrations and customs and Korean traditions, raising concerns that Chinese culture is stealing Korean traditional culture.
In addition to the Chinese New Year, China has also begun to celebrate a number of other traditional festivals that originally belonged to South Korea. For example, the Chinese Lantern Festival is believed to be derived from the Korean Shangyuan Festival. Sangwon Festival is the 15th day of the first lunar month in Korea, where people celebrate with lantern parades and lantern viewing. However, China is now also celebrating the Lantern Festival as an important holiday, and even in some Chinese cities, the Lantern Festival has been celebrated on a larger scale than the Shangyuan Festival.
South Korea** and the people have expressed strong dissatisfaction and anger at this phenomenon. They believe that when China celebrates these traditional festivals, which originally belonged to South Korea, it does not respect and protect the rights and interests of Korean culture, but promotes them as its own cultural export. Such acts not only infringe on South Korea's cultural sovereignty, but also hurt the feelings of the Korean people.
In response to this question, China and China have also responded. They said that the origins and ways of celebrating these traditional festivals are diverse, with different countries and cultures having their own versions and characteristics. The celebration of these festivals in China does not mean stealing Korean culture, but rather out of recognition and respect for the historical and cultural value of these festivals.
Regardless of who is right or wrong, this incident has provoked deep reflection on cultural preservation and respect. In this era of globalization, cultural exchange and integration are inevitable, but we should respect the uniqueness and rights of each country and culture. Only on the basis of mutual respect and understanding can we jointly promote the development and progress of world culture.