Tomorrow is the first day of the first lunar month, which is the traditional festival of the Chinese - Spring Festival. However, some people in the Korean entertainment industry called today "Korean New Year" on social **, which caused strong dissatisfaction among netizens.
According to City Weekly's literary search, a number of idol groups under the Korean agency HYBE, including Enhypen, TXT, NewJeans, etc., all released "Korean New Year" related news today. Among them, Enhypen is the global brand ambassador of Prada, TXT is the resident host of the Korean ** program "M Countdown", and NewJeans is one of the most popular girl groups in Korea.
Among the dynamics of these idol groups, some posted their own ** wearing Hanbok**, some shared their ** eating rice cake soup**, and some wished fans "Happy Korean New Year". These dynamics soon caused heated discussions on social **, and many netizens pointed out that these idol groups are ignoring traditional Chinese culture and saying that the Spring Festival is Korean, which is an act of cultural theft.
The Spring Festival is Chinese, what the hell is the Korean New Year? "Koreans are so shameless that they don't even recognize their own history and want to steal other people's culture. "These idol groups are really shameless, and they don't care about respecting China's feelings in order to make money. "These idol groups should apologize to the Chinese and stop this cultural aggression." These are some of the comments from netizens on social **.
In fact, this is not the first time that the Korean entertainment industry has been accused of cultural theft. Previously, Korean historians have claimed that traditional festivals such as the Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, and Lantern Festival in China all originated in Korea. Korean television has also broadcast some programs claiming that China's cultural heritage, such as the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, and the Terracotta Warriors and Horses, were built by Koreans. These remarks have been strongly refuted by Chinese netizens.
In response to the incident in which these idol groups called the "Korean New Year", the HYBE agency has not yet made any response. It is reported that there are other well-known idol groups under the HYBE agency, such as Seventeen, BTS, etc. I wonder if these idol groups will also follow the trend and call it "Korean New Year", or will they respect Chinese traditional culture and wish Chinese "Happy Spring Festival"?
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