The Historical Origin of China and South Korea
Speaking of the historical origin between China and South China, according to the historical book "The History of the Later Han Dynasty"? Biography of Dongyi and History of the Three Kingdoms? According to Shu Wei, both Chen Han and Han Yang fled to North Korea for the Qin people to escape hard labor. Korean names come from Han Chen, Mahan and Han Ji? Sanhan? Tribe.
Many people who know Korean culture know that Korea is a country that attaches great importance to sacrifice, and this custom of sacrifice can be seen in Korean dramas that we can often see. Sacrifice is the most important thing in Korean festivals. It can be said that every household has the custom of offering sacrifices, remembering ancestors and inheriting etiquette through sacrificial ceremonies.
People who have traveled to Korea will find that there are still many ancestral temple sites dedicated to Chiyou in Korea. Do you know that?/You know what? Soldiers? Chiyou is a figure in ancient myths and legends in China. His mount? Iron eater? It is still regarded as the national treasure of Sichuan Province and is loved and visited by people all over the world. How can this figure be sacrificed by Koreans?
This is because in the historical records of South Korea, it is recorded that Chen Han is a descendant of the Miao nationality, and the Miao nationality has regarded Chiyou as their ancestor since the Republic of China. With such a deep historical origin, as a neighboring country separated only by a strip of water, Korean sacrificial rites are deeply influenced by China Chu culture and retain ancient Chu customs.
This is our traditional festival? Speaking of Dragon Boat Festival. For us ordinary people, the deepest feeling for Chu culture may be the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month every year.
When the dragon boat gallops on the Han River and the fragrance of zongzi leaves evaporates on the steamer, people will always think of Li Sao in Chu Ci and Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet of Chu who jumped into the river more than 2,000 years ago.
Now we can see that the Dragon Boat Festival, a traditional festival in China, has evolved into today's gangneung danoje festival due to the influence of regional customs. Although the connotation of the festival has changed greatly, the epitome of China traditional culture can still be found in this festival.
I wonder if anyone has noticed that gangneung danoje festival activities include sacrificial ceremonies, performing arts and other activities, among which sacrificial ceremonies are the core part of the overall activities. Do you want to brew wine? Here we go. Have you been to many places in China? Gangneung danoje festival? Some experts and scholars found that their wine-making ceremony was almost an important sacrificial ceremony for the ancient Chu people? Shrink wine in the bud? A copy of.
In ancient times, the Chu people thought that the wine on the ground was dirty, so they should use thatch to filter the wine pulp and sacrifice it to ancestors and gods, pray for the blessing of gods and drive away disasters. This kind of Chu people filter wine through hair? How to reduce alcohol? Unexpectedly, it still exists after thousands of years and is used by people today in foreign countries. It was really touching.
Korean bear totem culture
Totem is a belief worship of primitive tribal ancestors, and the Han nationality has the belief worship of bear totem. Some people may ask, what does this have to do with Chu culture?
According to historical records, Chu is a descendant of Huangdi tribe. According to folklore research, there is a dual worship of bear and tiger totems in the tribes centered on the Huangdi clan. All the emperors of Chu were crowned with the surname of bear, and bear is the totem of Chu nationality. Therefore, it is not difficult for the Korean people who are deeply influenced by Chu culture to regard bears as totems.
Assimilation of Chinese civilization in East Asia and its historical position
China has a big gift, so it is called summer; The beauty of service seal is called China. Chinese civilization has a long history and has already proved its influence and historical position on neighboring countries. In the 5,000-year history, Chinese civilization has propped up the backbone of China people, which has been handed down from generation to generation and is a treasure in the history of world civilization.
For countries in East Asia, China people must be right: the world is big, the land of kings, the land of leaders, and the minister of kings? ? This sentence is no stranger. The theme of this world is deeply engraved in the bones of the kings of the Central Plains in China.
According to historical records, the central plains dynasty began to establish the enfeoffment system and the vassal system as early as the Shang, Zhou and Warring States periods, until the Qin Dynasty established the tributary system centered on the central plains dynasty.
Under such a tribute system, vassal States paid tribute to the Central Plains Dynasty, which not only gained huge economic benefits by opening up the mutual market, but also learned advanced Central Plains culture through this way of exchange, and sent back the splendid civilization crystallization of advanced production technology, literature, art and religion in Central Plains culture to their own countries.
You should remember the popular Korean TV series Dae Jang Geum, which was released in China in 2003. There is a story about an envoy of the Ming Dynasty. Although most of the current TV dramas are fabricated, it is not uncommon to communicate with each other in ancient times.
Historically, Zhang Qian in the Han Dynasty sent envoys to the Western Regions, set up the Western Regions' capital protection offices and opened up the Silk Road. During the Ming Dynasty, Zheng He also made seven voyages to the Western Ocean for economic and cultural exchanges with neighboring countries. These famous diplomatic exchanges in history have also made the Central Plains culture go to the world. It also has a great impact on neighboring countries in East Asia.
Two historical documents, Chaotianlu and Yanxinglu, recorded the true records of what the Korean tribute envoys saw and heard in the Central Plains. We can see the cultural exchange between China and South Korea under the tributary system from these histories. Japan, North Korea, South Korea and Vietnam are the biggest influencers of Chinese civilization. For example, the tea ceremony, sumo and other cultures respected by modern Japan all inherited the genes of Chinese civilization.
View place names from movies
I don't know how many people remember that in 2006, a Korean sci-fi movie was a smash hit in China, and that was the famous Korean sci-fi movie "Hanjiang Monster". I guess Hubei people must be impressed by the name of this movie, because it contains a geographical term that they are very familiar with? Hanjiang River.
There is such a long-standing Hanjiang River in Hubei Province, and the annual Hanjiang Dragon Boat Race is an indispensable activity for Hubei people. If this is just a coincidence, is the name of the Korean movie "The Great Robbery in Seoul" familiar? What is the relationship between Seoul and South Korea?
In fact, Seoul is the old name of Seoul, the capital of South Korea. Previously transliterated as Seoul, it was not officially translated into Seoul until 2005.
Is there a place with the same name in Korea? Gangneung danoje festival? When the book mentions Jiangling City, we will never forget the poem "Make Bai Di City Early" written by the poet Li Bai? Early in the morning, I bid farewell to Jiangling city, which is high into the sky, thousands of miles away, and the boat is only one day away. The cries of apes on both sides of the strait are still unconsciously crowing in their ears, and the canoe has passed the heavy green hills. ? In the poem, Gangneung does not refer to Gangneung City in South Korea, but Gangneung County in Jingzhou, Hubei Province.
In fact, when we open the map, we can easily see that there are indeed many place names in Korea that are the same as those in Hubei Province, China, such as Xiangyang City, a historic city in Hubei Province, and Xiangyang County, a region of the same name in South Korea. Coincidentally, their geographical distribution is also very coincidental. In Hubei Province and the upper reaches of the Han River in South Korea, there is a building called? Taibai Mountain? Mountains.
Apart from the similarity of these place names, many people must be familiar with the Tai Chi pattern on the Korean national flag. Speaking of Tai Chi, I have to say a Taoist legend? Zhang Sanfeng, I don't know how many people want to go to Wudang Mountain in Hubei Province to see this Taoist holy place when the TV series "Eternal Dragon Slayer" is broadcast.
All kinds of coincidences of place names can't be avoided in China and Hubei, a big city. In fact, it has a lot to do with Chu. According to historical and geographical records, the geographical position of Chu State in those days was roughly in Hubei and Hunan, and the capital of Chu State is in Jingzhou today.
Because of the long history, we can't confirm whether this phenomenon is caused by ancestors leaving Qin to avoid slavery and missing their hometown, but it is undeniable that Chu culture has indeed had a far-reaching impact on South Korea in history.