, ive has attracted controversy because the new music video contains a lot of Chinese elements. From Korean officials to Korean netizens, they have spoken out for the girl group and forcibly turned "stealing culture" into "Korean tradition." On May 2nd, at the cusp of the fermentation of public opinion, the girl group ive went head-to-head and directly wore our Chinese knots to perform on the singing show!
From the singing stage to the waiting interviews, and from the waiting interviews to related materials, all ive members are inseparable from the Chinese knot. In order to cater to the local Korean culture, they also wear white Chinese knots. It looks very weird, copying other people's culture and also innovating. It failed, and only Korean netizens followed and cheered.
Even netizens couldn’t help complaining. They bluntly said that Koreans can always use Chinese festive things in a funereal style. Obviously Chinese knots go best with bright red, but the girl group "stole" white Chinese knots, which seems a bit weird. It's neither fish nor fowl, and it seems uneducated to want to "steal". Besides, if I use white hemp rope to make Chinese knots, the degree of cultural offense should be no less severe than when other races comb black people’s dreadlocks, right? It is conceivable that the anger of Chinese netizens this time is completely justified.
ive returned with a new song, and made this joke again, which undoubtedly slapped Chinese fans in the face. They knew it more than once, but deliberately did it, putting the Chinese fans who love them on the fire.
Therefore, the official fan forums of each member of ive made a decision and sent representatives to publish a long article, requesting a positive response from the company, pointing out that the reason why the group's comeback was so affected was because they openly and honestly treated other people's families. The culture is copied "for my own use". All major bars have unanimously stated that if the company does not set an example, then major bars will stop all mainland sales of this comeback album.
Fans' hearts were broken, and netizens were also angry. They collectively disclosed the reporting process and took everyone through the reporting steps on the official platform, hoping to fight back against this "culture theft" incident. Previously, South Korea stole scrolls, auspicious cloud patterns, copper coin patterns, embroidered shoes, fans, Chinese knots... not only stole them, but also raked them over, accusing us of doing unnecessary things and pretending to be innocent. But the Korean style they talk about is completely nonsense. More importantly, there are many intangible cultural heritages among them. They dare to steal them. It can only be said that "stealing the country" is indeed arrogant.
Tie Guo repeatedly stepped on the public’s attention and continued to be shameless and arrogant afterwards. The international media could not bear it anymore and commented on the incident, saying: It is okay to learn from and integrate, but cultural plagiarism is shameful. In addition, the media pointed out that in the long history of literary and artistic development, Chinese traditional culture has been integrated into works such as the American film "Kung Fu Panda" and the symphony version of "Farewell My Concubine", but this is only a cultural fusion within the normal scope. Learn from. Logically speaking, the principle of cultural reference and integration should be to understand and respect the culture of other countries, rather than always quibbling or even throwing dirty water on others. This time, South Korea has been insisting that the MV shows the "beauty of Korea". This is completely inappropriate and shameless cultural plagiarism.
Finally, I would like to say that a truly long-established culture can withstand the test of time, but it also needs to be inherited and protected by everyone. Chasing stars does not mean conniving and not distinguishing right from wrong. The attitude of Chinese fans this time is also very obvious. , just hope that some "thieves" who are racking their brains to squeeze out other countries' culture can realize the seriousness of the problem.
