Recently, the Korean girl group ive's new music video has caused a stir of cultural theft. The reason was that ive leader An Youzhen said in an interview that the Chinese elements in the music video were Korean-style. As soon as this statement came out, it quickly aroused the attention and discussion of many netizens. Later, Korean TV stations vigorously promoted and reported Ahn Yoo Jin's cultural stealing remarks.
The situation was not over yet. Later, a Korean female university professor with integrity also spoke out to support ive’s cultural theft.
He believes that Chinese netizens boycotting the ive girl group and leaving comments such as "stealing Chinese culture" and "abusing traditional Chinese elements" are simply absurd and crude judgments.
Chinese netizens started with kimchi and hanbok and considered Korean representative culture such as chicken soup and fan dance as "their own". Now they also unreasonably regard scenes in kpop star videos as Chinese culture.
Nowadays, Korean cultural projects have attracted world attention, but Chinese netizens are boycotting the ive girl group, which shows that their inferiority complex is getting deeper and deeper.
After the professor spoke out, more than 40 media in South Korea reported on Professor Xu Jingde’s statement. The scene was so huge that people were amazed. This is beyond the scope of subtle appropriation of culture, but an open and aboveboard robbery.
After Professor Xu Jingde spoke out, the ive girl group once again wore white Chinese knots directly on their heads on the singing stage. They also believed that Chinese knots are Korean culture, and jumping around wearing Chinese knots was suspected of being provocative in the air. His style is extremely arrogant.
Many netizens commented angrily on this. Chinese people really like to turn red and festive things into white and then say they belong to their own family. They don’t understand. They put white Chinese knots on their heads and look like them. It's really unlucky to wear hemp and mourning.
Korean netizens said that the accessories of the members of the ive girl group are very eye-catching and they like them very much. From the beginning to the end, Korean netizens have been calling Chinese knot accessories. It seems that there is no special term for things that their country does not have.
In addition, some netizens carefully sorted out the many cultural stealing behaviors of ive. Zhang Yuanying, a Chinese, called blue calico and bellyband Hanbok.
Many traditional cultural symbols also appear in ive's MV, even the double-button shroud is not immune. I’m really curious, how on earth did they take away the festive things and turn them all into a funereal style?
Later, some netizens discovered Zhang Yixing’s inappropriate remarks. He said that it is not only the Chinese who can express your traditional culture. Otherwise, it would be like having fun by yourself and just using a fan. Wouldn’t others be able to use it?
Many netizens left messages saying that the key is that not only has no stolen traditional culture been recognized, but it is always dismissed. If you don't admit it after using it, isn't it just stealing?
They even steal the Dragon Boat Festival and the Spring Festival. China’s traditional culture depends on Chinese people to spread. What good intentions can these thieves have?
There is a long way to go to protect Chinese culture. There are no idols in front of the country. We firmly resist the ive girl group and any behavior that steals culture!
