the uniqueness of Korean culture that Koreans misunderstand

 Many of you may have experienced foreign life, but especially in Canada, the proportion of Asians is quite high, and there are many South American, Anglo-American, Russian, Middle Eastern (Iran, Iraq), and Turkey. Naturally, I make a lot of foreign friends and discuss a lot, especially when I enter into ancient and traditional culture discussions, Korean people, especially between the early 20s and mid 20s, often act silly enough to make people from other countries frown. Especially, trainees who have just come here make a lot of mistakes. What's that mistake?The fact that our traditional culture, which we knew was unique, exists in other countries in quite similar forms (almost similar or similar), and the problem starts with Koreans refusing to admit it. For example, Koreans have some pride in spicy food, and it is true that it is spicy, but they do not want to admit that there is spicy food from other countries, or even if it is spicy? It's like this.Let me give you an example. There are more than 250 kinds of peppers in Mexico. Among the foods that I have tasted (you enjoy spicy food a lot) Red chili is spicier than any other green peppers in Korea. To tell you more about it, seaweed soup is a representative example. Most Koreans have never thought about this in other countries. In Japan, it is called wakame-guk, which is eaten at funerals in certain regions. Also, there are a lot of injeolmi, steamed rice cake, pumpkin rice cake that we like in Japan, and when his Turkish friend brought the rice cake made of walnut, he was surprised. Baekseolgi, except for walnut, was just like Korean rice cake. Let's stop talking about food. Let's get down to history. Although it seems to be a nuisance to Korean history and world history education, the definition of Korean traditional culture itself is ambiguous for us Koreans. The reason is that we know that everything we see, hear, and learn is a traditional culture. It's been 10 years since I graduated from Sohae High School, but I don't think there was anything in my memory that compared to other countries' cultures that are similar, have roots, or have different origins, but have similar results. When this perception goes out of the world, it makes Koreans feel unpleasant to foreigners (excessive overstate of their culture is enough to instill displeasure to other countries). We're not discussing the conclusions that we've come up with through logical and diverse comparisons, but we're only bringing out that dead knowledge in a limited category of knowledge that we believe and think about, so of course, the other person is making a [bitter] statement. I had the opportunity to explain the democratic uprising and dictatorship in the discussion club, and of course, I was a Korean university student like Cho Chin-gun. I learned that Yangban is a democracy movement that has no history in the world, so I confidently intercepted my explanation and interrupted in the middle to speak enthusiastically, but the feedback from the audience was cold. There were a lot of Latin American, especially Mexican audiences, and Mexico had two or more major revolutions in the early 1900s of peasant and middle-class intellectuals who wanted to oust the dictatorial Dias. Let's move on to traditional culture. For a Korean, who likes drinking and dancing? I got a chance to go to a bar with my friends. Of course, when Korean students go abroad, they enjoy tasting soju to their foreign friends. Why? I think soju is a traditional liquor.-_-;;; I was nervous, but I made an accident. A Taiwanese friend asked a Korean university student, "If you don't know the origin of soju and how to make it..." -_--; The university student confidently said, "They make it distillable in the countryside, but these days, they make it commercially by diluting additional alcohol in alcohol.Of course, there seems to be no problem with your answer.Taiwanese friends...How come you don't know the origin of traditional liquor when you said it? The sweaty, sweaty college student... ...clearly reveals the problems of our young people these days. Although there is no problem in recognizing traditional culture, it is not enough to study the traditional culture and understand its true meaning. During the Goryeo Dynasty, the distillation alcohol production method was introduced due to the invasion of Mongolia, and soju was born using the method, and the alcohol content was much higher. Although the method was borrowed, this alcohol was produced by mixing the existing manufacturing method in the process.I said it and hurried to finish it... Let's move on to the song. A month ago, I invited two Korean juniors, three Turkish people, one Japanese person, and two South American people to my house for a meal. Of course, we bought bulgogi, kimchi stew, sujebi, dongchimi and so on. They were also accompanied by alcohol, but they were told to pick a traditional song each because they were slightly drunk. Songs from all over the world went around. It's my turn in Korea. Two Korean juniors, including SoHae, sang Arirang. But I wish it had ended there... a few laps, and he said, "Oh, my God.I don't know traditional songs. Hummy... I'm ashamed of myself. I have learned Korean songs of Sowol lyricist before, but what about traditional songs? I learned a lot about Monggeumpotaryeong, but why did my mind go blank at that moment? Yes, I know the traditional culture, but it is not a daily life. So I can't help but play in my head with the lyrics and the tune. I'm glad I ran out of booze and asked everyone to go out to buy drinks on a whim, but I've had it for ten years.When I was in Korea, I was often told to know ourselves well before globalization, but that was not a lie...Now let's move on to something else, Sohae, but when Koreans think about culture and history, they try to understand our home base within the category of a continental-oriented peninsula state, but it seems to have broken the balance. I think it's a problem because of the geographical nature, our culture is inevitably introduced into various cultures. Of course, over time, it has changed into a traditional culture, but of course, there is also pure ancient culture, but we should not exclude the inflow and influence of many cultures. In particular, when comparing and analyzing Northeast Asian cultures, it should not be overlooked that the occurrence and development of similar cultures can be sufficiently stochastic, and that they are propagated or settled by various variables to become the culture of each country. I'm a biology major, so I can give you this example. The organs of living things are homologous organs and similar organs. Homologous organs have the same origin and have similar functions. For example, shark fins and mackerel fins have evolved from the same origin and have the same function, but commercial organs have different origins, and they have similar functions, so if you look at bat wings and bird wings, you'll understand quickly. The reason is that in an unexpected country, we can find a culture that is very similar to our traditional culture. When discussing and exchanging information about the culture of the two countries, the mind to understand and care about the origin and background of the culture is urgent. Generally speaking, Koreans lack advantages. Let me summarize. It is important to learn more about the culture defined as traditional culture and not only know superficial knowledge, but also to learn more about it (globalization of Korean culture) and to study it continuously. Second, it is good to pay attention to the culture of other countries. This is really important. Who would be interested in learning from someone who talks about our culture on the premise of one-way delivery? Isn't cultural exchange originally two-way or multi-way? I see as much as I know. You can feel as much as you see and teach your juniors as much as you feel. Lastly, let's not be intimidated when we encounter the good culture of other countries, let's accept it and compare it with our culture. There were many opportunities to experience various cultures while living abroad. There are times when I think that it's better than our country's. These days, I don't just have that feeling, but I try to know the system and mindset that can maintain that culture, so I think it's good to see and it's not wrong... Especially, to be honest, Korean culture is an undiscovered area in the West, and it is recognized as a culture that is confusing or almost identical to Chinese and Japanese culture. But the problem is that when I see people enthusiastic about Japanese and Western culture even though they don't know about us, I only laugh bitterly. Teckle is always welcome, but I've only written what I saw, heard, and felt. Have a good day Three-line summary 1. Need to understand traditional culture 2. Learn foreign culture with interest and compare it with ours 3. Take the conclusion and take it to the world