Korean language habits?

My face turned green after reading China in the Eyes of Koreans: A Chinese student’s true evaluation of South Korea

Four years ago, I came to South Korea alone. To be honest, before I came, I was deeply influenced by the "Korean Wave". From the bottom of my heart, I thought South Korea was a very good country, how advanced it was, and how kind and friendly the Koreans were...

However, all this love turned into disappointment and fear in an instant after I arrived in Seoul... Sitting in the car, I looked at the street outside the car in surprise, with only one thought in my mind: No, right? , why is it so broken! ? Is this really Seoul? ! Where are the high-rise buildings and luxurious villas seen in Korean dramas? ! Why are there so many shabby little houses built in a mess? Does South Korea not have an urban planning bureau? ! Why are so many scenes on the street so different from those in TV series? ! These are simply two countries! ! ! ! .

In the days that followed, I didn’t dare to go out on the streets because of the language barrier. I thought that when school started, I would be able to make Korean friends, because when I was in China, all I saw and heard were Chinese people treating foreigners. Very friendly, so I think Koreans should be like this too... So after school started, I "silly" told people everywhere "I'm from China", thinking that they would welcome them, even if it was the most basic courtesy. That's fine, but I didn't expect that they all just said "Oh" and left. They were so indifferent, and cold sweat broke out on my back...

Slowly, my language got better, and I finally understood why my Korean classmates reacted so coldly when they heard that I was Chinese... Here are a few examples, all from my personal experience:

(1) I was looking for a house with a friend. On the day we moved, the landlord knocked on the door and gave us a pair of toothbrushes and toothpaste. My friend and I were puzzled as to why we were given this. At the time, we thought this was a custom in Korea, but the landlord said: "This is called a toothbrush, and that is called toothpaste. We Koreans all brush our teeth. After you come to Korea, you must also learn to brush your teeth. Since your family has sent you to a developed country to study, you must learn more thoroughly..."

Oh my God... That was the first time I felt how little Koreans knew about China. It was unbelievable. For a country so close to China, it didn't matter if they didn't know about it, but they actually distorted it... From then on, I Decision: Pay attention to how the Korean government and media promote China to the people...

(2) Half a year later, I made a Korean boyfriend. At that time, I also wanted to learn the language as quickly as possible. When I was drinking with his friends, one of them asked me: "How is it? How about Korea? When I was in China, it was the same." Have you ever sat on the sofa? "My boyfriend said, "Don't be so ignorant. I've been to China, Beijing, Dalian, and Nanjing. It's very developed. You should travel more." As a result, my boyfriend was beaten that night! The reason is: he is not worthy of doing it.

"People from the Republic of Korea"...

(3) A friend who is also my boyfriend once watched TV at my house and happened to be playing Zhang Yimou's "One Can't Miss" (by the way: in the past few years since I came to Korea, the Chinese TV series or movies I have seen on TV are not those of the 70s or 80s). The costume films of the 1900s are rural films, which are in sharp contrast to the Korean dramas in China that exaggerate the good image of Korea.) As I watched, the person asked me: "When you were in China, did you have to climb mountains when you went to school? ? How many seats can you climb?”

(4) A classmate from the university asked me: "Watching TV last night, it was said that all the means of transportation in China are bicycles. In recent years, due to the influence of Korean culture, I have begun to know how great our Korean cars are. Korean cars How advanced are mobile phones? I heard that the only people who can afford Korean products are rich people. Can you ride a bicycle?"

(5) I often meet some Koreans. After learning that I came from China, they ask me: "Wow! Your family must be quite rich to be able to afford to come to Korea. We Koreans all go to the United States and the United Kingdom. The worst is to go to Japan!”

(6) When I returned to China during the summer vacation last year, I brought a lot of beautiful clothes back to Korea, because I felt that the cheap and beautiful clothes in China were no worse than those in Korea. Sure enough, after school started, there were always Korean girls pulling me and asking: "Wow, Where did you buy these clothes? I like your shoes, they are so cute!” I said they were all brought from China, and they asked why not Korea. I said, “There are many clothes in Dongdaemun now. "Imported from China, or made in China."... As a result, they said: "I didn't expect that even poor Chinese people have the ambition to be poor. They are so rude!" (The implication is: I bought all my beautiful clothes in Korea, so rude! That’s when I said I bought it from China)

(7) When I was working, the boss got some mangoes from nowhere and kindly asked me to eat them. Mangoes in Korea are very rare. I usually have a hard time eating them, so I hurried to eat them, but the boss’s few mangoes were very rare. This sentence completely made me lose my appetite: "This is a mango, haven't you ever eaten it? I'm sorry you were born in China. What a good girl you are. Oh, what a pity!"

(8) I have a friend who has just retired from the army. He wants to go to China with me during the holidays because he comes from a very high-class background and his family is rich enough that he can even buy cold noodles and rice cakes that are made by "ordinary citizens". I had never eaten any food. I ate Western and Japanese food every day. When I suddenly heard him say that he wanted to visit China, I felt secretly happy: I must let him know how good China is this time! As a result, when he discussed it with his mother, his mother refused to let him go. The reason was: China was dirty and messy. There was no high-end Western food that he could eat, and the Chinese people were very barbaric. If anyone knew that he was there, South Korea is quite rich. What should I do if I am robbed, kidnapped or even have my vote ripped off? ! ? !

I still admire his mother's imagination, but I still objected, thinking she would make a movie? ! To be honest, even if you are kidnapped and ripped off, it will definitely be because you Koreans look down on China! ! !

(9) I worked as a tutor and taught a little girl in the fourth grade of primary school. Once I deliberately asked them about the Chinese history they had learned. She said: "The teacher said Genghis Khan was a sinner because he occupied a large territory that originally belonged to South Korea. ! ×× Our culture belongs to Korea. In fact, the three northeastern provinces of China should belong to South Korea, but China not only refuses to recognize it, but also says that South Korea was once your subordinate country. Therefore, the teacher taught us that we must strengthen our motherland and not let China succeed. !”

(10) There are many "Han hospitals" on the streets of South Korea. In fact, they are called "Han hospitals" in Korea. Because "Han" and "Han" are the same words in Korea, I always thought they were "Han hospitals", because no matter From medication to therapy, it’s all the same as traditional Chinese medicine. Although I don’t know much about traditional Chinese medicine, at least I’ve seen traditional Chinese medicine and heard about therapies. At the worst, I also know what medicines with Chinese characteristics can be used when buying traditional Chinese medicine. Cabinet and small scale? !

In my sophomore year, I took a course related to this because I wanted to hear what Koreans thought of traditional Chinese medicine, because it was really popular in Korea and Koreans believed in it. However, in the first class, the teacher just wrote on the blackboard It says "Korean medicine", abbreviated as "Korean medicine". It turns out to be "Korean" and not "Han", so your medicines and treatments are all your own? ! Why didn't I see it at all? ! In the next few classes, the teacher talked about the Compendium of Materia Medica, saying "The crystallization of our Korean culture, the pride of our Korean nation." When talking about acupuncture, he also said several times, "Students should be proud of our nation." , we have such a great invention!”

Several Chinese classmates and I had a blast at that time! I had a big quarrel with the teacher, and the atmosphere really reached its peak! ! ! ! Normally you look down on the Chinese and forget about your ignorance about China, we can tolerate it! ! ! But if you are so shameless that you claim other people’s things are yours, then you are so unhuman! ! ! ! Finally we all slammed the door and walked out.

(11) When you go out shopping or eating, you will always meet many Chinese or Japanese tourists. If you meet Japanese tourists, the shopkeeper will usually entertain the Japanese first, which is called a joke, and then wait for the Japanese to leave. The Japanese even talk to us about the price, but the shopkeepers are not angry. When we talk about the price, eight out of ten shopkeepers will immediately become impatient. If you can't afford it, don't buy it! Like, several times when we bought very expensive things, the shop owner immediately asked: "Are you Japanese?" I said Chinese, and the shop owner said: "Are you overseas Chinese?"

…too lazy to reason, just leave….

In the past four years, I have gone from being unable to hold back and quarreling with Koreans to now being scornful and too lazy to respond... This process of psychological change is inevitable, because it is not a problem that can be solved by quarreling, because of Koreans' "prejudice" against China. The idea of ??"ignorance and ignorance" is too deeply ingrained. Even if you seem to win the argument, it does not mean that you have really changed their views... I think most Chinese compatriots who live in Korea like me feel the same way, so The only correct way is to study hard, work hard, and do your little bit to develop China...

Finally, I would like to advise those Korean friends, you have the right to like your idols, but don’t blindly think how great their country is. Don’t forget that you are Chinese. If you don’t believe it, come to live in South Korea (only (tourism doesn’t work), I believe your ideas will change completely. I am a living example.

After reading this article, I can only say that Korea is ignorant and shameless. I personally have never been a fan of the Korean wave, but I am angry about the shamelessness of Korea in it. What does "Dae Jang Geum" say about acupuncture? Traditional Chinese medicine was invented by Koreans, Confucius is Korean, and Xishi is a Korean beauty. People can be shameless, but Don't be so shameless.

South Korea was eliminated by Switzerland in the last round of the World Cup. The Chinese media only expressed their opinions on the game online, but were actually used by Korean websites to spread rumors and stir up trouble, saying that "China is the most rubbish country in the world, a shameless nation.", " Why didn’t the Communist Party destroy China before?" and so on.

After reading this, Korean fans should wake up, right? .

You treat others as gods, but they don’t treat you as human beings! ! ! !

I hope that China will become more powerful and one day let the Republic of Korea, which has even its characters copied by China, become a satellite state of China.