The Influence of Confucianism on Korean Traditional Festivals

Every Spring Festival in China will be decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and every household will paste Spring Festival couplets to increase the festive atmosphere of the festival. Sticking Spring Festival couplets is a traditional custom in China, because the ancients thought that on New Year's Eve, Nian animals would hurt people and were afraid of red and noise, so the custom of sticking Spring Festival couplets and setting off firecrackers was handed down. As a neighbor of our country, many customs and cultures of Korea are also deeply influenced by our country. For example, they also post couplets during the Spring Festival, but they are black and white.

Why are Koreans keen on China festivals? The countries around China are deeply influenced by China culture. As an ancient country with a history of 5,000 years, China is full of talented people. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, a hundred schools of thought contended and various ideologies and cultures blended with each other. Cultural influence is far-reaching, and it has a great influence on China's neighboring countries, such as Japanese and Korean. Both Korea and Japan came to China to learn advanced culture. It is not difficult to understand why Chinese characters appear in Korean and Japanese characters.

China began to paste Spring Festival couplets as early as the Five Dynasties, but by the Han Dynasty, Spring Festival couplets had changed from white paper to red paper. Before the Han Dynasty, the custom of stringing stickers had spread to South Korea, and it was also handed down by local people as a custom. South Korea is so keen on China festivals, on the one hand, influenced by China culture, and on the other hand, the main reason is that their people have regarded these festivals as traditional customs, and naturally they will not change them easily.

Just like many young people like western festivals, such as Christmas and Valentine's Day every year, this is actually the product of cultural collision and exchange. It can't be said that young people worship foreign things, which is the inevitable result of cultural exchange and its influence is deeply rooted in people's hearts. As neighbors of China, South Korea and China are both influenced by each other's cultures. Besides festivals, they also influence each other in terms of diet and dress trends. For example, sauerkraut is very similar to kimchi, but it cannot be said that sauerkraut belongs to Korea, which is obviously wrong.