"Fan Dance is a Chinese Folk Dance"... China Distorts History Again with Hanbok and Kimchi

Professor Seokyeongdeok: "A Clear Act of Cultural Invasion"

When the Chinese portal site Baidu claimed that Korea's Buchaechum is a Chinese folk dance, Professor Seokyung Deok from Sungshin Women's University criticized it as cultural invasion.

On the 19th, Professor Seo pointed out on social media (SNS) that "Baidu Encyclopedia describes our Buchaechum as one of the forms of Chinese folk traditional dance, formed over a long history by ethnic groups such as Han, Hani, and Joseonjok, each with different characteristics," calling it a "clear act of cultural invasion."

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He added, "Last May, the Hong Kong Palace Museum's official SNS posted a photo of people dressed in Hanbok performing the Buchaechum, introducing it as 'Chinese Dance,' which caused a huge controversy," and "Despite sending protest emails continuously, they have not corrected it yet."

Professor Seo emphasized, "Following Hanbok, Kimchi, Arirang, and Pansori, China's cultural engineering continues relentlessly," and "It is time to pay more attention to China's historical distortion, not only Japan's."

Buchaechum is a Korean modern dance created in 1954 by senior dancer Kim Baek-bong. Dancers wear Hanbok or Tangui (唐衣) and hold colorful fans decorated with flower paintings or feathers in both hands, performing various beautiful shapes. It was performed as a group dance at the 1968 Mexico Olympics and established itself as a representative Korean dance work. It was designated as a masterpiece in 1992 and was registered as the third intangible cultural asset of South Pyongan Province in 2014.

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