Gangneung danoje festival was recognized as "intangible cultural heritage" by South Korea on 1967. Since then, the grand activities of the Dragon Boat Festival have been rapidly restored and developed in South Korea. At present, there are many festivals and masquerade dramas in Gangneung Daye Festival, including farmers' music and dance competitions, pot throwing, wrestling, swinging, long kneeling competitions, Taekwondo competitions, college football competitions, chess king competitions and other entertainment programs 1000. From May 1 day to May 10, a nationwide grand "chaos field" (temple fair) was held, focusing on the exhibition and sale of local specialty goods, with a large scale.
Since the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival is related to rice farming and the origin of water, May of the lunar calendar is the season of rising water every year. In order to pray that rice will not be flooded, gods are sacrificed at this time of the year. In this way, this festival has gradually formed in our country. Later, China's farming culture spread overseas, and the Korean Dragon Boat Festival was naturally formed under the influence of China culture. So Koreans have the same interpretation of Dragon Boat Festival as China. For example, South Korea also calls the fifth day of May "heavy noon", "heavy five", "Duanyang" and "May Festival". The unique word in South Korea is "Dragon Boat Festival", which means the day of God. According to the traditional custom, on the Dragon Boat Festival, people eat "dwarf cakes" and drink barley juice. Women wash their hair with calamus soup or drink calamus water, or make up with calamus dew, which is called "calamus makeup". Residents put cinnabar symbols on the doorposts to ward off evil spirits. The gods worshipped by Koreans are "Daguanling Mountain God" and Cave (Village) God, and there are as many as twelve deified figures, such as Buddhist God Jin Yuxin and Brahma Buddhist God.
In June, 2005, 165438+ 10, gangneung danoje festival declared by South Korea was declared by UNESCO as a representative of the oral and intangible heritage of mankind. This news aroused strong repercussions in China at that time, and netizens left messages in major communities, saying that "this is a serious cultural aggression!" "We have forgotten our ancestors!" "The Dragon Boat Festival was taken away by South Korea." Indeed, the Dragon Boat Festival is an ancient and important festival in China. It originated in China, and has been spread to this day, forming a series of rich festival culture and valuable intangible cultural heritage. Now this festival has been "inscribed" by Koreans, which is naturally unacceptable to China people emotionally.
But in fact, during my nearly three years of studying in Korea, I personally experienced the "Dragon Boat Festival" in Korea and found that there are obvious differences between the two countries. The "gangneung danoje festival" declared by South Korea has a set of folk activities that are both related and different from the China Dragon Boat Festival. The Dragon Boat Festival in China is mainly to commemorate the great poet Qu Yuan. There are very rich and diverse contents and forms all over the country, and there is a phenomenon that universality and local particularity coexist; South Korea's "Gangneung Daye Festival" began with the brewing of sacred wine, and its main contents included a series of sacrificial ceremonies held in Daguanling, such as shaman sacrifice, worship of mountain gods, imperial town gods in Daguanling, and nvchenghuang. China Dragon Boat Festival folk activities include eating zongzi, dragon boat racing, hanging calamus, mugwort leaves, smoked atractylodes rhizome, angelica dahurica, drinking realgar wine, children wearing purses, and five poisons to ward off evil spirits. The folk activities of "Gangneung Daye Festival" in South Korea include official and slave masquerade, agricultural music competition, Heshan Odetai folk songs, tug-of-war, wrestling, swinging, archery and pot throwing in China poetry creation competition. , mainly people's entertainment activities.
Feel the Korean Dragon Boat Festival. From these differences, I have a different experience of folk culture. Although Korea applied for the Dragon Boat Festival, I don't think it has any practical significance. As a folk culture, Dragon Boat Festival can naturally be spread and enjoyed. This folk culture is spread all over East Asia, and it is not a commercial registered trademark. From the perspective of inheritance, I think the different traditional folk cultures embodied in the Dragon Boat Festival are actually like the blood flowing in our lives and will not be affected by territorial disputes.