Ian_Lee Posted May 8, 2004 at 01:34 AM Report Share Posted May 8, 2004 at 01:34 AM South Korea and PRC have raced to report the Dragon Boat Festial as cultural heritage at UNESCO. Read: http://news.chinatimes.com/Chinatimes/newslist/newslist-content/0,3546,110505+112004050800076,00.html Actually the Mid-Autumn Festival, called Chusuk in Korean, is a very important festival to them. Now PRC plans to package all the traditional festivals (I guess Lunar New Year+Qing Ming+Dragon Boat+Mid-Autumn+Zhong Yang) as cultural assets to UNESCO. Hurry up! Otherwise Nnt may suggest Hanoi to report Tet (Lunar New Year) to UNESCO as Vietnam's cultural heritage first. But any way, why doesn't PRC have these traditional festivals as public holidays? It makes more sense than 5/1 or 8/1 to Chinese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted May 8, 2004 at 01:47 AM Report Share Posted May 8, 2004 at 01:47 AM umm perhaps because there are over 50 minorities in China which don't share the same tradition and have their own festivals?? Interesting report. But korea? Going a bit too far IMHO ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazu Posted May 8, 2004 at 12:55 PM Report Share Posted May 8, 2004 at 12:55 PM The Korean has been celebrated those Festivals for all their lives, why couldn't they register it at the UNESCO to acknowledge their importance in the Korean culture? The database isn't a one-then-nothing database, I can't see any reasons why can't Chinese register them if the Korean put that in the list first. It's the same for Vietnamese Tet. It's imported from China but it's already the most important festval in Vietnamese society with such a long history. So why can't they tell the world their soul and their spirit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ananda Posted May 9, 2004 at 10:17 AM Report Share Posted May 9, 2004 at 10:17 AM yeah, and it's said that there're great number of Korean Christian, maybe someday they would register Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazu Posted May 9, 2004 at 01:44 PM Report Share Posted May 9, 2004 at 01:44 PM Most Koreans treat Xmas as a commercial festival, something for fun, or a reason for even non-Christian girl to get a gift (if she has a boyfriend). So this is fundamentally different from those other imported but traditional festvials. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ananda Posted May 10, 2004 at 09:34 AM Report Share Posted May 10, 2004 at 09:34 AM Most Koreans treat Xmas as a commercial festival, something for fun, or a reason for even non-Christian girl to get a gift (if she has a boyfriend). So this is fundamentally different from those other imported but traditional festvials. _________________ My travelog in Chinese: http://www.pazu.com/travel/ My photos: http://www.pazu.com/a/album.html Well, I think your word would hurt those Korean Christine, their number is not small in Korean, I think their loyalty to God is unsuspectable, not commercial choice of coz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazu Posted May 12, 2004 at 07:48 AM Report Share Posted May 12, 2004 at 07:48 AM Okay, then i changed my words. Almost all Koreans celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival. Only half of them celebrate Xmas. Xmas in Korea isn't really special. Dragon Boat Festival has already mixed with kimchi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathaykid Posted May 24, 2004 at 03:09 PM Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 at 03:09 PM Qu Yuan(340-278 BC) died in China for Chinese if he's happy with this,i'll respect him~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geek_frappa Posted May 31, 2004 at 08:56 PM Report Share Posted May 31, 2004 at 08:56 PM Qu Yuan may be happy finally when everyone can celebrate dragon boat festival together... in north AND south corea... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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