South Korea's "Chosun Ilbo" South Korea set off a craze for children to learn Chinese characters.
Now Korean children are very enthusiastic about learning Chinese characters. Needless to say, there are more and more children learning Chinese characters in primary schools, and the preschool age is getting younger and younger. Last year, there were10.04 million students who participated in the "Chinese Character Ability Assessment" sponsored by the Korean Language Association, of which 7 1 10,000 (68%) were children below primary school. It can be seen that the source of Chinese character education fever is primary school. Although Chinese characters are not included in the formal curriculum, most schools teach Chinese characters through free classes and early self-study.
China Global Times Koreans are keen to read The Three Kingdoms.
In South Korea, the research on the history of China has been quite active. During the Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms, the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Yuan Dynasty and modern times, many experts emerged in almost every field of China's historical research. But for ordinary Koreans, the story of the Three Kingdoms is the most sought after. The History of the Three Kingdoms translated by the famous Korean novelist Li Wenlie has been selling well in Korea for many years, with sales exceeding 6,543,800 copies. Korean enterprises apply the strategies in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms to enterprise management. The "benevolence and righteousness" in China's traditional thought has been concretized and spread in South Korea through the story of the Three Kingdoms.
"Zhuangzi" is the favorite topic of the Korean college entrance examination in Jinghua Times.
Jongno College of Korea analyzed the examination papers of Korean 18 universities from 2000 to 2006, and found that Zhuangzi, an ancient masterpiece of China, appeared the most frequently, appearing nine times in the college entrance examination papers of these universities. After Zhuangzi, the Analects of Confucius, an ancient philosopher in China, was recorded, which appeared four times in total. From these statistical results, it can be seen that examiners in Korean universities have a special liking for China's classical masterpieces and philosophical thoughts.
People's Daily Overseas Edition Most Koreans can write Chinese names.
Korean grammar is completely different from Chinese, but 70% of the vocabulary is ancient Chinese. Koreans use Chinese characters for their names, and most people will write their names in Chinese characters. Korean TV has two Chinese channels, and Wudaotai broadcasts Jin Yong's martial arts films every day. Most of the younger generation in Korea know the "Golden Hero". There is also a channel that broadcasts Chinese mainland TV dramas such as "Dazhaimen" during the day and the latest Hong Kong movies at night. The Chinese reference books in the bookstore are equivalent to English books, and the shelves are full of jade articles (Chinese and Korean dictionaries).
South Korea East Asia Daily Koreans are fascinated by China's novels.
China audiences learn about South Korea by watching Korean dramas, while Koreans learn about China by watching China's novels. Koreans like China's novels because the novels published in South Korea no longer only introduce the traditional culture of China, but also contain many modern elements. The works of Su Tong and Jing M.Guo are very popular in Korea. Korean people need to know the real China through more modern and realistic things. Koreans need not only traditional China culture, but also modern China culture.