Creative dance by senior dancer Baekbong Kim
First presented on stage in Seoul in 1954
While Baidu, China’s largest portal site, is distorting Korea’s fan dance as ‘China’s traditional folk dance,’ Professor Seo Gyeong-deok of Sungshin Women’s University criticized it as “a clear act of cultural invasion.”
On the 19th, Professor Seo posted a photo of the fan dance in the Baidu Encyclopedia on his Facebook page, saying, ‘Fan dance is one of the traditional Chinese folk dance forms in which ethnic groups such as the Han Chinese, Han Chinese, and Korean Chinese have formed different characteristics over a long history.’ was revealed.
He pointed out, “This can be seen as a clear act of cultural invasion,” and added, “Fan dance is a Korean dance that uses fans as its main material, and the Kim Baekbong style fan dance, created and presented by Kim Baekbong in 1954, is the most spectacular and world-famous.” emphasized.
Professor Seo said, “Last May, a photo of the Hong Kong Palace Museum wearing a hanbok and fan dance was posted on the official SNS and introduced as ‘Chinese Dance,’ causing great controversy. He said, “I have continuously sent protest emails asking for this to be corrected, but no correction has been made yet.”
He continued, “China’s ‘cultural fair’ continues continuously, including Hanbok, Kimchi, Arirang, Pansori, and now fan dance. “Just as we have consistently protested against Baidu’s distortions, we plan to also make efforts to correct the origins of the fan dance,” he said, adding, “It is time to pay more attention not only to Japan’s distortions of history, but also to China’s distortions.”
‘Fan Dance’ was created by dancer Kim Baek-bong (金白峰) and was first presented on the stage of Seoul City Hall from November 26 to 28, 1954. It was performed as a group dance at the 1968 Mexico Olympics and has established itself as a representative dance work of Korea. It was nominated as a masterpiece dance in 1992, and in 2014, it was registered as Intangible Cultural Heritage No. 3 of South Pyongan Province, the hometown of Kim Baek-bong.
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Source: Donga
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