Prestigious European professional soccer clubs, such as Paris Saint-Germain, where Lee Kang-in plays, are sending congratulatory messages to the Asian region to mark the Lunar New Year, sparking controversy over labeling it “Chinese New Year.”
On the 13th, Seo Gyeong-deok, a professor at Sungshin Women’s University, introduced a related photo, saying, “Famous clubs with many soccer fans around the world, such as Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), Real Madrid in the Spanish league, and AC Milan in the Italian league, have labeled ‘Chinese theory’ on social media, etc.” did.
Professor Seo said, “The ‘Lunar New Year’ is not a holiday unique to China, but a holiday celebrated by various Asian countries, including Korea, Vietnam, the Philippines, and Indonesia. However, prestigious European clubs act as if it is a holiday only for China.” He pointed out that labeling it as ‘Chinese New Year’ is an act of ignoring the universal culture of Asia.”
In addition, “At the end of last year, the United Nations (UN) designated ‘Lunar New Year’ as an ‘optional holiday,’ and early this year, the U.S. Senate of New Jersey adopted a resolution establishing ‘Lunar New Year’ as a holiday, and in 2021, the Canadian Prime Minister announced a news broadcast on Lunar New Year’s Day. In ‘Happy Lunar new year. He emphasized, “The global trend is changing to ‘Lunar New Year’, such as saying ‘Thank you’ as a congratulatory message.”
In response, Professor Seo said, “Just as we have been continuously protesting against the use of the Rising Sun flag by prestigious European clubs, this time we sent a protest email informing them of the legitimacy of the ‘Lunar New Year’ labeling, and from next year, prestigious European clubs will also use the ‘Lunar New Year’ labeling properly.” “I will try to change it so that we can do it,” he said, urging many people to participate.
Source: Donga
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