“Chosun-gu Masa” advisory scholar

The production crew of the SBS drama’Chosun Gumasa’ set in the Joseon Dynasty made an apology for the controversy over the history distortion. Nevertheless, the criticism has not gone away. The anger of the people has not subsided amid the recent anti-Chinese sentiment spreading through the’Northeast Fair’ in which China claims Hanbok and Kimchi as their culture.

This controversy sparked fire even in Dr. Gyu-cheol Lee, who was named’History Advisory’ on the drama ending credit. Among netizens, opinions are divided between “it is surprising that it is a drama that has received historical advice” and that “the production team said it did not reflect the content even if they received related advice.”

Dr. Lee, who has been researching the history of the Joseon Dynasty in the 15th century, spoke to the JoongAng Ilbo about the controversy, saying, “As a few major historians, I took responsibility and consulted according to principles.” , And pointed out in a variety of other areas,” he explained.

Chosun Gumasa, first broadcast on the 22nd, uploaded Chinese food and props to a liquor store, and a scene in which a person dances in traditional Chinese costumes in the drama, aroused controversy. On a suspicion that Chinese capital was invested in the production of the drama, the production crew said, “This is a drama made with pure domestic capital,” and said, “Unlike the case of Chinese sponsorship or production support, which has become an issue recently, it was produced with 100% domestic capital.”

However, the suspicion has not been resolved. Chinese capital, such as Tencent and Shanghai Fengying, were invested in YG Entertainment, the parent company of the production company YG Studioplex, and artist Park Gye-ok is known to have recently signed a contract with Jaffing Pictures in China.

Jaffing Pictures, headquartered in China, plans to air a drama in Korea and China at the same time by signing contracts with famous Korean writers.

Previously, writer Park and YG Studioplex caused a controversy about distorting history in the tvN drama’Queen of Iron Man’, which ended last February.

Korean netizens acted directly, saying, “You shouldn’t stand by on such a case.” They call the members of the National Assembly’s Science, Technology, Information, Broadcasting and Communication Committee and Culture and Sports Committee, or protest directly to advertisers who support production. As companies such as Myeongin Pharmaceutical, Black Yak, Samsung Electronics, and Simmons stopped organizing advertisements, Joseon Gumasa became a’ad-free’ drama.

Joseon Gumasa is also a hot topic in China. As it became known that there was a controversy over the distortion of history in Korea. Mocking articles, such as pictures comparing the appearances of Joseon Gumasa and Chinese drama casts, were also posted on Social Network Service (SNS).

The post was followed by comments such as “Why abandon their traditional hanbok and hair styles?” “Why did they think that traditional Chinese costumes (hanfu) and hair styles were prettier?” In response to the story of the appearance of Chinese food in the play, the Chinese community commented, “Koreans try to reject the Chinese trend while stealing Chinese culture” “If that happens, even ban Chinese characters” “The problem is the person who finds the truth in fictional works.” Also poured.

This is not the first time the conflict between China and Korea has distorted culture and history. One of the representative examples is the’Aid Controversy’ between Kimchi and Hanbok. Last month, China’s largest encyclopedia site, Baidu, marked the nationalities of poet Yun Dong-ju and Kim Yun-ah as Chinese, and ethnicity as Korean-Chinese.

Cultural critic Kim Seong-soo said, “As the number of successful fusion historical dramas has increased, the tendency to produce dramas that pursue fun rather than historical evidence has become stronger.” “We need to add imagination based on historical common sense, but the director’s unfounded imagination has sparked anger.” said.

Reporters Kwon Hye-rim and Choi Yeon-soo [email protected]