It has been 71 years since South Korea abolished Chinese characters and canceled Chinese character classes. What is happening now?

Our country’s culture has been accumulated for five thousand years. During this long time, countless cultures, traditions, technologies and diverse ethnic groups have been born. Today, China is becoming more and more powerful and ranks among the world in all aspects. As Chinese, we should be proud. If you travel now, you will see your fellow countrymen in many countries. In order to attract Chinese tourists, vendors in some countries write slogans like "Welcome Chinese" directly on the door of their stores. There are also many businesses in order to get closer to China. People, directly learn Chinese by themselves. In addition, the use of Chinese characters can be seen all over the world, including our neighboring countries: Japan, South Korea, North Korea, etc., you will see many Chinese characters.

Perhaps everyone knows about the "Abolition of Chinese Characters" movement. The above three countries have a profound relationship with our country. Among them, South Korea issued the "Exclusive Use of Yanwen" as early as 1948. Law", this was the beginning of South Korea's abolition of Chinese characters. It was not that strict at the time. If we put aside history, it has been 71 years since South Korea abolished Chinese characters. How is South Korea's Chinese character culture now? The Chinese laughed when they saw this scene.

In fact, in the past, South Korea even directly canceled Chinese character classes in elementary schools, but in junior high schools, high schools, universities, etc., Chinese character classes have become a required course. Since the end of the last century, newspapers and other newspapers have begun to reduce the use of Chinese characters. However, this approach seems to be wrong, because China itself has a profound influence on the history of East Asia, and the same is true for Chinese characters. Chinese characters are different from Korean. One is an ideographic character, while Korean is a phonetic character. There is a big difference in context.

Many senior Korean officials do not even practice Korean, but write Chinese characters. For example, Lee Myung-bak (former president of South Korea) practices Chinese calligraphy; Park Geun-hye is proficient in Chinese and can also write beautiful Chinese calligraphy. South Korea also has a love-hate relationship with Chinese characters, going through multiple cycles from abolition to restoration, because Chinese characters cannot be separated from their lives. For example, almost all Korean ID cards have Chinese characters.

For the sake of self-esteem, it seems that Koreans want to abolish Chinese characters, but they cannot live without Chinese characters. This contradictory situation gives Koreans a headache. In South Korea, Chinese characters can be seen almost everywhere. At home, Chinese characters appear on some food packages, and there are even Chinese characters on the Spring Festival couplets posted in every house. In famous historical scenic spots, you will also see the existence of Chinese characters, and even civilizations can read them directly. In addition, stores with Chinese character signboards appear directly on the streets of South Korea, and the business is not bad.

Nowadays, China's status in the world is getting higher and higher, and some countries are also experiencing "Chinese fever". They believe that learning Chinese will make you successful, and you will make a fortune by dealing with Chinese people in the future. As for South Korea's abandonment of Chinese characters, What are your thoughts?