Chinese Team’s Controversial Zombie Dance at 2023 World Taekwondo Championships: Cultural Exchange or Disrespect?

2023-08-02 03:15:00

The picture is taken from KUKKIWON WORLD TAEKWONDO HEADQUARTERS YouTuber

Comprehensive report by Lin Yanting / China

The 2023 Seongnam World Taekwondo Championships will be held in Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea from July 21 to 24. During the competition, Chinese players dressed as “Qing Zombies” attracted the attention of the audience and were well received by some Chinese media. Netizens did not pay the bill, and left messages bombarding “a bunch of jumping clowns” and “shame”.

The picture is taken from KUKKIWON WORLD TAEKWONDO HEADQUARTERS YouTuber

The 2023 World Taekwondo Championships was held in South Korea a few days ago. During the competition, Chinese players dressed up as Qing Dynasty zombies and incorporated the movements of zombies into the performance, which made the hosts exclaimed once more and once more. The Chinese team’s “zombie dance” performance was also reported by the Chinese media. Some media said that “the zombie dance shows the taekwondo skills of the contestants, and also shows the contestants’ love and respect for traditional culture. The Korean host also praised the zombie dance.”

However, “Zombie Dance” has polarized comments on the Internet. Some people think that it “makes an important contribution to cultural exchanges” and “Zombie Dance is so cool”; “This is Manchu culture, not Han culture”, “Dressing up as a Manchu eunuch and pretending to be a zombie…I’m sorry, I really don’t think this is a promotion of Chinese culture”, “A group of jumping clowns”, “Shame on the eyes”, etc.

Taken from Weibo

Taken from Weibo

Taken from Weibo

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