First, the ancestors of Korea came from Chu.
As we all know, Hubei Province is the core area of ancient Chu State and the prosperous place of Chu culture. After Qin destroyed the Six Kingdoms, a large number of Chu adherents were forced to migrate, and some of them left their homeland and went to the Korean peninsula, bringing Chu culture to the Korean peninsula, so Chu's place names also appeared in a large number in South Korea today.
Second, the influence of song and yuan war.
The Southern Song Dynasty was destroyed by Mongolia, but Mongolia suffered a lot because of the Xiangyang War. After the demise of the Song Dynasty, Mongolia slaughtered and exiled a large number of prisoners of war in Huguang, including Zhengdong Province in the Yuan Dynasty, which was then Korea.
These adherents of the Song Dynasty missed their homeland and saw similar mountains and rivers in foreign countries. They were very emotional, so they named these places after their hometowns.
In fact, the Koryo dynasty, the Korean dynasty and so on. , highly praised the Central Plains culture, especially the Korean dynasty, even copied the Central Plains culture, and even imitated the establishment of regional names such as Lingnan, Gyeonggi and Hunan. Therefore, it is not surprising that there are a large number of place names similar to the Central Plains in South Korea.
Many place names in Korea are the same as those in Hubei, which is actually an accident. The root cause of the accident is that there is Han River in Hubei and Han River in Korean Peninsula. At the same time, North Korea, which has called itself "Little China" since ancient times, loves the word "Han" very much. Knowing this, it is not difficult to understand why Korean place names are similar to Hubei. The "Han" in Hubei refers to the Han River; The "Han" in North Korea refers to the "Little China" in North Korea except the Han River.
Among the four long rivers on the Korean peninsula, the Hanjiang River in the middle of the peninsula is the most important in strategic and economic position. How affected are Koreans by the Han River? Let's take a look at the map of Wuyue Mountain in Silla Kyushu. Although the capital was still in Jincheng in the south, the Hanjiang River basin basically covered more than half of Silla's territory. In the Koryo era, the capital moved to Kaesong, which was already the Hanjiang River Basin.
Since the Han River is the center of ancient Korean civilization, there are naturally more places named after "Han". Coupled with North Korea's self-proclaimed "Little China", China has five Beijings, five mountains and nine Kyushu, so it is inevitable to be the same as the Central Plains in terms of place names-in the south of a small lake, it is called Hunan; On the west side of a long mountain, called Lingxi, there are various organizational systems such as protecting the government and protecting the road. Therefore, if the Han River in Hubei is not called Han River, South Korea will not have the same name as Hubei. However, Koreans themselves are very dissatisfied with this phenomenon and have always wanted to rename the Han River in North Korea "Han River" because "Han" is easily associated with the Han Dynasty in China. It seems that Koreans don't want to be "Little China" anymore!
The place names in South Korea are similar to those in China, which is normal, because the Korean Peninsula is the place most influenced by Chinese civilization. Before modern times, he always called himself "Little China", and after the Qing Dynasty, he called himself a descendant of Chinese civilization, and his characters always used Chinese characters. In this case, the place names they named naturally conform to the naming rules of China culture.
Similar place names in South Korea and China are generally typical and conform to the naming methods of China culture, such as Danyang and Xiangyang. What is Yang? The south of the mountain faces the north, so if a city is on the back of Danshui or on the south of Danshan, it should be called Danyang or Dannan.
Another case is the place name of "X State", which is easier to understand. Ancient Korea borrowed from China's administrative system. Beijing, Taoism, Zhou and other places with suffixes are naturally many, but there are not many good words suitable for place names. This is just like the name: you can call Guangzhou, Gwangju and Jeju, but it's always hard to call them dead, abandoned and lost, right?
Then why is the overlap between Korean place names and Hubei greater in this case? Because both Hubei and South Korea have the Han River, some place names are based on the Han River, which naturally tends to overlap. However, this situation may change. The sinicization movement in Korea has always been fierce. Seoul has become Seoul, and the Han River is likely to become the Han River. In the future, the overlap of geographical names between the two countries may become smaller and smaller. As for the connection between Han and Chu? Don't make wild guesses, be careful that Chu has also become a Korean.
In 2006, Koreans successfully declared the "Dragon Boat Festival" (in fact, it is the Dragon Boat Festival in China, rowing dragon boats and eating zongzi to commemorate Qu Yuan, a Chu Ci) as an intangible world cultural heritage! I was a little strange and angry at that time. Thousands of miles from Qian Shan. How can I get back? They deprived China of activities to commemorate great poets.
I vaguely feel that this is really not a question of who is the first, but a big secret is hidden. That is to say, the ancestors of South Korea came from Chu and were forced to the Korean peninsula by the King of Qin.
When the Qin Dynasty destroyed Chu, Xiang Yu's grandfather Xiang Yan took people eastward, and Xiang Yan asked Chang Pingjun to continue to fight the king of Chu in the south of the Yangtze River. As a result, only a few months later, the rebels were wiped out by Qin Jun, Chang Pingjun was killed and Xiang Yan committed suicide. Chu's last resistance was wiped out in Jiangnan. Qin Jun is powerful, and resistance from all over the country continues, but soon there is no voice and key elements are hidden.
These Chu people suffered the misfortune of national subjugation. Although Qin has been pressing hard, there are always people who can save the day and move towards a broader world. It is said that another branch of Chu people who moved eastward came to the present Korean peninsula not far from Wan Li to find a new life.
According to historical research, there was indeed a branch of the Chu royal family that was driven to South Korea by Qin Shihuang. It is estimated that many Koreans are descendants of Chu.
What about the evidence? If you want such a big family to migrate, you must keep some memories of your native land. Chu itself is a place of multi-ethnic integration. They set out from Henan, crossed the Hanshui River, destroyed the Xiling Kingdom, went to Zigui, and then went straight to the rivers and lakes plains, and once became the boss of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period. During their previous migration, they always called the Imperial House Danyang, but the place they changed remained unchanged, so now many places say it is the direct cause of Danyang. Therefore, part of the habit of the Chu people was mixed with the territory of wuyue, which, of course, could not be the case, because the Qin Dynasty soon recovered and unified China. Except Chu Dihou in the southwest, they insisted on returning to China until the Han Dynasty of Chu Liu Bang.
According to the custom of the Chu people, let's see if there are any memories of the Chu people in the cities of South Korea now. Traveling to Korea, I found that it is simply a miniature version of Chu. Isn't this difficult evidence? There won't be such a large-scale imitation by that person!
Seoul, South Korea (Seoul, known as "Hanyang House" in the Korean era)-Wuhan, Hubei (Han, including Hanyang, Hankou and Wuchang, and Hanyang County and Hanyang House in history)
South Korea has the Han River (water), and Qianchu area has the Han River (water) in Hubei;
The birthplace of the Han River in South Korea is called Taibai Mountain, and the birthplace of the Han River in the former Chu State is also called Taibai Mountain.
There are Danjiang City and Danyang County in South Korea. The former Chu State was Danyang, the capital of Chu State during the Warring States Period.
South Korea has Xiangyang District of Xiangyang County, and Hubei Yuanchu District has Xiangyang District of Xiangyang County (now Xiangfan City);
South Korea has Gangneung City, and Gangneung County is in Hubei Province.
South Korea has Lichuan City, and Hubei also has Lichuan City;
South Korea has Huangzhou County (now North Korea) and Huangzhou City, Hubei Province, formerly Chu County;
South Korea has Dongting Lake, and the former Chu area also has Dongting Lake (in Hunan);
More interestingly, Chu people believe in Taoism, that is, avenue culture. South Korea not only believes in Taoism, but also its national flag, Taiji Bagua Map and China Taoist Taiji Bagua Map. Difficulty. Is this a coincidence?
Looking at the customs again, the Chu people set up the Dragon Boat Festival to commemorate Qu Yuan, with the purpose of climbing high and looking far, commemorating Qu Yuan's patriotic feelings and unyielding spirit of searching up and down. South Korea, on the other hand, only changed one word, in fact, the commemorative significance is more obvious. Dragon Boat Festival, tied with bamboo, paper and cloth, is not to commemorate Qu Yuan, the ancestor of Chu people?
Therefore, there is every reason to believe that the Chu people were forced to the Korean peninsula by the state of Qin and established a powerful political power, otherwise there would not be so many shadows of Chu.
If the ancestors of South Korea are Chu people, it is understandable to apply for cultural heritage as descendants of Chu. After all, it is a good thing to recognize one's ancestors and worship the gods. So, we are relieved!