Both China and South Korea have a long standing history, and the friendship between the two peoples goes back to ancient times. Since the two countries established diplomatic relations in the last90’s, they have strengthened on the communications and cooperation on the aspect of politics, economic,culture and etc.. In 1993 Korean drama formally entered the China market, but it didn’t lead a huge response. Not until 1997,“What is Loveâ€on the CCTV broadcast has caused a great stir. Since then, Korean drama has entered Chinese audience’s eyes actually. Meanwhile, the Korean drama have been widely introduced and broadcast by surrounding countries and have caused a wave of ratings, which gradually showed that its impact on other countries in all aspects. In1999, a journalist from Beijing used “the Korean Wave†to describe the effect caused by the Korean drama, and then, the word has been widely used by media. After 2000,“Endless Loveâ€, "Winter Sonata", "Dae Jang Geum" and other drama swept around the world, bringing the drama entered people’s daily live.Korean drama is not an overnight success, it has an inseparable relations with the flexibility of the way of creating, innovatory of screenplay, the performance of the actors, the government support, the complete industrial chain. With the Korean drama pop booming increasingly, the traditional media such as newspapers, radio, television,etc., and new media such as micro-blog, micro letter, etc. have reported this as an unprecedented propaganda, and it has also been an unprecedented impact on the domestic drama. This essay will begin with the generation and the feature of the Korean drama, and then compare it with the domestic drama current situation,concentrating on the analysis of several types of Korean dramas, and summarize the factors of Korean drama success, so as to carry out the inspiration and guidance to the future direction for domestic drama, and make Korean and domestic drama both shine brilliantly on stage together. |