2005年，中韩两国分别向联合国教科文组织提出申报世界文化遗产。由于文化遗产的起源、归属问题，使两国对相互申报的文化遗产互有非议。同时，由于东亚国家文化地位的特殊性，使两国对此问题的认识也从文化转移到了政治和国家关系方面。两国建交以来，韩国在中国的周边国家战略中一直处于积极辅助的地位，其基础也依赖于中韩两国文化历史的源远流长。然而这次文化遗产带来的摩擦并非偶然，是两国文化民族主义在近代以来分别发展而引起的必然后果。韩国文化民族主义在东、西方文化的协力影响下，呈现出“东方性、西方性、民族性”结合的独特“混血”特点。近年来逐渐回归到本位主义上，要求民族话语权的声音不断高涨。中国的文化民族主义历经了全面西化和回归根基的变化，汉文化圈的基本要素又开始发挥核心作用。目前政治经济的稳定发展需要文化的独创性和权威性，因此呈现出“汉文化圈重组”的景象为之奠基。中韩文化民族主义各自发展而成的结果相互碰撞，产生如文化遗产方面的摩擦。对于中韩关系来说，文化遗产摩擦应防微杜渐。中韩均属于文化立国型的国家，国民中民族主义情绪具有一定影响力。同时，中韩政治协作、经济合作需要文化和谐作为基础。韩国一向倡导“东北亚区域合作”，这也符合中国的国家利益。其中，中韩必将互相依靠，在解决朝鲜半岛问题、日本历史问题等方面达成一致。这也是东北亚地区安全稳定的重要因素。

In 2005, two cultural heritages applications were being handed on to the United Nation Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization(UNESCO) separately by China and South Korea. However, two countries both have disproval about other’s heritage because of the ascription and origin. At the same time, based on the special status of culture issue in East Asian international relations, this kind of cultural and domestic issue aroused a visible debate of politics and relations between two countries. After the diplomatic relations has been established between the two, South Korea plays a very helpful and active role in China’s peripheral stratagem. It is believed that reciprocity and cooperation are the main trends of the two neighbors based on their strong historical and cultural tie. However, this tiny conflict of cultural heritage is not simple or haphazard. Instead, it is the inevitable result of the development of Cultural Nationalism happened separately in the two countries. Affected by both eastern and western cultures, the crucial property of Korean Cultural Nationalism is the mixture of “Eastern, Western and National”. Recently, based on the demand of the independence in both politics and economics, Korea needs a kind of “National” cultural basement. China’s situation is some all the same. Having been experienced across-the-board westernization and then restore to the tradition, China realizes that the essential of Han Cultural Circle should be the basement, if a Promethean and authoritative culture is needed by establishing stable economics and politics. The deference of China and South Korea’s Cultural Nationalism made conflicts like cultural heritage debate.As China-South Korea relations is being concerned, this kind of tiny conflicts should be well resolved as early as possible. Both China and Korea attach importance to culture issue, and nationalism always can evoke high response among the masses. Furthermore, both the economic and politic cooperation need harmonious cultural atmosphere. South Korea advocates “the regionalized cooperation of East Asia”, which is also just matching the benefit of China. However, in this kind of cooperation, China-South Korea should depend on and trust each other, solving issues in this area as Korean Peninsula problem and China-Korea-Japan relations.