刮痧电影中的中美文化差异

Friendship and obligation
• Chinese people think that a good friend should “through fire and water without any hesitation”. In the film this concept also affects the behavior of Datong. However in American society, people are unwilling to assume more obligations of friends. In their mind, the order is a legal, reason and human feeling when they deal with a problem. Because Quinlin was his friend, Datong thinks certainly that Quinlin should be loyal to him regardless of any circumstances. So at the first hearing, Datong naturally thinks he can trust Quinlin as his own lawyer even though Quinlin isn’t major in that sector. However, after seen the bruise on Dennis’ back, Quinlin believed that Datong had “long-term punishment and neglect to the son “. He could not longer defend for Datong, because the West are often more rational than emotional. Even for friends and families they have to act according to law, which is the manifestation of Americans cultural
• Quinlin: “What a mess China's logic, how can you hit the child to show face for me!”
• Datong: “incomprehensible!”
• The “mess” logic that Quinlin said can be quite understandable by Chinese people. So what’s the reason of that mistake? Here has to talk about the concept of the Chinese people's face. One Chinese writer Lin Yutang said in his article《face and the rule of law》, “ Chinese people's face, not only for wash, it also can be scratched, and can be lose, and can be toured, and can be fighting for, and sometimes it seems to the be first meaning to struggle for face in life.”Whether a person is rich or poor, superior or inferior people, face are wanted for everyone. However, in the United States, this is a logic that just can not be understood, as Quinlan stated in the film.
• In the beginning of the story, Datong‘s son Dennis hit the boss’s son Paul. Datong immediately calls Dennis to apologize to Paul, but Quinlan think that fighting is normal and there is no question of the apology.
• Team members :邵裕 王孝波 陈敏 闫敏 陈苏文 黄舟 朱琳
Culture differences
• Emotion and laws • Friendship and obligation • Children's education • View of face
Emotion and laws
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View of face
• Quinlin (boss): “I just told the truth! You should not hit Dennis!”
• Datong: “Why I hit him? Why? My own son! I hit him for showing respect for you! To give you face! Do you know?”
Conclusion
• There is no denying the fact that we will confront many culture clashes during the, just like the film performed. At the same time, they are not the clashes that we can not avoid. In the film, Quinlin has made a through the way of coming to China and experiencing what’s Guasha. As a consequence, successful intercultural communications can be taken if people have the willing to know each other's culture.
The cultural clashes between
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Introduction
• The story in the Chinese movie Guasha Treatment took place in the U. S.A. The movie shows us a legal conflict resulted from Guasha, a Chinese medical treatment of children. It seems that the story is a misunderstanding or a legal dispute, but actually, it indicates some cultural differences between China and the West .
Children's education
• Thus, in the views of the Chinese parents, some blame or beating on the children is one of love for their children, which are full of the expectation of their children to become useful. So we have thousands of years old maxim: “The lack of children‘s education is the fault of father”.
As a immigrant who had lived in the United States for eight years , Datong is essentially dominated by the Chinese traditional values, for example, thinking highly of filial piety. As a result, Datong lies the court that it was himself who Guasha to his son, in order to protect his father. When his good friend, Mr. Quinlin knows that it was not Datong but his father Guasha to Dennis, he is very shocked. According to American ideas, each person should not perjury, even if it is to protect his father, However as a American, Quinlin can not understand Chinese culture value system. In the Chinese culture, people will consciously or unconsciously deal with the problem according to traditional Chinese values. This is a reflection of the cultural unconsciousness.
• In Western's eyes, this kind of behavior is very strange. West countries emphasize democracy and freedom, which are not only performance of national, racial, but also present in many families. In a West family, each member including male and female, regardless of age, is equal and each member is entitled to full democracy and freedom.