文档介绍：The Gua Sha Treatment
刮痧（英文翻译）：Scrapping Therapy
电影简介
上映时间：2001-05
(戛纳电影节)
导演：郑晓龙
片长：正式版100分钟
类别：剧情
国家：中国
主演：许大同…梁家辉　　
简宁…蒋雯丽
老父亲…朱旭
John Quinlan … Hollis Huston
Margaret … Tamara Tungate
中心思想
Cultural Clashes / Differences
Scrapping is a very common therapy in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Which is accepted by most of Chinese in the treatment of some common diseases and increase of human body’s immunity.
However, in the movie, the blood strain left by the treatment is taken as a solid evidence of child abuse, and causes lots of trouble for the Chinese immigrant family.
中心思想
Cultural Clashes / Differences
Clearly, in the movie, the dispute and misunderstanding about Scrapping Therapy and the winding of the Chinese family’s destiny are deeply rooted in the differences of Chinese and American cultures.
The purpose of the movie is to use Scrapping as a carrier to show the cultural clashes between China and western countries and stimulate our consciousness of cross-cultural communications.
Cultural clash
Children’s education
View of face
The way to treat the old
Emotion and laws
Friendship and obligation
China dream vs American dream
Children’s Education
One scene in the movie which has impressed the audiences is when Datong hit the Dennis on the face before public . This scene reflects the differences of children’s education between China and America.
Chinese
Americans
Different views towards children
China America
It’s common for Chinese parents to beat and scold children and many proverbs can embody this phenomenon. 例如，“棍棒底下出孝子” “子不教，父子过”等
It’s illegal to beat children or leave them alone at home.
Parents are only keepers for children. They are equal to each other and parents educate children by encouragement and persuasion instead of abuse.
Views of face
Chinese concept of face:In the pursuit of harmony,chinese always give others “face” to