Abstract

Movie is the carrier of culture. The film Gua Sha tells a story about Datong who experiences success and crusher of the American dream. To a large extent, this reflects Chinese get a lot of troubles in foreign life. However, these maladjustments are caused by the different cognitions. This article mainly expounds culture differences in film Gua Sha from Conceptual Integration Theory. First of all, this article combines the plots in the film to state Chinese and American cultural differences from legal attitude, medicine, hero views and parenting, and then analyses the causes of conflicts from Conceptual Integration Theory. Finally, it gives some reasonable suggestions to reduce cultural conflicts and promote cultural integration.

Key words: conception integration theory; legal culture; different medicine; hero view; parenting

Contents

Abstract

摘要

1. Introduction-1

2. Literature Review-1

3. Cultural Differences Reflected in Film Gua Sha-2

3.1 Different attitudes toward law-2

3.2 Different medicine-5

3.3 Different heroism-6

3.4 Different parenting-7

4. Causes for These Cultural Differences-7

4.1 Attitudes analysis-7

4.2 Medicine analysis-10

4.3 Heroism analysis-11

4.4 Parenting analysis-12

5. Conclusion-13

Works Cited-15