《刮痧》英文影評

1、Impression On the Film Gua Sha TreatmentPerson in the United States, it is very difficult to blend into local culture. I read in the circle to be optimistic about the film Gua Sha, after the greatest feeling. With the advance of the screen, the interpretation of the story, an American of Chinese soc

2、iety now ran the family encountered.After years of hard work, Xu Datong, a Chinese immigrant to the US, has finally achieved success as an outstanding video game designer. With his promising career and loving family, he feels he has become a true American. Datongs father comes over from China, and u

3、ses a traditional Chinese medical technique, called guasha, to treat Datongs son, Dennis. Unexpectedly, an American doctor thinks the bruises on Dennis back left by the guasha treatment are signs of child abuse, and the finger is pointed at Datong. The Treatment is a moving portrayal of the enormous

4、 gulfs between cultures and their possible repercussion between cultures and their possible repercussions. The film “Gua Sha-the Treatment” reflects the difference of value and culture views between western society and orient society. China society has been receiving impact of Confucianism for thous

5、ands years. Confucianism is known as paying regard to human relationship and ethic. Piety, courtesy and loyalism are most important ethic. But in Western culture which is more emphasis on individualism, independence and equality. So conflicts in culture and value are unavoidable. These conflicts hav

6、e shown in the story. In Chinese culture, physical punishment is commonly used by Chinese family. They think this will help to growing up. But in western society it is absolutely forbidden. Any abusing children was viewed as illegal conduct. As to show respect to friends, Da Tong Xu punished his own

7、 son physically in front of friends. But this was misinterpreted as violence by his foreign friends. This is a misunderstanding in culture between East and West. How to avoid the tragedy of the story? We must strengthen the East-West cultural exchange and learning, and only with respect to different

8、 cultures and inclusive will it be possible to avoid the culture and values of conflict.Gua Sha, known as kerik in Indonesia, Cao Gio in Vietnam (see Harvey Keitels The Three Seasons) and khoud lam in Laos is a legitimate and effective therapy. In Asia it is usually done with a coin, Chinese soup sp

9、oon, slice of water buffalo horn, or even a slice of ginger. A simple cap with a rounded edge is quite good to use and available in most homes in the West. It was not commonly done with wood, but if smooth and the right edge it could be. There is a teaching text in English called Gua Sha. A Traditio

10、nal Technique for Modern Practice, and a teaching video: Gua Sha: Step-by-Step, by Arya Nielsen.If an acupuncturist is trained in Classical Chinese medicine, they will do this technique in their practice for pain, and for acute or chronic illness. Gua Sha is a treatment in traditional oriental medic

11、ine in which a wooden board repeatedly slides across the patients acupuncture/acupressure/massage points. It works in similar principles like that of acupuncture/acupressure/massage. This method would inevitably leave bruise on the skin, and the story begins here, when the visiting grandpa who does not speak any English used this traditional practice to treat the grandson when both son and daughter-in-law were at work