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1、ImpressionontheFilmGuaShaTreatment"PersonintheUnitedStates,itisverydifficulttoblendintolocalculture."Ireadinthecircletobeoptimisticaboutthefilm"GuaSha,"afterthegreatestfeeling.Withtheadvanceofthescreen,theinterpretationofthestory,anAmericanofChinesesocietynowranthefamilyencountered.Aft
2、eryearsofhardwork,XuDatong,aChineseimmigranttotheUS,hasfinallyachievedsuccessasanoutstandingvideogamedesigner.Withhispromisingcareerandlovingfamily,hefeelshehasbecomeatrueAmerican.Datong’sfathercomesoverfromChina,andusesatraditionalChinesemedicaltechnique,calledguasha,totreatDatong`sso
3、n,Dennis.Unexpectedly,anAmericandoctorthinksthebruisesonDennis`backleftbytheguashatreatmentaresignsofchildabuse,andthefingerispointedatDatong.TheTreatmentisamovingportrayaloftheenormousgulfsbetweenculturesandtheirpossiblerepercussion.Thefilm“GuaSha-theTreatment”reflectsthedifferenceofv
4、alueandcultureviewsbetweenwesternsocietyandorientsociety.ChinasocietyhasbeenreceivingimpactofConfucianismforthousandsyears.Confucianismisknownaspayingregardtohumanrelationshipandethic.Piety,courtesyandloyalismaremostimportantethic.ButinWesternculturewhichismoreemphasisonindividualism,i
5、ndependenceandequality.Soconflictsincultureandvalueareunavoidable.Theseconflictshaveshowninthestory.InChineseculture,physicalpunishmentiscommonlyusedbyChinesefamily.Theythinkthiswillhelptogrowingup.Butinwesternsocietyitisabsolutelyforbidden.Anyabusingchildrenwasviewedasillegalconduct.A
6、stoshowrespecttofriends,DaTongXupunishedhisownsonphysicallyinfrontoffriends.Butthiswasmisinterpretedasviolencebyhisforeignfriends.ThisisamisunderstandinginculturebetweenEastandWest.Howtoavoidthetragedyofthestory?WemuststrengthentheEast-Westculturalexchangeandlearning,andonlywithrespect
7、todifferentculturesandinclusivewillitbepossibletoavoidthecultureandvaluesofconflict.GuaSha,knownaskerikinIndonesia,CaoGioinVietnam(seeHarveyKeitel'sTheThreeSeasons)andkhoudlaminLaosisalegitimateandeffectivetherapy.InAsiaitisusuallydonewithacoin,Chinesesoupspoon,sliceofwaterbuffalohor
