从《推手》中看中西文化差异

Tobehonest,Idon’tthinkIcantelltheculturaldifferencesbetweenEastandWestverywell.SinceIhavegrownupinChinaandInevergoabroad.Ontheotherhand,Ididn’tmaketoomuchcommunicationwithforeignerswhenIwasatschool.SoIjustknowtheWesternculturefromsomefilms,newspapersandmagazines.Afterseeingthefilm--《PushingHands》,Igotsomestrongfeelingsfrommyself.First,Ifoundthatwesternyoungpeopleprefertolivetheirownlife,thatistosay,theydon’tliketolivewiththeirownparents.ButinChinesetraditionalculture,parentsbroughtuptheirchildren,thentheirchildrenshouldprovidefortheirownparentswhentheygrewup,whichevenmeanslivingwiththeirparents.Chineseconsidersthisbehaviorobedientandresponsible.Butwesternpeopledon’tthinkso.Theywanttohavetheirprivatespace.Theseconddifferenceisabouttheeducation.Westernpeoplethinkthatchildrenshouldbebrave,strongandindependent.Iftheirchildrenfelldown,theywouldn’thelpthem,theywouldencouragetheirchildrenstandupbythemselves.Bycontrast,Chineseparentgivetoomuchfondnesstotheirchildrensothattheirchildrenaren’tindependentenough.Andthosechildrenareexcessivelyindependentontheirparents.Infact,thatisharmfultothosechildren.Ontheotherhand,westernparentsencouragetheirchildrentobeimaginative,forexample,letthemwatchcartoons.ButChineseparentthinkitviolent,andtheythinkitharmfultotheirchildren.Thethirddifferenceisaboutthedetailsindailylife.Suchasthewayofhavingfun,havingfood,doingsportsandsoon.Inthisfilm,theChineseoldman,Mr.ZhuisproficientinChinesetraditionalculture,heisnotonlyaTaichimaster,butalsoapersonwhoisgoodatChineseCalligraphyandair—pockettherapy.HelikeslisteningBeijingOperaandplayingTaiChi,andheusedusingabigbowltohavingmeals,heespeciallylikestoeatmeat.ButtheAmericanwoman—Martha,sheisanovelist,shelikesmakingupmanyimaginativestories.Sheusedhavingfastfood,andshelikeseatingsomevegetables.AllofthosedifferencesreflecttheculturaldifferencebetweenEastandWest.Infact,therearemanyotherdifferencesbetweenEastandWestinreality.Suchasthewayofmakingcommunication,thinking,behavingandsoon.Generallyspeaking,thesedifferencescontainsocialconsciousness,historicalcultures,customsandsoonvariousaspectsofhumansocietyallfeatures.AsfarasIcansee,theprocessofdiscoveringthedifferencesreallyletmeenjoy.Ithinkitveryinteresting.Atlast,IwanttosaythatweshouldvalueculturewhetheritisfromEastorfromWestinarightattitude.Wecan’tworshipeverythingforeign.Atthesametime,wecan’tbeblindrejectionofforeignthings,either.