AboutGuaShaandculturedifferences

IhaveneverimaginedthatIwouldwriteafilmreviewinEnglish.Becausewhenreferringtofeelingandculture,IcanhardlyexpressmywholeideainChinese,letaloneinEnglish.Well,justhaveatry.TheGuaShaTreatmentisdesignedtodiscusstheculturedifferences.WecanknowthatfromDatong,thenameoftheleadingman.DatongisaclassicalChineseterm.Itreferstoautopianvisionoftheworldinwhicheveryoneandeverythingisatpeace.Whilelifealwaysplaysjokesonpeople,Datong’speacefullifedidn’tlastlong.HewasaccusedofabusinghissonbecauseofthebruisesfromGuaSha.Actually,DatongwasnotthepersonwhogavethelittleboyGuaShatreatment.It’shisfather.ButDatongdecidedtobeascapegoat.Thiswasaculturedifference.InChinesetraditionalculture,lawisnotimportantthanaffection.Thoughwealsopraisethosepeoplewhoputrighteousnessabovefamilyloyalty,nobodywantsthathappentothemselves.Chinesethinkthatbeingascapegoatforfamilymembersespeciallyforfatherormotherisaresponsibility.ThebiggestculturedifferencethefilmshoweduswasthatChineseculturewasbasedonexperiencewhilewesternbasedonspecificevidences.GuaShahasbeenusedasatreatmentforthousandsyears,andmanypeopleadvocateitfortheirownexperience.JustlikemanyAncientChinesetechnique,wejustknowitisusefulbutwecan’texplainitclearly.Sotopersuadewesternertobelieveitseemsimpossible.Thenculturesconflicthappens.Butwecan’tdirectlyblamewesternerinthiscase.NotonlyGuaSha,butalsolaughtherapyandsoonarenotacceptedbywesternerasnormaltreatments.It’saresponsibleattitudeforlife.Becauseweknowlittleaboutthesetreatments,wecannotmakesurewhatisgoingtohappen.Andhowweshoulddealwithit?AncientChinesehavegivenustheanswer:WheninRome,doastheRomansdo.Butweshouldnotabandonourownculture,justlikeGuaSha,atreatmentthathelpsbloodcirculatebetter.SokeeponGuaShaandcommunication.MaybesomedaytherewillbeaDatongWorld.本文版权归作者应愿所有，任何形式转载请联系作者。