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The Appreciation of Culture in Movies ——The Gua Sha Treatment Introduction The film “Gua Sha” presents the cultural differences and conflicts between the largest Eastern country, China and the strongest Western state, America. Through this film, we can see there is a gulf between the two countries in the aspect of culture, just as the Pacific Ocean divides the continent into two parts. Datong Xu’s family----a cross section of the diversity of cultures. Every member in the family represented a special cultural form. Datong Xu----a mosaic of Chinese culture and American culture. Xu was a Chinese immigrant in U.S.A. and he had been there for eight years. He had accepted many behaviors and views in American way. Meanwhile the traditional Chinese thoughts and values were rooted in his mind deeply. The two kinds of cultures coexisted in Xu’s mind. Usually they were compatible, but sometimes they conflicted with each other. Mrs. Xu Ning Jian Datong’s wife----a representation of another kind of Asian-Americans. What she knew about Chinese culture was fewer than Datong. She had been fully westernized without awareness. She had the American value, spoke English, taught her son in the American way. even in the dinner, she asked her son, Denise to use fork instead of chopsticks. Datong’s father Yixiang Xu ----a typical symbol of traditional Chinese culture. He was totally incompatible with the modern American culture. He had many virtues of traditional Chinese culture, such as： loving younger generation He supported his son’s career, took care of his grandson. valuing friendship felt happy when he met Lao Huo, his old friend in the award ceremony and felt sad after Lao Huo died integrity After Ms. Xu told him the truth, he immediately went to Mr. Quinlin’s home to tell him that Datong was innocent, it’s his mistake. Denise Datongs son ----a mixture of American culture and Chinese culture He was born in U.S.A. the cultural environment was American. What his m