Chapter 10 Chapter 09 Bewilderment 4: Don't Understand Your Own Shortcomings
"Kung Fu Panda" lands in China:
This buddy is a panda who specializes in selling noodles.
Through movies, see China in the eyes of a Westerner:
The son still hopes to be affirmed by his father. This is the complex of our Chinese people.
The West's attitude toward China has not always been friendly:
The massacre in this Sudan has nothing to do with us, and it is not caused by us.
What made the big shift in Western attitudes:
These people actually found that the Chinese nation is such a compassionate and loving nation, and they were really moved.
"Often on the way of escaping fate, we meet it unexpectedly."
"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, only today is a gift from God."
"The top-secret ingredient of my private soup is... nothing. If you think it is special, it will be special."
These vivid and philosophical lines are all derived from an animated movie "Kung Fu Panda". After sweeping 60 million US dollars in the United States, "Kung Fu Panda" came to China and achieved impressive box office results.While the movie made Chinese audiences laugh out loud, it also showed China in the eyes of Westerners.
After the movie "Kung Fu Panda" was released, I also went to the cinema to watch it.Many friends will ask me, Professor Lang, why do you have so much time?I said I don't have time, I want to review this movie, so I have to watch it myself.When I was watching this movie, all the audience in the cinema laughed and were very happy.I didn't laugh less, but I fell into deep thought. I think our society lacks Lu Xun's criticism.Do you know why Lu Xun is great?In fact, as long as you have read Lu Xun's books, you will find that Lu Xun's writing style is very plain, not gorgeous or beautiful at all, and the structure is not so rigorous.But why is he so influential?For one reason, what he wrote must have touched the collective personality of us Chinese, which is culture.Therefore, there is only one prerequisite for the greatness of a writer and the profoundness of his thinking, and that is how he can fully express the national character and express the collective personality of the nation—that is, the culture. Here, I would like to talk about the spirit of Ah Q criticized by Lu Xun. Why does it make everyone talk about it?When Lu Xun talked about the spirit of Ah Q, we will all be particularly touched, so Lu Xun can become the most important critic and writer in modern times. From this point of view, I found that the reason why "Kung Fu Panda" is popular is because it touched our cultural level.But it only touched more than half, not all, and did not fully express the image of us Chinese like Lu Xun. What is expressed in "Kung Fu Panda" is our dark side; the spirit of Ah Q written by Lu Xun also exposes our dark side frankly.The most positive aspect of our Chinese personality, that is, the hidden love revealed in the Wenchuan Earthquake, has hardly been deeply explored by writers throughout the history of Chinese culture. Therefore, we always get sympathy from the dark side, satisfaction from the dark side, and spiritual impact from the dark side.Lu Xun described the dark side of our culture very clearly.But when will love show itself?The love shown by our parents when we encounter a crisis; or the love shown by our relatives and friends when we encounter difficulties; raised his arms in salute.I myself feel very strange, he is so small, how would he know to salute?What kind of spirit triggers him to do this? There is even a video recording that several soldiers dug an English teacher out of the rubble. The students she protected did not die, but she sacrificed herself.At the moment when her body was taken out, several soldiers stood beside her, all saluting her.It seems that this kind of plot can only be seen in movies, but it happened in real life.There are also many parents eagerly looking for their children in front of the collapsed school building. I feel very sad to see the worry and fear.As a parent myself, I can empathize with them very well, and I feel pain for them.And the people around them are also working hard to help them find them, and these scenes also moved me endlessly. It seems that this hidden love of the Chinese has never been the subject of various literary works.In the Chinese literary world after the Wenchuan Earthquake, I hope it will be a literary world where new works spring up like bamboo shoots after a rain, and highlight the hidden love of the Chinese people.When we saw the Wenchuan Earthquake, we would cry. What is the reason?Because the collective personality of the entire Chinese people moved us.The reason why you are moved by reading Lu Xun's books is because the dark side of the whole culture stimulates you, so you like to read them.So divide the culture into two: good ones will move you, like the Wenchuan Earthquake; bad ones will also move you, such as the spirit of Ah Q. I want to tell you about "Kung Fu Panda". The level of "Kung Fu Panda" is definitely not that of Lu Xun, but the reason why "Kung Fu Panda" is loved by everyone is because it exposes the collective personality of the Chinese people, or it can also be called Culture, although the level of exposure is far from reaching the height of Lu Xun.It is precisely because "Kung Fu Panda" reflects Americans' perception of the dark side of our culture, although the level is relatively low, it still makes us feel identified with this movie.It was a hit in China not because it was well shot, but because it touched on the dark side of our culture. So what kind of movie is "Kung Fu Panda"?It is about a panda named Po, who is a noodle seller. He has never read any books, has a lot of fantasies, and is relatively vulgar.Because he has no education and wants to go out and develop himself, his father is not willing. His father's biggest wish is to hope that he can sell more noodles.It happened that a nearby temple was going to hold a grand ceremony, and his father asked him to sell noodles in the temple.After going there, a big event just happened. A long time ago, the raccoon master in the temple picked up a little leopard that was almost frozen to death outside to raise him, and named him Dalong.Although Master Raccoon is not his own child, he loves Dalong very much, treats Dalong as his own, and loves Dalong as his own child.In order to let the dragon develop and stand out, he took care of Dalong to grow up, taught him martial arts, and hoped that Dalong would become the most superb martial arts hero in the world.Dalong did become a martial arts master when he grew up, but he finally betrayed his master and wanted to kill his master.Because he believes that he should have everything when he has come to this point. He has worked so hard to practice since he was a child, so of course he should have everything now. What does Master Raccoon value most?It's just a martial arts secret book, but he didn't give it to Dalong, so Dalong was unhappy.In order to grab this secret book, he almost smashed the entire temple to pieces.As a result, unfortunately, Dalong was subdued by Shizu—that is, an old turtle with extremely strong martial arts—and then put into a prison with very strict guards.But the old turtle prophesied that Dalong would escape from prison in the future and come again to snatch the martial arts secrets. At this time, the grand ceremony held in the temple is to select a martial arts master, inherit the martial arts secrets of Master Raccoon, and then deal with Dalong.Panda Po came to this temple at the beginning of this grand ceremony, ready to sell noodles.The raccoon master also has several other apprentices, including a monkey, a tigress, a crane, a snake and a praying mantis.They are all good at martial arts, but they are no match for Dalong.The master, the old turtle, said that there will be a "dragon warrior" who can defeat the dragon. But this panda noodle seller knows nothing, has never learned martial arts, is an opportunistic guy, lazy, and extremely vulgar, but in the end this guy beat Dalong, and that's the whole story. "Kung Fu Panda" production company DreamWorks said the film was a love letter to China.Indeed, this movie with an uncomplicated plot brings Chinese elements to the fullest. Panda Kung Fu itself is already full of Chinese flavors, and the scenes, props, costumes, and music in the movie all show the charm of Chinese culture.A tiger in a Tang suit, a crane in a bamboo hat, an auspicious old tortoise... Which one is not the image of China in the eyes of foreigners?And the life situation of the protagonist, Panda Po, is also full of the joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys of the little Chinese characters.
This story sounds simple and ridiculous, doesn't it?But we can't look at the problem so simply. The reason why this film was well received by so many of our Chinese film critics is that it was planned by an organization similar to the RAND Corporation.I think the results of RAND's analysis of Chinese human nature are fully displayed in this movie.You may not believe it, and I will explain it one by one next. First, the RAND Corporation believes that the Chinese are selfish and callous.Dalong only thinks of himself, and he doesn't care about the raccoon master who raised him since he was a child. He never cares, because Chinese people are selfish and cruel.Regardless of whether readers are happy or unhappy when they hear such comments, it is likely that this selfishness and cruelty partially express our national character.You can disagree, but that's how Americans see us. Second, the RAND Corporation believes that Chinese people never care about others. Chinese people believe that the purpose of life is to improve themselves, so as to gain the approval of others.How does the big dragon in the movie elevate himself?He must obtain martial arts secrets.Because he has studied with his master for so long, only by obtaining the secrets of martial arts can he become the most powerful person in the world and be recognized by everyone in the world.That's the RAND Corporation's criticism of us. Third, the RAND Corporation believes that Chinese people care about face, which makes Chinese people inherently selfish and ruthless.So this big dragon beat the master hard, and when he was about to strangle the master to death, he actually said to the master: "When you trained me, didn't you hope that I could get the secrets of martial arts, otherwise I would do nothing. Why do you suffer? Now that you don’t give it to me, I’ll strangle you to death!” Dalong is so selfish and ruthless.Dalong said, most people think that I can get martial arts secrets, but you don't give them to me.This is saving face. This report by the RAND Corporation is the American evaluation of the Chinese people's character, and it is completely concentrated on Dalong, which is the worst side of the Chinese character. This is what I just said, the Chinese culture is divided into two - the great love of the subconscious and the dark side. The level of "Kung Fu Panda" only talks about a small part of the dark side, and the level is very low.This dark side runs through Baron, and that's something we moviegoers partly agree with.The following is about pandas. First, the RAND Corporation believes that Chinese people are not educated due to poverty, so most Chinese people do not have elegant manners and manners.In the movie, a panda who has never read a book and sells noodles is extremely rude, and the panda who has no manners alludes to us Chinese. Second, the RAND Corporation believes that Chinese people always dream of miracles, because we are not willing to put in the effort, we always want to get something for nothing.Did you see what the panda did in the movie?Ask him to practice, he can't bear hardships, and he can't practice well.Tell him to eat biscuits, especially stealing other people's biscuits, he will be very interested.The master saw that he was able to climb up the wall in order to steal biscuits, and his legs could be separated very far (normally they are inseparable in practice, but they can be separated when stealing).And stealing biscuits is a good job.You tell him to practice hard and he refuses, you tell him to steal cookies opportunistically, he is very interested.That's what the RAND Corporation says about us, they think we Chinese always want to get something for nothing. Third, the RAND Corporation believes that the Chinese always want to take shortcuts.I believe this sentence should be correct.Do you know how pandas practice?In the movie, Panda is very lazy to practice. He doesn't like to practice, because he thinks it's useless.He wanted to be lazy, so the master kept giving him buns in order to let him practice.Later, through the method of grabbing buns by two people, he practiced agility.If you tell him to squat and do it step by step, he is not interested, but he is interested in grabbing buns.Why?This is a shortcut. Fourth, the RAND Corporation believes that the Chinese have never had the courage to pursue what they think is right, and their execution is particularly poor.Readers think about it, the master asked the panda to practice kung fu, halfway through the practice, he slipped away in the middle of the night and quit.Why doesn't he do it?Because the purpose of his practice is to deal with Dalong, and Dalong is too scary, how could he be Dalong's opponent?Although logically speaking, he has already entered the school, and the master has accepted him as an apprentice, he should practice his kung fu well, and defeat Dalong according to the contract or agreement signed at the beginning.But no, what did he do, slip away in the middle of the night.Obviously, pandas have no execution power. The leopard Dalong and panda Po in the movie represent China in themselves.But then again, are the various skills and martial arts learned by Dalong and Po themselves the views of our various film cultures for Western countries?So let me tell you that this movie itself is a microcosm of what Westerners think of us Chinese. Although the panda Po has many shortcomings, he is eager to win, and even more eager to realize his dreams. After overcoming all kinds of hardships and sufferings, he finally soared into the air, caught the bun, and firmly held his victory and dignity. Hold it firmly in your own hands.Some people say that Abao’s experience is an inspirational story about everything is possible as long as he struggles. According to Professor Lang Xianping, the reason why this movie is moving is that besides Abao, there are more distinctive characters.
I think the reason why he was able to move Chinese audiences is that apart from exposing the dark side of us Chinese, there are two reasons. First, the subconscious love shown by Master Raccoon.Let me give you an example. The tigress is also one of his apprentices. She told Panda Po that Master has never loved others like Dalong. Master loves Dalong the most in his life. He has never loved the five of them like that. Pass.So when Dalong came back to avenge his master, the two of them had a duel. At the moment when they were fighting to the death, the master thought of Dalong when he was young—the cute look in his eyes when he was just picked up.At the moment when Master fell into memory, he was kicked over by Dalong's selfish and ruthless kick, and was almost beaten to death.The master's love is very similar to the subconscious love of our Chinese—he will not give up his love for you because you betrayed the master, and still loves you—this is really touching. Second, the subconscious love shown by Panda Po's father.A Bao's father has been asking him to sell noodles, why?Because my father thinks that this son is worthless, only selling noodles is the safest.But A Bao didn't follow his father's wish, he still chose to learn Kung Fu.At the end of the movie, Ah Bao still hoped to be affirmed by his father. This is our Chinese complex, which is very pitiful.Because this father has always only told you what to do, but not because I love you.He doesn't express his love, he just tells you that you are going to sell noodles.This is the same mentality that we as parents ask our children to prepare for the college entrance examination and strive to be admitted to Tsinghua University and Peking University.The communication between many Chinese children and their father is basically to accept their father’s orders or guidance. He will keep telling you what to do, so you feel that your father is strict and you don’t feel love.So what kind of subconscious does each of us Chinese have in the end?They all hope that when they become famous, they will be recognized by their father, which is very pitiful.This is because the implicit love on the other side of Chinese culture cannot be expressed.I don't know if DreamWorks or Steven Spielberg really understand this kind of love from the Chinese, but the eyes of panda Po looking at his father in "Kung Fu Panda" at the end are the eyes of each of us.After he managed to defeat Dalong, he longed for a little love from his dad, and his dad gave it.This touched a lot of people, because this is our culture. All audiences of this movie are welcome, but we should not simply comment on the superficial aspects of the movie being well shot, the scenes are particularly beautiful, and the characters have distinctive personalities.It's not that simple. This movie will be welcomed by most Chinese audiences, it must be because it stimulates the collective personality of the entire Chinese people, or called culture.Chinese culture has two sides, one is hidden love and the other is dark side.Everyone sees the dark side very clearly—selfish and ruthless, which is represented by Dalong; the other side is the panda Po, although the level of interpretation is not as thorough as Ah Q’s spirit, but part of it is also criticized.I think the most touching thing is the master's unchanging love for Dalong and Po's desire to get his father's approval after success. The highlight of this hidden love makes us agree with this movie even more. After watching "Kung Fu Panda", we found that the Western recognition of Chinese culture has not only stopped at the superficial features such as chopsticks, acupuncture, and landscape, they are also exploring the spiritual connotation of Chinese culture. " and "Hope your child will become a dragon" are typical Chinese education methods, and Master Abao's love for his apprentices as always is also a virtue in the blood of Chinese people.From this movie, we can see that foreigners are re-examining traditional Chinese culture and accepting Chinese culture different from Western traditions peacefully and tolerantly.
Let me talk to you about some details in "Kung Fu Panda" that we should pay special attention to.Everyone pay attention to the main characters in the movie. Panda Po has several brothers, including a crane, a praying mantis, a snake, a monkey, and a tigress.This tigress is actually particularly ironic.These five martial arts brothers are highly skilled, and the five of them practiced hard under the leadership of Master Raccoon, with only one very realistic goal, that is to obtain the supreme martial arts secret book. And the martial arts moves shown by these people are at the same level as in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". What we see are the various moves in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", which are vividly displayed by these five brothers.But "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" lacks the next step compared to this animated film, which is this panda.According to what I just said, this panda has these four major personalities, and these four major personalities portray such a person.Because only China has pandas, and pandas are our national treasures, so if we look at it from the surface, pandas themselves are China's farmers.But then again, are the various skills and various martial arts learned by the panda itself the views of our various film cultures to the West?So the whole panda itself is a microcosm of the West's view of us Chinese, and it also includes Dalong.These are two male protagonists who are purely art-oriented, and these two art-oriented male protagonists have no love, only stupidity, selfishness and ruthlessness.The two of them have their own goals, one is to practice and learn to eat steamed buns, and the other is to get martial arts secrets.But in the end, the mysterious martial arts secret book turned out to be just a blank sheet of paper with nothing on it.The master said that the secret of martial arts is to return to oneself.This movie does not clearly explain what it means. Let's think about it, what is Chinese culture?You may be surprised to find that Chinese culture is a blank slate for you. The design of this plot contains a strong sense of irony.In fact, I never felt that DreamWorks made this movie consciously to express the hidden love of us Chinese. This is just an American filmmaking practice.For example, if we think back, among all the movies Stephen Spielberg has made in his life, at the end of each movie, he will definitely show the brilliance of humanity.This includes many American movies, whether it is a war movie or a comedy movie, this is often the case.Let me take "Saving Private Ryan" as an example. What is the purpose of so many sacrifices in the end?It is to fulfill the love for his compatriots that the country gave him, and to rescue the soldier Ryan.It's the same with other movies, readers, please remember my sentence-every American movie must show some form of love at the end. In the movie "Kung Fu Panda", the love it shows at the end is manifested in the panda's father and Master's inseparable love for Dalong when he was a child.But I tell readers that this movie made by DreamWorks is not trying to highlight the love of us Chinese, because they don't know it at all.They just used the ending of this movie to show the love they have always shown in their past movies, not for the Chinese.So when will this hidden love of the Chinese people be revealed?That was after the Wenchuan Earthquake. But we found that the love that Americans are used to showing at the end of the movie is actually consistent with the hidden love in our Chinese culture to some extent.If we can spread this cultural concept to all parts of the world, don’t you think people will have a new view on us Chinese?Because from this movie, it can still be seen that the hidden love of us Chinese is the same as that of people all over the world.If we can reach a consensus with other countries on this level of culture, it will be the real success of our cultural communication. I think that as far as the current level of these directors in our country is concerned, they have not yet recognized this truth.For example, the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games directed by Zhang Yimou did not meet my expectations.This opening ceremony did not fully express the collective personality of us Chinese, nor did it express the spirit of great love through the opening ceremony.The opening ceremony is just like what I expected in the previous TV shows, it is a "skill" opening ceremony, just like other movies, the scene is very big, the color is very gorgeous, I think it is amazing A big country should make everyone feel that everything is big and gorgeous.However, this is not culture. What the Olympic Opening Ceremony showed is "art". I hope that through this book, everyone can gradually understand what is Chinese culture?Frankly speaking, I think Lu Xun's "Ah Q" spirit and even Bo Yang's "ugly Chinese" spirit are well known in today's China.I think our future culture needs to call for a brand new way of thinking, especially under the hall of our entire culture and art. I think we lack a feeling of great love. Our culture and art have not put the "hidden great The big feeling of "love" is fully displayed, and the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games should have been a good opportunity. However, the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games showed "skills" at the end, but failed to combine with the great love we showed in the Wenchuan Earthquake. This is an eternal disappointment, because the Beijing Olympic Games are far away. The popularity of "Kung Fu Panda" in the world shows that China has attracted more and more attention from the world.For most Westerners, China is as mysterious as that martial arts secret book, so some people worship it, some people are curious, and some people attack it for no reason.
After the Wenchuan Earthquake, foreigners spoke highly of the Chinese government's orderly, powerful and effective disaster relief operations.At the same time, foreigners are convinced by the brave, strong, friendly and optimistic love shown by the Chinese before and after the Wenchuan Earthquake.It can be said that this earthquake moved China and the whole world.Coincidentally, our national treasure panda also happened to live in the center of the earthquake. Today's panda seems to be no longer just a simple national treasure, but also represents China with strong belief, optimistic spirit and great love. people. Just like the immature little peach tree at the end of "Kung Fu Panda", we have to grow up slowly in the face of adversity. There are no secrets in martial arts, and the secret is yourself.
After the movie "Kung Fu Panda" was released, I also went to the cinema to watch it.Many friends will ask me, Professor Lang, why do you have so much time?I said I don't have time, I want to review this movie, so I have to watch it myself.When I was watching this movie, all the audience in the cinema laughed and were very happy.I didn't laugh less, but I fell into deep thought. I think our society lacks Lu Xun's criticism.Do you know why Lu Xun is great?In fact, as long as you have read Lu Xun's books, you will find that Lu Xun's writing style is very plain, not gorgeous or beautiful at all, and the structure is not so rigorous.But why is he so influential?For one reason, what he wrote must have touched the collective personality of us Chinese, which is culture.Therefore, there is only one prerequisite for the greatness of a writer and the profoundness of his thinking, and that is how he can fully express the national character and express the collective personality of the nation—that is, the culture. Here, I would like to talk about the spirit of Ah Q criticized by Lu Xun. Why does it make everyone talk about it?When Lu Xun talked about the spirit of Ah Q, we will all be particularly touched, so Lu Xun can become the most important critic and writer in modern times. From this point of view, I found that the reason why "Kung Fu Panda" is popular is because it touched our cultural level.But it only touched more than half, not all, and did not fully express the image of us Chinese like Lu Xun. What is expressed in "Kung Fu Panda" is our dark side; the spirit of Ah Q written by Lu Xun also exposes our dark side frankly.The most positive aspect of our Chinese personality, that is, the hidden love revealed in the Wenchuan Earthquake, has hardly been deeply explored by writers throughout the history of Chinese culture. Therefore, we always get sympathy from the dark side, satisfaction from the dark side, and spiritual impact from the dark side.Lu Xun described the dark side of our culture very clearly.But when will love show itself?The love shown by our parents when we encounter a crisis; or the love shown by our relatives and friends when we encounter difficulties; raised his arms in salute.I myself feel very strange, he is so small, how would he know to salute?What kind of spirit triggers him to do this? There is even a video recording that several soldiers dug an English teacher out of the rubble. The students she protected did not die, but she sacrificed herself.At the moment when her body was taken out, several soldiers stood beside her, all saluting her.It seems that this kind of plot can only be seen in movies, but it happened in real life.There are also many parents eagerly looking for their children in front of the collapsed school building. I feel very sad to see the worry and fear.As a parent myself, I can empathize with them very well, and I feel pain for them.And the people around them are also working hard to help them find them, and these scenes also moved me endlessly. It seems that this hidden love of the Chinese has never been the subject of various literary works.In the Chinese literary world after the Wenchuan Earthquake, I hope it will be a literary world where new works spring up like bamboo shoots after a rain, and highlight the hidden love of the Chinese people.When we saw the Wenchuan Earthquake, we would cry. What is the reason?Because the collective personality of the entire Chinese people moved us.The reason why you are moved by reading Lu Xun's books is because the dark side of the whole culture stimulates you, so you like to read them.So divide the culture into two: good ones will move you, like the Wenchuan Earthquake; bad ones will also move you, such as the spirit of Ah Q. I want to tell you about "Kung Fu Panda". The level of "Kung Fu Panda" is definitely not that of Lu Xun, but the reason why "Kung Fu Panda" is loved by everyone is because it exposes the collective personality of the Chinese people, or it can also be called Culture, although the level of exposure is far from reaching the height of Lu Xun.It is precisely because "Kung Fu Panda" reflects Americans' perception of the dark side of our culture, although the level is relatively low, it still makes us feel identified with this movie.It was a hit in China not because it was well shot, but because it touched on the dark side of our culture. So what kind of movie is "Kung Fu Panda"?It is about a panda named Po, who is a noodle seller. He has never read any books, has a lot of fantasies, and is relatively vulgar.Because he has no education and wants to go out and develop himself, his father is not willing. His father's biggest wish is to hope that he can sell more noodles.It happened that a nearby temple was going to hold a grand ceremony, and his father asked him to sell noodles in the temple.After going there, a big event just happened. A long time ago, the raccoon master in the temple picked up a little leopard that was almost frozen to death outside to raise him, and named him Dalong.Although Master Raccoon is not his own child, he loves Dalong very much, treats Dalong as his own, and loves Dalong as his own child.In order to let the dragon develop and stand out, he took care of Dalong to grow up, taught him martial arts, and hoped that Dalong would become the most superb martial arts hero in the world.Dalong did become a martial arts master when he grew up, but he finally betrayed his master and wanted to kill his master.Because he believes that he should have everything when he has come to this point. He has worked so hard to practice since he was a child, so of course he should have everything now. What does Master Raccoon value most?It's just a martial arts secret book, but he didn't give it to Dalong, so Dalong was unhappy.In order to grab this secret book, he almost smashed the entire temple to pieces.As a result, unfortunately, Dalong was subdued by Shizu—that is, an old turtle with extremely strong martial arts—and then put into a prison with very strict guards.But the old turtle prophesied that Dalong would escape from prison in the future and come again to snatch the martial arts secrets. At this time, the grand ceremony held in the temple is to select a martial arts master, inherit the martial arts secrets of Master Raccoon, and then deal with Dalong.Panda Po came to this temple at the beginning of this grand ceremony, ready to sell noodles.The raccoon master also has several other apprentices, including a monkey, a tigress, a crane, a snake and a praying mantis.They are all good at martial arts, but they are no match for Dalong.The master, the old turtle, said that there will be a "dragon warrior" who can defeat the dragon. But this panda noodle seller knows nothing, has never learned martial arts, is an opportunistic guy, lazy, and extremely vulgar, but in the end this guy beat Dalong, and that's the whole story. "Kung Fu Panda" production company DreamWorks said the film was a love letter to China.Indeed, this movie with an uncomplicated plot brings Chinese elements to the fullest. Panda Kung Fu itself is already full of Chinese flavors, and the scenes, props, costumes, and music in the movie all show the charm of Chinese culture.A tiger in a Tang suit, a crane in a bamboo hat, an auspicious old tortoise... Which one is not the image of China in the eyes of foreigners?And the life situation of the protagonist, Panda Po, is also full of the joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys of the little Chinese characters.
This story sounds simple and ridiculous, doesn't it?But we can't look at the problem so simply. The reason why this film was well received by so many of our Chinese film critics is that it was planned by an organization similar to the RAND Corporation.I think the results of RAND's analysis of Chinese human nature are fully displayed in this movie.You may not believe it, and I will explain it one by one next. First, the RAND Corporation believes that the Chinese are selfish and callous.Dalong only thinks of himself, and he doesn't care about the raccoon master who raised him since he was a child. He never cares, because Chinese people are selfish and cruel.Regardless of whether readers are happy or unhappy when they hear such comments, it is likely that this selfishness and cruelty partially express our national character.You can disagree, but that's how Americans see us. Second, the RAND Corporation believes that Chinese people never care about others. Chinese people believe that the purpose of life is to improve themselves, so as to gain the approval of others.How does the big dragon in the movie elevate himself?He must obtain martial arts secrets.Because he has studied with his master for so long, only by obtaining the secrets of martial arts can he become the most powerful person in the world and be recognized by everyone in the world.That's the RAND Corporation's criticism of us. Third, the RAND Corporation believes that Chinese people care about face, which makes Chinese people inherently selfish and ruthless.So this big dragon beat the master hard, and when he was about to strangle the master to death, he actually said to the master: "When you trained me, didn't you hope that I could get the secrets of martial arts, otherwise I would do nothing. Why do you suffer? Now that you don’t give it to me, I’ll strangle you to death!” Dalong is so selfish and ruthless.Dalong said, most people think that I can get martial arts secrets, but you don't give them to me.This is saving face. This report by the RAND Corporation is the American evaluation of the Chinese people's character, and it is completely concentrated on Dalong, which is the worst side of the Chinese character. This is what I just said, the Chinese culture is divided into two - the great love of the subconscious and the dark side. The level of "Kung Fu Panda" only talks about a small part of the dark side, and the level is very low.This dark side runs through Baron, and that's something we moviegoers partly agree with.The following is about pandas. First, the RAND Corporation believes that Chinese people are not educated due to poverty, so most Chinese people do not have elegant manners and manners.In the movie, a panda who has never read a book and sells noodles is extremely rude, and the panda who has no manners alludes to us Chinese. Second, the RAND Corporation believes that Chinese people always dream of miracles, because we are not willing to put in the effort, we always want to get something for nothing.Did you see what the panda did in the movie?Ask him to practice, he can't bear hardships, and he can't practice well.Tell him to eat biscuits, especially stealing other people's biscuits, he will be very interested.The master saw that he was able to climb up the wall in order to steal biscuits, and his legs could be separated very far (normally they are inseparable in practice, but they can be separated when stealing).And stealing biscuits is a good job.You tell him to practice hard and he refuses, you tell him to steal cookies opportunistically, he is very interested.That's what the RAND Corporation says about us, they think we Chinese always want to get something for nothing. Third, the RAND Corporation believes that the Chinese always want to take shortcuts.I believe this sentence should be correct.Do you know how pandas practice?In the movie, Panda is very lazy to practice. He doesn't like to practice, because he thinks it's useless.He wanted to be lazy, so the master kept giving him buns in order to let him practice.Later, through the method of grabbing buns by two people, he practiced agility.If you tell him to squat and do it step by step, he is not interested, but he is interested in grabbing buns.Why?This is a shortcut. Fourth, the RAND Corporation believes that the Chinese have never had the courage to pursue what they think is right, and their execution is particularly poor.Readers think about it, the master asked the panda to practice kung fu, halfway through the practice, he slipped away in the middle of the night and quit.Why doesn't he do it?Because the purpose of his practice is to deal with Dalong, and Dalong is too scary, how could he be Dalong's opponent?Although logically speaking, he has already entered the school, and the master has accepted him as an apprentice, he should practice his kung fu well, and defeat Dalong according to the contract or agreement signed at the beginning.But no, what did he do, slip away in the middle of the night.Obviously, pandas have no execution power. The leopard Dalong and panda Po in the movie represent China in themselves.But then again, are the various skills and martial arts learned by Dalong and Po themselves the views of our various film cultures for Western countries?So let me tell you that this movie itself is a microcosm of what Westerners think of us Chinese. Although the panda Po has many shortcomings, he is eager to win, and even more eager to realize his dreams. After overcoming all kinds of hardships and sufferings, he finally soared into the air, caught the bun, and firmly held his victory and dignity. Hold it firmly in your own hands.Some people say that Abao’s experience is an inspirational story about everything is possible as long as he struggles. According to Professor Lang Xianping, the reason why this movie is moving is that besides Abao, there are more distinctive characters.
I think the reason why he was able to move Chinese audiences is that apart from exposing the dark side of us Chinese, there are two reasons. First, the subconscious love shown by Master Raccoon.Let me give you an example. The tigress is also one of his apprentices. She told Panda Po that Master has never loved others like Dalong. Master loves Dalong the most in his life. He has never loved the five of them like that. Pass.So when Dalong came back to avenge his master, the two of them had a duel. At the moment when they were fighting to the death, the master thought of Dalong when he was young—the cute look in his eyes when he was just picked up.At the moment when Master fell into memory, he was kicked over by Dalong's selfish and ruthless kick, and was almost beaten to death.The master's love is very similar to the subconscious love of our Chinese—he will not give up his love for you because you betrayed the master, and still loves you—this is really touching. Second, the subconscious love shown by Panda Po's father.A Bao's father has been asking him to sell noodles, why?Because my father thinks that this son is worthless, only selling noodles is the safest.But A Bao didn't follow his father's wish, he still chose to learn Kung Fu.At the end of the movie, Ah Bao still hoped to be affirmed by his father. This is our Chinese complex, which is very pitiful.Because this father has always only told you what to do, but not because I love you.He doesn't express his love, he just tells you that you are going to sell noodles.This is the same mentality that we as parents ask our children to prepare for the college entrance examination and strive to be admitted to Tsinghua University and Peking University.The communication between many Chinese children and their father is basically to accept their father’s orders or guidance. He will keep telling you what to do, so you feel that your father is strict and you don’t feel love.So what kind of subconscious does each of us Chinese have in the end?They all hope that when they become famous, they will be recognized by their father, which is very pitiful.This is because the implicit love on the other side of Chinese culture cannot be expressed.I don't know if DreamWorks or Steven Spielberg really understand this kind of love from the Chinese, but the eyes of panda Po looking at his father in "Kung Fu Panda" at the end are the eyes of each of us.After he managed to defeat Dalong, he longed for a little love from his dad, and his dad gave it.This touched a lot of people, because this is our culture. All audiences of this movie are welcome, but we should not simply comment on the superficial aspects of the movie being well shot, the scenes are particularly beautiful, and the characters have distinctive personalities.It's not that simple. This movie will be welcomed by most Chinese audiences, it must be because it stimulates the collective personality of the entire Chinese people, or called culture.Chinese culture has two sides, one is hidden love and the other is dark side.Everyone sees the dark side very clearly—selfish and ruthless, which is represented by Dalong; the other side is the panda Po, although the level of interpretation is not as thorough as Ah Q’s spirit, but part of it is also criticized.I think the most touching thing is the master's unchanging love for Dalong and Po's desire to get his father's approval after success. The highlight of this hidden love makes us agree with this movie even more. After watching "Kung Fu Panda", we found that the Western recognition of Chinese culture has not only stopped at the superficial features such as chopsticks, acupuncture, and landscape, they are also exploring the spiritual connotation of Chinese culture. " and "Hope your child will become a dragon" are typical Chinese education methods, and Master Abao's love for his apprentices as always is also a virtue in the blood of Chinese people.From this movie, we can see that foreigners are re-examining traditional Chinese culture and accepting Chinese culture different from Western traditions peacefully and tolerantly.
Let me talk to you about some details in "Kung Fu Panda" that we should pay special attention to.Everyone pay attention to the main characters in the movie. Panda Po has several brothers, including a crane, a praying mantis, a snake, a monkey, and a tigress.This tigress is actually particularly ironic.These five martial arts brothers are highly skilled, and the five of them practiced hard under the leadership of Master Raccoon, with only one very realistic goal, that is to obtain the supreme martial arts secret book. And the martial arts moves shown by these people are at the same level as in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". What we see are the various moves in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", which are vividly displayed by these five brothers.But "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" lacks the next step compared to this animated film, which is this panda.According to what I just said, this panda has these four major personalities, and these four major personalities portray such a person.Because only China has pandas, and pandas are our national treasures, so if we look at it from the surface, pandas themselves are China's farmers.But then again, are the various skills and various martial arts learned by the panda itself the views of our various film cultures to the West?So the whole panda itself is a microcosm of the West's view of us Chinese, and it also includes Dalong.These are two male protagonists who are purely art-oriented, and these two art-oriented male protagonists have no love, only stupidity, selfishness and ruthlessness.The two of them have their own goals, one is to practice and learn to eat steamed buns, and the other is to get martial arts secrets.But in the end, the mysterious martial arts secret book turned out to be just a blank sheet of paper with nothing on it.The master said that the secret of martial arts is to return to oneself.This movie does not clearly explain what it means. Let's think about it, what is Chinese culture?You may be surprised to find that Chinese culture is a blank slate for you. The design of this plot contains a strong sense of irony.In fact, I never felt that DreamWorks made this movie consciously to express the hidden love of us Chinese. This is just an American filmmaking practice.For example, if we think back, among all the movies Stephen Spielberg has made in his life, at the end of each movie, he will definitely show the brilliance of humanity.This includes many American movies, whether it is a war movie or a comedy movie, this is often the case.Let me take "Saving Private Ryan" as an example. What is the purpose of so many sacrifices in the end?It is to fulfill the love for his compatriots that the country gave him, and to rescue the soldier Ryan.It's the same with other movies, readers, please remember my sentence-every American movie must show some form of love at the end. In the movie "Kung Fu Panda", the love it shows at the end is manifested in the panda's father and Master's inseparable love for Dalong when he was a child.But I tell readers that this movie made by DreamWorks is not trying to highlight the love of us Chinese, because they don't know it at all.They just used the ending of this movie to show the love they have always shown in their past movies, not for the Chinese.So when will this hidden love of the Chinese people be revealed?That was after the Wenchuan Earthquake. But we found that the love that Americans are used to showing at the end of the movie is actually consistent with the hidden love in our Chinese culture to some extent.If we can spread this cultural concept to all parts of the world, don’t you think people will have a new view on us Chinese?Because from this movie, it can still be seen that the hidden love of us Chinese is the same as that of people all over the world.If we can reach a consensus with other countries on this level of culture, it will be the real success of our cultural communication. I think that as far as the current level of these directors in our country is concerned, they have not yet recognized this truth.For example, the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games directed by Zhang Yimou did not meet my expectations.This opening ceremony did not fully express the collective personality of us Chinese, nor did it express the spirit of great love through the opening ceremony.The opening ceremony is just like what I expected in the previous TV shows, it is a "skill" opening ceremony, just like other movies, the scene is very big, the color is very gorgeous, I think it is amazing A big country should make everyone feel that everything is big and gorgeous.However, this is not culture. What the Olympic Opening Ceremony showed is "art". I hope that through this book, everyone can gradually understand what is Chinese culture?Frankly speaking, I think Lu Xun's "Ah Q" spirit and even Bo Yang's "ugly Chinese" spirit are well known in today's China.I think our future culture needs to call for a brand new way of thinking, especially under the hall of our entire culture and art. I think we lack a feeling of great love. Our culture and art have not put the "hidden great The big feeling of "love" is fully displayed, and the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games should have been a good opportunity. However, the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games showed "skills" at the end, but failed to combine with the great love we showed in the Wenchuan Earthquake. This is an eternal disappointment, because the Beijing Olympic Games are far away. The popularity of "Kung Fu Panda" in the world shows that China has attracted more and more attention from the world.For most Westerners, China is as mysterious as that martial arts secret book, so some people worship it, some people are curious, and some people attack it for no reason.
After the Wenchuan Earthquake, foreigners spoke highly of the Chinese government's orderly, powerful and effective disaster relief operations.At the same time, foreigners are convinced by the brave, strong, friendly and optimistic love shown by the Chinese before and after the Wenchuan Earthquake.It can be said that this earthquake moved China and the whole world.Coincidentally, our national treasure panda also happened to live in the center of the earthquake. Today's panda seems to be no longer just a simple national treasure, but also represents China with strong belief, optimistic spirit and great love. people. Just like the immature little peach tree at the end of "Kung Fu Panda", we have to grow up slowly in the face of adversity. There are no secrets in martial arts, and the secret is yourself.