《刮痧》观后感
第一次听到《刮痧》这个名字，以为这是一部有关中医学的影片，原来是以“刮痧”作为本部影片的线索，讲述中外文化之间的差异。观看影片《刮痧》后，深刻地感受到中外文化的差异如生活方式、传统习俗、传统价值观念等等，对中国人在外国的生活所造成的影响是无法想象的。影片发生在以保守和“居民顽固”著称的美国密苏里州，主人公许大同的父亲刚到美国不久，不熟悉英文也不了解当地文化，儿子丹尼斯发烧肚子疼，不懂英文而采用传统的刮痧给孙儿治病，但由于当时密苏里州尤其排斥外来文化，不理解中国的传统医学，误认为这是虐待孩童的家庭事件，许大同一家从而也引发一系列的难题——儿子被儿童福利局接走和监护；父亲怆然回国，他只能自嘲自己为一堆“臭狗屎”；与妻子分居，受人监督，不能踏入家门半步。也许这就是“人在异国，身不由己”吧，不仅仅是“刮痧”这件事，影片当中的一些生活小情节也明显地体现中外文化的种种差异，值得我们去思考。
首先，开篇讲述在许大同的庆功会上，小丹尼斯和许大同洋老板的儿子打了一架，许大同让儿子当面向老板的儿子赔礼道歉，小丹尼斯坚决不服从，许大同一怒打了他一巴掌。在许大同的眼里，这是教导他认错的方式，另外也是给予老板一定的尊重和面子，毕竟自己所取得的成就离不开这位洋老板多年来的支持和提拔。对于许大同这一举动，洋老板脸部呈现的是错愕和惊讶的表情，显然在洋老板的眼里这是对孩子的一种伤害。以至于后来许大同告诉老板说这是为了他的面子，洋老板也是不能够理解的。
这一丁点的情节，就暴露出两者的差异。在外国，法律上已经明文规定保护孩子免受家人有关暴力、虐待、侮辱等伤害其身心健康的行为，否则将追究监护人的责任。外国的父母是不会轻易大骂孩子，也许是法律规定吧。但在中国是迥然不同的，对孩子的过错，父母一般采取打骂的方式，认为这是教导孩子的正常方式，就像丹尼斯的爷爷所说的“打是情骂是爱，不打不骂不成材”。
第二个是许大同为接回留在警察局的父亲，急急忙忙走出去，而疏忽了单独留在家里睡觉的儿子，丹尼斯因不小心撞破头被送往医院，也才有了后来的事件—医生。这一情节，让我们知晓，在美国，儿童单独留在家中无人监护，这种行为是违反家庭法的，他们认为这是父母不理会、不爱护孩子的做法；在中国是相反的，父母因为担心孩子的安危，认为孩子在外容易受到伤害，所以宁愿孩子逗留家中，这样反而是安全的。可想想，许大同也是情有可原、迫不得已的，年迈的父亲在警察局，听到这个消息，哪一个孩子不是紧张、担忧呢？哪一个不是立马飞去接回父亲呢？这也是孝心的一种表现啊！在外国人的眼里，在他们引以为傲的法律面前，他们不会倾听、相信这种借口，许大同让孩子单独留在家里，这就是事实！所以，这小情节也成为儿童福利局的代表律师咬着许大同不放的一个证据，看得观众的心里对这位律师也是很咬牙切齿的！
接着，来到影片的高潮部分。医生误认为丹尼斯背部的伤痕是家暴造成的，直接通知儿童福利局来处理问题。福利局负责人现场都没有了解实际情况就强行将丹尼斯和许大同分开，并宣布丹尼斯由福利局暂时监护。
我的感受是，影片中的负责人没有弄清楚事情的真相，就采取强制的行为，实质是为了保护孩子的安危，但未免有点过火了。至始至终，她都没有考虑过孩子的感受和真实想法，我认为5岁的孩子已经是初步具有判断是非的能力，父母对他是爱护还是虐待，他的心里难道不清楚吗？否则，丹尼斯也不会说出“爸爸妈妈是不是不要我了？”误以为父母抛弃他了，福利局的做法对孩子的伤害、对这一家人的伤害也是相当大的！
法庭中，那位儿童权利保护中心的律师为了赢得官司，任意曲解名著《西游记》中孙悟空的精神实质，终于激怒了许大同而让这事走向了诉讼。最后许大同无法找到“刮痧是中国的传统疗法”的证据，并且他过于冲动的表现，法官最终判决丹尼斯生活在不安全的环境，许大同是虐待孩子。对于那位律师咄咄逼人的行为，我表示深深的气愤。但也没有办法，无论他
怎样用语言来表达他是多么地爱自己的儿子都打动不了法官的心,法律只需要证据。美国是一个法制国家,每一种纠纷都通过法律途径来解决,他们看重的事实,是证据。其实，说真的，美国这些法律规定对中国人来说显得有些多事,甚至是不可理喻的。中国人认为这是家庭私事，不应该由外人干涉。美国人的法制观念和中国人的传统文化很不相同,反映了不同的价值观,很难说清谁对谁错。大同最终还是被判决与自己的儿子隔离,这一判决虽然缺乏人情味,但是从依法办事的角度来看,法院的判决却是正确的,只是广大中国观众绝对接受不了,情感还是站在不守法的大同这一边。但冷静下来想想,我们又不得不承认在这场文化较量过程中,我们看到了美国人是如何地重视人权,他们用法律和社会机构来约束人们的行为,特别是对未成年人的保护是值得我们学习和借鉴的。
《刮痧》所表现的一些小差异，只是中西文化全部冲突的一个缩影，这种冲突还将长久的继续存在。重要的不是改变，因为无法改变——两个民族几千年形成的思维和认知，只能随着交流的加深而逐渐融合。重要的是习惯和相互适应——当观众们看到影片结尾许大同一家人激情的相拥在一起接受包括公诉人在内的那么多美国人的祝福时，谁能说这不是一种相互适应和融合呢。，相信不管差异有多大，随着时代的不断发展和文化的交流，这些差异也阻挡不了各民族的往来和友谊，阻挡不了人与人之间的相爱。
第二篇：刮痧读后感英文版
On the culture shook in the firm of “the treatment”
——by Che yinan Culture shock is a long term psychological stress that all human beings experience when they move to a completely new cultural environment, especially when a person arrives in a new country where he is confronted with a new cultural environment. This term expresses the lack of direction, the feeling of not knowing what to do or how to do things in a new environment, and not knowing what is appropriate or inappropriate.
There are five causes of culture shock: culture stress, social alienation, financial matters, social class and poverty-wealth extremes and relationships and family consideration.
What?s more, there are many kinds of symptoms of culture shock. We can divide the symptoms of culture shock mentioned above into two aspects: physical and psychological. Some of the physical symptoms of culture shock include: too much sleep or too little sleep, eating too much or having no appetite, frequent minor illnesses, upset stomachaches or headaches, and a general feeling of uneasiness. Psychological symptoms are insomnia, fatigue, isolation and loneliness, disorientation, frustration, criticism of new country, depression, nervousness, self-doubt, irritability, anger, and emotional and intellectual withdrawal.
The feeling of culture shock generally sets in after the first few weeks of coming to a new place, though sometimes can take longer to surface. Culture shock likes a disease, has causes, symptoms and cures.
Culture shock is frequently described as a series of stages that a person gose through. There are five stages. In the beginning, people are usually excited about what they will experience in the new environment; this stage is called the honeymoon stage, as everything encountered is new and exciting. Soon they feel disappointed by what they actually experienced, this is the second stage called hostility stage. The third stage is the recovery stage; this is characterized by gaining some understanding of the new culture. The new arrivers may not feel as lost as before and start to have a feeling of direction. They are more familiar with the environment and want to identify themselves with it. At the fourth stage, people realize the new culture has good and bad things to offer. People start to define themselves and establish goals for living. The last stage is the biculturalism stage, at this stage people become able to cope comfortably in both home and new cultures. However, full adjustment can take years.
Generally speaking, culture shock can be alleviated, or minimized. What follows are some suggestions for enhancing the international business experiences by reducing clashes with the local culture. Learning throughout your stay. Get involved. Master simple tasks. Try to understand. Learn to live with ambiguity. Be empathetic. Be flexible and resourceful. Be humorous. These suggestions can help new arrivers go through such uncomfortable experience.
There are so much difference between the Chinese culture and the American culture. From the movie Gua sha we can know the different. And this movie shows us
about the culture shock. In Chinese culture, physical punishment is commonly used by Chinese family. They think this will help to growing up. But in western society is absolutely forbidden. Any abusing children were viewed as illegal conduct. Gua sha is a treatment in traditional oriental medicine in which a wooden board repeatedly slides across the patient?s acupuncture acupressure massage points. It works in similar principles like that of acupuncture acupressure massage. This method would inevitably leave bruise on the skin, and the story begins here, when the visiting grandpa who does not speak any English used this traditional practice to treat the grandson when both son and daughter-in-law were at work.
China is a country that has a long history. In long history, china forms her own unique ethics-paying attention to youth, and paying attention to ancestor worship. “He is a Chinese” so Da tong must tell a lie to protect his father. It doesn?t be understood by his boss because only those people who grow up in our land can truly understand its meaning. Besides ?hit you because of loving for you? also doesn?t be understood by Dennis, leading to endless conflict. In addition, the different medical theory also leads that Da tong are misunderstood. These are the cultural differences between East and West.
As to show respect to friends, Da tong xu punished his son physically in front of friend. But this was misinterpreted as violence by his foreign friends. This is misunderstanding in culture between East and West. How to avoid the tragedy of the story? We must strengthen the east-west cultural exchange and learning, and only with respect to different cultures and inclusive will it be possible to avoid the culture and values of conflict. Da tong was understood by everyone, family friend and fore, even through he has the best intentions, and he carried the responsibility quite heavily, making him do one wrong turn after another. The film Gua sha reflects the difference of value and culture views between western society and orient society. China society has been receiving impact of Confucianism for thousands years. Confucianism is known as paying regard to human relationship and ethic. Piety, courtesy and localism are most important ethic. But in western culture that is more emphasis on individualism, independence and equality. So conflicts in culture and value are unavoidable. These conflicts have shown in the story.
Different countries, different ethnic cultures are equal and no difference between high and low but a nation?s cultural awareness, cultural tolerance, is a very important matter. In this modern world, different cultures need to take in others? advantages, and we need to have the ability that cross-cultural communication. As to the reason, the invisible nature of one?s cultural beliefs also makes it difficult to impossible to explain yourself to others when questioned, but even though there are many differences between east and west, I believe that misunderstandings can be nullified with simple, two sided explanations when people are willing to listen patiently, just like the film?s end all misunderstandings are gone. This is my opinion about the culture shock.