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whenwechinesearesoproudofkungfuandjapanesefeelcomplacenttowardstheiranimation,afilmcalledcombinestwoofthemtomakeagreatdifferenceintheworld.asweallknow,thispandaisnotfromchinaorjapan,it’s“made”inamerica.actuallyit’sonewayculturaldiversityandculturalintegrationeffecteachother----onetypi
2、calamericanway----toabsorbsomanydifferentculturesthenmakethemamericanone.
sowhatcanwelearnfrompopularityofamericanculture。we,chinese,haveavividcultureandhistoryofourown.butwhatcanweseenowadays----streets’fullofmcdonaldandkfc,wetalkalotaboutkoreanoperasandjapanesecartoons,andpeoplearecrazyabout
3、valentine'sdayandchristmas.weallknowthatthetendencytomodernizeisnowaytostop,thenwhycan’tweusethistendencytosaveevenrefreshourculture。americacanusechinesekungfuandjapaneseanimationtomaketheir“kungfupanda”,whycan’twe。somepeoplemaythinkit’shumiliatedforourculturetodoso.why。becauseintheirmind,thereexist
4、snoculturebetterthanchineseandifwelowerourlevelto“cater”,it’sashame.really。actuallyit’snot.thereisnodiscriminationamongcultures.andtheaimofcombinationisratherthanto“cater”buttofitourtraditionalcultureintomoderndevelopment.whilesomeothersmayworrythatit’sdangeroustokeeptheoriginalculturethroughthisway
5、imustadmitthatthisisreallyaproblemforcombinationiscertaintobringsomechangetotheoriginalculture.howeverit’snotjustaproblemaboutculturalcombinationbutaboutculturaltranslation.asyouallknow,thetranslatedcan’tbeattheoriginalsfortherealwaysexistsomethingsyoucan’ttranslatejustlikewhathappenedinthehardtran
6、slationworkof.butweallthinktranslationofclassicisnecessary.why。becauseweknowthatspreadofcultureismoreimportantthantheaccuracyoftranslation.andthat’sthereasonwhyiinsistculturalcombination.somedaysbefore,italkedthistopicwithmyfriendwhohasstudiedinamericaformorethanthreeyears.iaskedherwhethershecanfeel
7、anyculturalintegrationinherlifeforamericaisfamouswithitsmulticulturaltrait.shejusttoldmethatmodernismisoneoftheculturalintegrationforthereissosimilarbetweentwodevelopedcitiesfromtwocountrieswithtotallydifferentcultures.“thenit’sdifficulttosaveourowncultureinthedevelopingprocessifwhatyousaidisright”iaskeddespitefully.”well,idon’tthinkso.youcanseeoriginalcultureandmodernculturebothinchengdu”sheanswered.iknowsheisrightandthat’swhytheideaofculturalcombinationcomestomymind.ihaveseenasuccessfulcombinationofsichuanoperaandmagicinaworldstage.andiknowit’sjustastart.
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