Abstract Film, as an important carrier of art and culture, has played an increasingly significant role in daily life。 The film art has brought leisure and entertainment for the majority of the audience, and gradually become the effective tool for the dissemination of culture。 This thesis is an analysis of the film Grandson from the United States, which tells the story of the Chinese shadow play artist the old Yang and his grandson Brooks。 The old Yang is the symbol of Chinese traditional culture, who worships the Monkey King, while Brooks is the representative of American culture and worships the Spiderman。 Due to cultural differences between China and America, a series of confrontation and conflicts frequently occur。 After the tortuous collision and mutual tolerance, the old Yang and Brooks eventually become best friends, turning conflicts into integration。 This thesis first mainly analyzes the cultural differences between China and the United States from three aspects: language, daily diet and values, then analyzes the possibility and inevitability of cultural integration between China and America, in order to express the theme that the ultimate cultural integration between China and America is the needs of the times。94635

Keywords: Chinese culture and American culture; cultural conflicts; cultural integration; Grandson from the United States   

摘要 电影作为艺术和文化的重要载体，在日常生活中发挥着越来越重要的作用。 电影艺术为广大观众带来休闲娱乐，逐渐成为传播文化的有效工具。电影《孙子从美国来》讲述了中国皮影戏艺人老杨头和洋孙子布鲁克斯之间发生的故事。老杨头是中国传统文化的代表，崇拜中国传统文化中的孙悟空，布鲁克斯则是美国文化的代表，崇拜西洋文化中的蜘蛛侠。受中美文化差异的影响，他们之间发生了一系列的对抗和冲突。经过曲折的碰撞和相互之间的包容，最终变对立为友情，变冲突为融合。本论文先从语言形式、饮食习惯和价值观三个方面剖析这部电影中所反映的中美文化差异，接着分析中美文化融合的可能性以及必然性，展现中美文化的最终融合是时代需要这一主题。

毕业论文关键词：中美文化；文化冲突；文化融合；《孙子从美国来》

Contents

1。 Introduction 1

2。 Literature Review 2

2。1 Definitions of cultural conflicts and integration 2

2。2 Previous studies on cultural conflicts and integration 2

2。3 Previous studies on film and culture 3

3。 Cultural Conflicts in Grandson from the United States 4

3。1 Conflicts in language 4

3。2 Conflicts in daily diet 5

3。3 Conflicts in values 6

4。 Cultural Integration in Grandson from the United States 8

4。1 The inevitability of cultural integration 8

4。2 Suggestions on successful integration into another culture 9

5。 Conclusion 10

Works Cited 11

1。 Introduction 

     Every country has its own culture。 Fundamentally, Chinese culture and American culture belong to two different types of cultures。 “Chinese culture belongs to the inland farming culture, while American culture, originated in Europe, belongs to the marine business culture。”(Shan 104) The Chinese nation has always been dependent on agriculture and has deep feelings for land。 In the days of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, China’s territory is not as broad as today, and our ancestors’ activities are generally in the Central Plains of the Yellow River Basin。 The Yellow River Basin is rich in water resources and is enough to meet people’s water needs。 What people need to do is to guard the fields and follow seasonal changes to increase agricultural production without the need for external expansion and aggression。 Therefore, Chinese culture has the feature of stability, unity and adaptation to the law of nature。