Gua Sha is a movie about the differences between American and Chinese culture. Xu datong is a video games designer in St. Louis. When his father visits from China, he performs Gua Sha (a Chinese traditional treatment) on his grandson, which leaves bright red marks on the skin and causes a lawsuit of child abuse. In the court, Datong loses his mind so that finally he loses custody of his son. I think this scene is shocking and thought-provoking to most of the Chinese audiences. But the most impressing scene to me is the ending. Datong wants to see his son in Christmas eve, he has to climb a pipe to the ninth floor which his son lives. I think the pipe is not only a pipe, but also a gap, a deep gap between American and 5000-year Chinese culture. He wants to climb over the gap and he will never succeed, perhaps no Chinese people really could succeed. It’s about assimilation into American culture, and not assimilation in an ”International” city, like SF or NY or LA or Chicago, but St. Louis, MO (actually shot there). Really great acting, interesting story. 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. Sadly, in US, this is a story that repeats itself many times in the area where many oriental immigrants lives and all of these are due to simple misunderstanding between cultures.Gua Sha: Step-by-Step, by Arya Nielsen.If an acupuncturist is trained in Classical Chinese medicine, they will do this technique in their practice for pain, and for acute or chronic illness.

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　　jane eyre — a beautiful soul jane eyre, is a poor but aspiring, small in body but huge in soul, obscure but self-respecting girl. after we close the covers of the book, after having a long journey of the spirit, jane eyre, a marvelous figure, has left us so much to recall and to think: we remember her goodness: for someone who lost arms and blinded in eyes, for someone who despised her for her ordinariness, and even for someone who had hurt her deeply in the past. we remember her pursuit of justice. it’s like a companion with the goodness. but still, a virtuous person should promote the goodness on one side and must check the badness on the other side. we remember her self-respect and the clear situation on equality. in her opinion, everyone is the same at the god’s feet. though there are differences in status、in property and also in appearance, but all the human being are equal in personality. we also remember her striving for life, her toughness and her confidence… when we think of this girl, what she gave us was not a pretty face or a transcendent temperament that make us admire deeply, but a huge charm of her personality. her story makes us thinking about life and we learn much from her experience, at least, that is a fresh new recognition of the real beauty. learn to love and care（雾都孤儿） here i am sitting on a couch alone, thinking about what i have just finished reading with tears of sadness filling my eyes and fire of indignation filling my heart, which revived my exhausted soul that has already been covered by the cruelty and the selfishness of the secular world for a long time. it is truly what i felt after reading oliver twist, written by the prominent british author charles dickens
简爱-美丽心灵的简爱，是一个贫穷而有抱负的，小的机构，但在巨大的灵魂，晦涩但自尊的女孩。当我们关闭了书的封面后，有一个漫长的精神旅途，简爱，一个了不起的数字，给我们留下了太多的回忆和思考：我们还记得她的善良：有人谁失去了武器和失明的眼睛，因为有人鄙视她的平凡，甚至有人他深深地伤害了她在过去。我们还记得她对正义的追求。它就像一个同伴与善良。但是，一个善良的人应该促进善良的一面，必须检查恶的另一边。我们还记得她的自我尊重和平等明确的情况。在她看来，每个人都在神的脚一样。尽管在财产状况、也在外观上的差异，但所有的人在人格上是平等的。我们还记得她的努力生活，她的韧性和她的信心……当我们想到这个女孩，她给我们的不是一个漂亮的脸蛋或超然的气质，使我们深感钦佩，但她的性格的巨大魅力。她的故事使我们思考我们的生活和学习，从她的经验，至少，这是真正的美，一个新的认识。学会去爱和关怀（雾都孤儿）我在这里独自坐在沙发上，想着我刚刚完成了悲伤的眼泪填补我的眼睛，愤怒的火填补我的心阅读，这使我疲惫的灵魂已被残忍和长时间自私的世俗的世界上。这确实是我阅读后感到奥利弗twist，由著名的英国作家查尔斯狄更斯写的。