China's modernization: self-respect, and self-confidence

Deshaun 2022-04-21 09:01:56

In recent years, it has become a habit for everyone to spray Jackie Chan. In fact, in addition to "British Showdown" and "Baby Project" these years, I think "Kung Fu Dream" and "King of Kung Fu" are also good. The spray points for the latter two are mainly "foreigners come to China to flirt with girls", "how do foreigners understand China" and so on. Obviously, cultural conflict is a highlight of the film, and it is also the key to the film's "going out". Some Chinese people have begun to help everyone's self-esteem. The method is: the first step is to sit on the buttocks; the second step is to spray. Behind this self-esteem, is actually inferiority. It seems that Ding Minjun was stabbed by Monk Peng, so why would he be so angry if he didn't "feel unhappy all the time". If the protagonist changed his skin to a countryman or a fool in China who couldn't speak Mandarin, these people probably wouldn't care at all.

The century-old history of humiliation in modern China has erased the arrogance of the Chinese nation and damaged its self-confidence. Chinese food, martial arts lifestyle, traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese painting, traditional musical instruments, poetry, calligraphy, painting, ghosts and legends, China used to have too many things to be confident in. It's not good to be arrogant (there are still people who are arrogant, and they haven't come out of the first floor), but there is no need to feel inferior. What is modernization? Definitions in Western countries such as the United States. If we jump out of them, I think the nation that has gone out after integrating the spirit of technology and science has completed modernization. The Chinese food that has broadened the method, the Chinese medicine that understands the pharmacology, and the lifestyle that people pursue are all being modernized. Among them, the most successful is Chinese Kung Fu, and the second generation who brought Chinese Kung Fu out is Jackie Chan.

We would have thought that the United States had fully merged technology and scientific spirit and was far ahead in modernization. This year, I suddenly discovered that China seems to be approaching unknowingly: the United States is slow, and China is fast. China's sports, infrastructure, and digitalization have become new features. It is hoped that on this basis, the tradition and the modern will be integrated again: China will go out like Japanese comics, and Chinese food will go out like American fast food. Finally, let the world see the superiority of the Chinese system - not a demon, but another solution. Of course, you can be confident, don't be arrogant, this pit has been stepped on two hundred years ago. Self-esteem and self-confidence.

"Kung Fu Dream" is not deep, but broad. Chinese martial arts, pay attention to fighting, not violence (Lao Han compares Master Li); attach importance to attitude, everything is martial arts (hanging clothes); cultivate state of mind (better than "qi"), use stillness to restrain (snake learns people); win Respect, no more fear (unyielding against powerful enemies). He also mentioned friendship, not just himself.

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  • Everett 2022-03-23 09:01:48

    The Beijing bully is so cool, (the one wearing a plaid shirt), but why doesn't he speak in a Beijing accent? If he wants to speak Beijing dialect, he has a more accent.

  • Flo 2022-01-26 08:18:44

    The little boy is so cute~

The Karate Kid quotes

  • [Liang had just injured Dre's leg]

    Dre Parker: Do you think I could've won?

    Mr. Han: Win or lose doesn't matter, Xiao Dre.

    Dre Parker: You know that's not I mean.

    [long pause]

    Mr. Han: Yes. I think you had a good chance.

    Dre Parker: So let's do the fiery cup thing.

    Mr. Han: You don't need to fight anymore. You have proven everything you need to prove.

    Dre Parker: What, that I can get beat up easy and then quit? That's not balance, that's not real kung fu. You said that when life knocks you down, you could choose whether or not to get back up. Well, I'm trying to get back up, and why won't you help me?

    Mr. Han: Because I cannot watch you get hurt anymore.

    Dre Parker: Please, Mr. Han, please.

    Mr. Han: Just tell me, Xiao Dre, why? Why do you need to go back out there so badly?

    Dre Parker: Because I'm still scared. And no matter what happens, tonight, when I leave, I don't want to be scared anymore.

  • Dre Parker: How do you say 'water' in Chinese?