This film was shown to us by a teacher when I was an undergraduate, and we also watched the domestic film "Falling Leaves Returning to the Roots". After watching it, let us comment. The students agreed that "Escort Chance" is better, more moving, and more solemn. , more shocking.
I admit, I feel the same way about my own emotions.
The teacher continued to put forward a deeper content, that is, the difference in attitudes towards the dead and funerals between China and the West.
This is undoubtedly a sensitive point, and the teacher seems to do everything on purpose. The result of the discussions among the students was that the Chinese were too frivolous, messy, and disrespectful towards death, the deceased, and even the farewell ceremony. As stated in the film, China can throw the deceased into a tire and roll away and experience all kinds of strange things, but the United States has great respect and dare not be slighted.
Thinking about it carefully, it seems like this. We remember a funeral in China. When the suona and the gong sound, the five clothes cry and cry, and if there is no tears, they have to squeeze hard. , even in the wild, the picture is chaotic and you suspect that they are trying to shake the coffin board away. There is no seriousness, solemnity, or emotion at all. So much so that when it comes to funerals in film and television works, Western-style funerals are used as long as they are not costume dramas. Those who don’t know it think that all China believes in Christ.
But what about the West? All black cars, all black clothes, even the relatives of the deceased are dressed in order to be decent and tidy, the music is slow and sad, the environment is also the cemetery lawn, relatives and friends watch the coffin buried, and say goodbye and condolences in turn. The scene is really solemn.
But I asked the teacher, "Teacher, have you ever heard of something called "happy mourning" in China?
We can't use two movies to prove the attitude of China and the West. After all, one is just a small-budget comedy of small characters, and the other is the main theme of national war. The director expressed it differently.
But China and the West do have a primitive understanding of the deceased and death. At the beginning of Yu Hua's "Alive", the rich and noble father died, and the family shouted "Master is familiar", why is it called familiar? Why do people have to be entertained when they die? Why blow the suona used for wedding events?
In fact, this reflects the optimistic attitude of the Chinese people towards natural phenomena such as birth, old age, sickness and death. Death is like a ripe melon. Wind and rain are part of the operation of the world. The living people should commemorate and respect them, but it is also to some extent. "Welcome", over time, created a huge difference between China and the West. Maybe the scene is noisy, frivolous, and without any sense of solemnity, but this is the difference between our thinking, and there is no right or wrong.
I only discuss the content here. Regardless of the movie, those who are interested can watch the two together.
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