Abstract The Hollywood motion picture Kung Fu Panda based on Chinese culture released in 2008 was a great hit across the world. The film with excellent frames, humorous movie lines and vivid dubbing attracts millions of audience within a short time. Some people doubted that the values reflected in the film contradict the traditional Chinese values. However, some people believed that the film was the excellent fruit of the integration of Chinese culture and American culture. In this thesis, all sorts of Chinese elements in the film and the cultural background of the film are analyzed, and differences between Chinese values and American values are discussed in the view of cultural conflicts and cultural convergence. The analysis not only helps enhance the development of our national culture but also plays a significant role in culture communication and multi-culture development.54647

Keywords: Kung Fu Panda; Chinese elements; cultural conflicts; cultural convergence

摘 要2008年上映的好莱坞电影《功夫熊猫》在美国刮起了一阵中国风。这部电影制作精良的画面、幽默的对白以及生动的配音在短时间内就吸引了百万观众。有人认为影片表现的价值观与中国民族文化中的传统价值观有冲突；有人认为这是中美两国文化融合的一枚硕果。本论文详细分析了电影中的各种中国元素以及电影的文化背景，从中美两国的文化冲突与文化融合中探讨中美两国价值观的差异，从而促进我国民族文化的发展，并推动文化交流和世界文化的多元化发展。

毕业论文关键词：《功夫熊猫》；中国元素；文化冲突；文化融合

Contents

1. Introduction 1

2. Literature Review 1

3. Cultural Conflicts in Kung Fu Panda 2

3.1 The Introduction of Kung Fu Panda 2

3.2 The Design of the Characters 3

3.3 Different Images of the Hero 4

3.4 Hierarchy and Equality 5

4. Cultural Convergence in Kung Fu Panda 7

4.1 Christianity and Confucianism 7

4.2 Inpidualism and Collectivism 8

4.3 The Image of Dragon 8

5. Enlightment to the Development of Chinese Culture 9

5.1 Developing National Culture 9

5.2 Improving Cultural Communication 9

6. Conclusion 10

Works Cited ……12

1. Introduction

Kung Fu Panda is an animation directed by John Stevenson and Mark Osborne which uses Chinese kung fu and the panda as its major movie elements. Kung Fu Panda took 60 million dollars in the first week as it was released in America and won the weekend champion. The film was released in mainland China on June.28, 2008, and became the first animation whose gross box office income exceeded 100 million dollars. The film tells a story about a panda named Po who lived in the peace valley in ancient China accidentally became a dragon warrior from a lazy apprentice of a noodle shop and finally defeated Tai lung, the evil one, and realized his dream. 

The animations of DreamWorks, like other Hollywood animated films, have the typical features of impressive characters, fanny plots and good music, such as Chicken Run, Shrek, Madagascar, Puss in Boots and so on. And other Hollywood animations like Beauty and the Bear, The Lion King, Happy Feet, Garfield, etc. That causes some doubts. “Are pandas the new penguins? Has animal adorability traded in its dinner jacket for two black eyes? The answer is yes, on the evidence of DreamWorks’ latest ani-movie, Kung Fu Panda. Taking as its source the same Hong Kong martial-arts films that inspired Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, the new picture provides a master course in cunning visual art and ultra-satisfying entertainment.” (Corliss 2008: 11)