Abstract: With the rapid development of globalization, the cooperation and communication between China and any other countries in the word has become exceedingly frequent. Chinese images in American culture have gone through a very complicated process. The movies Kung Fu Panda is the one that presenting Chinese culture，and what Hollywood really produced is actually a film that combined Chinese traditional culture with the United States values incorporated. From the perspective of Hofstede’s cultural dimension, this paper focuses how Chinese culture and American values are integrated in Kung Fu Panda
Key words: Kung Fu Panda; Chinese culture; American values; Hofstede’s cultural dimension
Contents
Abstract
摘要
1. Introduction.1
1.1 Research Background2
1.2 A Brief Introduction to Kung Fu Panda.4
2.Introduction of Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions5
3.Analysis of Chinese Culture Elements in Kung Fu Panda9
3.1 Kung Fu9
3.2 The Animal Imagine in Peace Valley.9
3.3 Dragon11
3.4 Tai Chi Diagram.12
4 Analysis of American Values Presented in Kung Fu Panda based on Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions 14
4.1 Low Power Distance14
4.2 Weak Uncertainty Avoidance.16
4.2 Individualism17
4.2.1 Individual Heroism19
4.2.1 Self-reliance.20
5. Conclusion22
References23
