Abstract:

Hero is the eternal topic of human in history. Every culture has its own definition of hero, which exists in different characteristics of hero in movies. Hero represents special culture and the development of a society. And heroic image results in movies, which reflects history, cultural pursuit and humanity. However, the definition of heroic image has great difference in culture. In this paper, through analysis of the details in movie, Kung Fu Panda . The similarities and differences of heroic image in both Chinese and American movies will be discussed in details. Both different histories and different cultures will also be explored in details.

Key words: Kung Fu Panda; comparison; heroic image; movies

摘要：

英雄是历史长河中永恒不变的话题，每个文化背景中都有对英雄的定义。在电影中都存在着不同的英雄形象。英雄一词代表着特有的文化和社会的发展。在电影中，英雄形象在人文主义，历史背景，文化追求上也极为突出。但是英雄定义在文化中却有着不同。本文通过电影《功夫熊猫》中的细节描述，进一步的探索中西方电影中的英雄形象，探索其不同的历史和文化。

关键词：《功夫熊猫》；对比；英雄形象；电影      

Introduction
There is a chance to learn America culture from watching English movies. After watching the movies, It is amazed discovered that heroes in American movies are apparently different from those in Chinese movies. This is due to the different definitions of heroes in the two cultures. It is well known that Hero is the eternal topic in the history. Every culture has its own definition of hero, which results in different characteristics of heroes in its movie. The definition of its differs with cultures and histories. People has some same pursuance all over the world. Thus there are some similarities between Chinese and American heroes, but also have huge differences. While the heroic images in both China and the US have some similarities, they also have great differences because of different cultural backgrounds. Essence of heroes is that when people are faced with difficulties , they tend to produce positive willingness to break through and fight against evil things. Heroic images push forward the development of society and help improve main trend nowadays. Heroic images are fundamental and abundant source of force which will push continuously the historic progress, social development，and abundance of humanity. It is a kind of reflection about specific cultural pursuit .To a certain extent, it influences the development of human society.