In terms of development, China's film industry started several decades later than the western film industry. Western movies, especially American movies, often have some casual humor, which is not deliberately created and often makes you laugh at a detail inadvertently. Comparatively speaking, Wulitou, a miracle of China and Hongkong film industry, can be said to make people happy from beginning to end, not only in plot design, but also in characterization, environmental layout and music configuration. In my shallow understanding, American movies are humorous, while Hong Kong movies are just "funny" and "funny". I can't judge which is better or worse. Movies are just a microcosm of culture, and different styles must have their cultural backgrounds. In addition, judging from the theme of the film, art films, westerns, musicals and cartoons of westerns are also outstanding, which often makes people feel: Ah! So movies can be like this! China's films have also formed their own subtle charm and style in their development, and their position in the international film industry has gradually risen, which cannot but be said to be the rise of China culture in the world culture. Through the comparison between music and movies, we have a general impression of the differences between Chinese and western cultures. Next, we will discuss the concrete examples of Chinese and western cultures and their deep-seated reasons. When doing this part, we consulted relevant books and made full use of network resources. 1. Inland culture and marine culture: Chinese civilization originated in the Yellow River basin, and the geographical environment of three sides of land and one side of sea made China almost isolated from the world, thus maintaining its own cultural stability and historical continuity. This unique natural environment has created the unique cultural tradition and social psychology of the Chinese nation. Confucian ethics, which was born in the semi-closed natural environment of the mainland, teaches people to move from the important place to the light, be content with poverty and be happy, and rest at sunrise and sunset, which makes people precipitate a closed inert psychology and inertia thinking mode in a long tradition, conservative and lacking open consciousness; Cherish home and advocate quietism; Be content with the status quo, stick to the rules, stick to the rules, have a weak sense of risk and competition, and have a weak sense of time and enterprising. The so-called "mountain blocking, water letting people pass" is the truth. "Orientals don't have the sense of busyness and competition of westerners. They always look serious, never worry, and have no idea of time. As the source of western culture, ancient Greece and Rome were both located on the peninsula, facing the sea, with developed maritime traffic and prosperous maritime trade, which made these countries form an open society that broke the blood relationship. Fierce social unrest, frequent personnel exchanges and turbulent seas and oceans have formed its open and changeable cultural character, forged its national spirit of flexibility, openness, courage, enterprising and cooperation, and advocated hard work and self-improvement. Therefore, westerners like to be unconventional, innovative, adventurous and brave. 2. Ethical culture and utilitarian culture: The general orientation of China's traditional ethics is to value righteousness over profit. As the mainstream ideology that dominated the feudal society in China for thousands of years, Confucianism's basic ideas are "valuing righteousness over profit", "seeing profit as a stream" and "controlling profit with righteousness". It advocates that when there is a contradiction between justice and benefit, one should give one's life for justice. The China tradition of pan-moralism explained everything with morality, which led to people's value orientation of being willing to give lectures and ashamed to talk about benefits, emphasizing moral cultivation and ignoring external achievements, thus leading to the loss of scientific independent personality value and social status in ancient China. People focus on their inner world, lose interest in reason and nature, and lack the rational tradition of western culture and the enthusiasm for scientific exploration. The separation of morality and reason makes China's tradition tend to be anti-rational, which hinders the development of China's scientific spirit. This is the deep reason for China's empty talk, the prevalence of metaphysics, the decline of science and the underdevelopment of commerce in ancient times. Science and technology were regarded as kit kat, and businessmen were relegated to the bottom of four people, which also led to the serious consequences of China's ancient science being difficult to put into use, the slow development of commerce, and the country's poverty and weakness. In modern times, it became the object of aggression by western colonialists. Western society is individual-oriented, and the value goal pursued is the realization of individual rights and interests, which is considered sacred, innate and natural. It is an individual's instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and the purpose of survival is to strive for benefits. You don't have to bear any moral responsibility in the process of pursuing your own rights and interests, and you can do whatever it takes. Utilitarianism and pragmatism prevailed in western history, which constituted the mainstream value orientation in the west, and the sanctity of private property became the eternal creed of society. Driven by the concept of maximizing self-interest, science and technology are particularly valued in the west, and rationalism and scientism are very developed in the west. In real life, westerners show novel, innovative and practical personality spirit. Scientific concepts and technical awareness are deeply rooted in people's hearts and become an important factor in forming personality. This has also led to the western society attaching importance to rationality and neglecting emotion, being good at reasoning without emotion, being good at logical thinking and ignoring intuitive feelings. 3. Harmonious culture and rebellious culture: China's ancient culture valued man over nature and morality over knowledge. China culture has always regarded the pursuit of harmony between man and nature and society as the main theme of life ideal, opposed people's independent will and forge ahead, cultivated people's sense of group and obedience, and sought a moderate and harmonious way to deal with it. The concept of harmony in China's culture also embodies and cultivates the spirit of obedience, obedience, conservatism and not striving for progress, and is content with the status quo, with little resistance consciousness and courage. Therefore, it also creates a weak cultural character of modesty, prudence and reservation. Dominated by the binary opposition thinking mode of separation between man and nature, western society has distinguished and opposed nature and man since ancient times. Nature is only the object that people know, use and conquer, emphasizing people's independence and initiative, and pursuing free will and independent spirit. Westerners are full of the spirit and mental state of facing challenges, pursuing boldly, advocating martial arts, seeking quick success and instant benefit, and even willing to achieve their goals and win by one-sided thinking and unscrupulous behavior, thus forming a straightforward, open-minded and rigid cultural character.