Kung fu Panda Becoming Your inner self

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IN KUNG FU PANDA, PO IS BACK FOR ANOTHER ADVENTURE IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE VALLEY OF PEACE WITH HIS COMPANIONS: THE FURIOUS FIVE. THIS TIME, THE VILLAIN HAS THREATENED PO'S AWESOME NEW LIFE WITH A SECRET WEAPON TO WIPE OUT KUNG FU AND TO TAKE CONTROL OF ALL OF CHINA. PO FIGURES OUT HOWEVER, HE CAN ONLY BEAT THIS VILLAIN BY UNLOCKING OLD SECRET POWERS OF MYSTERIOUS ORIGINS AND BECOME ONE WITH HIMSELF. PO'S CURRENT FATHER, MR. PING TELLS HIM THAT HE IS NOT HIS TRUE BIRTH FATHER. PO BELIEVES THAT SHEN (THE EVIL VILLAIN) KNOWS ABOUT PO'S TRUE PAST. IN THE MOVIE, BOTH PO AND SHEN ARE OUT FOR ONE COMMON THING: INNER PEACE.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SjW4JNlhGQk

ONCE PO LEARNS ABOUT MR. PING NOT BEING HIS TRUE FATHER, HE LOSES FOCUS AND ENDS UP MAKING REALLY BAD DECISIONS. HE EVEN PUSHED AWAY HIS ADOPTED FATHER FOR A WHILE WHO WOULD DO NOTHING TO HURT HIM EXCEPT LOVE HIM. MR. PING ALLOWS HIM TO RISK HIS LIFE. AND FIND HIS TRUE SELF. INNER PEACE IS A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC IN MANY EASTERN RELIGIONS. INFACT, KUNG FU PANDA WAS A MOVIE THAT SHOWED MANY DOAIST AND CONFUCIAN PRINCIPLES.

IN CONFUCIANISM THERE ARE MANY PRINCIPLES SUCH AS BEING A JUNZI, SELF CULTIVATION, AND THE FIVE VIRTUES. PO IS A JUNZI A.K.A AN EXEMPLARY PERSON AND A CAPABLE PERSON. HE RISKS HIS LIFE TO PROTECT THE SAKE OF OTHERS AND TO PROTECT ALL OF CHINA. SELF CULTIVATION( IMPROVING AND EDUCATING YOURSELF) IS WHAT PO HAD TO DO. HE HAD TO IMPROVE HIS PHYSICAL AND METAL SELF IN ORDER TO BEAT SHEN IN ONE OF THE GREATEST BATTLES OF HIS LIFE. FINALLY, THIS MOVIE RELATES TO THE FIVE VIRTUES BECAUSE PO HAS TO FOLLOW ALL OF THE VIRTUES IN ORDER TO BE A SUCCESSFUL DRAGON WARRIOR. HE HAS TO HAVE FAITH IN EVERYONE AROUND HIM, HE HAS TO STAND UP FOR JUSTICE, HE HAS TO MAKE WISE DECISIONS, BEING MATURE AND APPROPRIATE WHEN NEEDED, AND BE ABLE TO KEEP ORDER IN A SOCIETY.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE PHOTO I HAVE 2 PARAGRAPHS UP, YOU WILL SEE THAT IN THE MIDDLE IS A YING YANG. THIS IS ON OF THE PRINCIPLES OF DAOISM THAT YOU WILL SEE IN KUNG FU PANDA. THE YING YANG SYMBOL SHOWS THE BALANCE BETWEEN OPPOSITES, IN THIS CASE: GOOD AND EVIL. ONE OF THE MAIN PRINCIPLES PO STRUGGLES WITH IS BEING IN TOUCH WITH HIMSELF. HE NEEDS TO HAVE WU WEI SO HE CAN BE IN TOUCH WITH HIMSELF. WHEN HE AS WU WEI, HE LETS GO OF ANY INTELLECTUAL PERCEPTIONS AND GOES WITH THE FLOW OF THINGS. THAT IS HOW HE WAS ABLE TO DEFLECT ALL OF THE BOMBS IN THE LAST FIGHT SCENE BETWEEN PO AND SHEN'S SHIPS. YOU ALSO HAVE TO CONNECT IN NATURE. IN ONE SCENE, PO IS STANDING ON THE BOAT WHILE WATER DROPLETS ARE HITTING HIM IN THE HEADS AND BREAKING HIS CONCENTRATION, BUT WHAT HE IS TRYING TO DO IS TO BEND THAT WATER AND BECOME IT. HIS BODY IS SUPPOSED TO REACH THE SAME FLOW AS THE WATER IS, WHICH HE LATER DOES IN THE MOVIE AS WELL.

http://kungfupanda.wikia.com/wiki/Inner_peace

I really enjoyed this movie and I definitely recommend watching it for this project. It was a great movie to watch because you can find many connections to the ancient legacy of religions in China. And also, who doesn't want to see Po kick some tail. I hope the future eighth graders choose this movie for the Living Color China project.

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