中西方文化差异之植物.ppt

meaning in wesFra Baidu bibliotekern
Osier has some bad emotional. Western people contact Osier with death in the most time. The Jews hang mongol stringed instrument up willows trees to miss Jerusalem.
meaning in westerm
Water lily means lotus in English. This meaning is from <Odyssey> of Homer. In the <Odyssey> ,there is a story that people in the island eat lotus only. Ti has the magic power that it can make persons forget the past things, and make people lethargy.
meaning in westerm
But in the western culture ,red-bean is negative. It has the means that people lost the major interests for the minor interests. Western people hating red-bean`s reason is from a story of < Bible>. The story say that Esau gives his power to Jacob just for a bowl of red-bean soup.
目录.
一. meaning is different fuliy 二. meaning is different partly 三. meaning just in one cultuer
红豆 mosia or a-bean
meaning in Chinese
Ormosia is loved by people in Chinese culture, also called bean of love. It is the symbol of love. All persons from emperors to the normal persons like to collect rad-bean to lovers.
百 合 lily
meaning in Chinese
In China, lily is the representative of good luck. Lily`s Chinese name is Baihe witch means good wishes of every things. Chinese like to give friends and relatives a bunch of lily as a present in every festival. Lily also will be send to a new couple in their wedding to e wished the newlyweds a lifetime of connubial bliss. So it also represent the good marriage.
Cultural Diffreneces in Plants
Reason 原因：
In the past China, the poets liked write the gorgeous plants always. So many trees and flowers has rich associative meaning and cultural connotation. Because the English speaking countries are influenced by western classical myth story and history, so the complex to plant is so strong. Because of the differences of cultural background and Traditional customs, two peoples have differences in the same plant.
目录.
一. meaning is different fuliy 二. meaning is different partly 三. meaning just in one cultuer
柳 Willow
meaning in Chinese
The osier is the symbol of leaving. So it is used to express the leaving`s heart-broken. In Chinese, leaving has the same pronunciation with osier. People will give the osier to other one when some one leaves always.
花 us
meaning in Chinese
Water lily has always been a gentleman In Chinese culture. And it was repeatedly used in architecture, sculpture, literature and painting. It also is the holy things of buddhist and Taoist. The Buddha and the goddess of mercy sit on the water lily.