中西花卉文化内涵浅析An Analysis of the Differences of Flower Culture Between China and the Western CountriesAbstract: There is a long history of flower culture in China and the western countries. Flowers are related to many historical events and people and local customs and rituals. Flowers, as a species in nature, have been flowering in the aesthetic field of vision for thousands of years. Endowed with various spiritual connotations, they become a specific cultural sign. People show a constant favor to flowers for their beauty, their fragrance and charm. A certain cultural structure is a combination of people who utilize this language and the way of their living, including geographic environment, folklore, religious belief, custom, aesthetic interest and the way of thinking. Influenced by those factors, flowers with rich connotation may have chance of resulting misunderstanding in the intercultural communication. Key words: flower; culture; intercultural communication. 摘 要：中西花卉文化都有很长一段历史。
语言是文化的载体任何语言都是根植于特定的文化背景，反映着特定的文化内涵作为一种自然生物，花一直盛开在中西方民族的审美视野中，成为一种特定的文化符号由于花卉千姿百态的造型，绚丽的色彩，迷人的芳香，给人类带来美好的心情一种语言的文化结构是使用该语言的人的生活方式的总和，它包括地理环境，宗教信仰，民族风情等受这些因素的影响，具有丰富文化内涵的花卉词语极有可能导致人们在中西方文化交际中产生误解关键词：花卉；文化；跨文化交际 ContentsI. Introduction………………………………………………………1II. Different Traditional Values Present in Flower Culture… …… 1III. The Flower Images in Buddhism and in Christianity………….3IV. The Flower Connotation in China and in the West…… ………4V. The Senses of Flower Image in Chinese Culture and in the Western Culture ………………………………………………..…6VI. Conclusion …………………… ………………………………..…8Works Cited …………………………………………………..……...9I. IntroductionBoth the Chinese flower culture and the Western flower culture have a long history. Flower is of close relationship with a lot of historical persons, historical events, customs and habits, the weather and regions, and fashions and so on. In China and the western countries, flowers have different cultural connotations and they reflect the difference between their own cultural psychology and appreciation of the beautiful things. In this thesis, we will try to chiefly present the relationship between flowers and the traditional values, religious tales, customs and habits as well as language traditions in both China and the western countries. There is a long history of flower culture in China and the western countries. Flowers are related to many historical events and people and local customs and rituals. As we know that language is the carrier of culture, any language in the world is rooted in peculiar culture and background, and reflects cultural connotation. Flower-related words are important as a component of almost all the human language and carry their own connotations. Flowers, as a species in nature, have been flavoring in the aesthetic field of vision for thousands of years. Endowed with various spiritual connotations, they become a specific cultural sign. People show a constant favor to flowers for their beauty, their fragrance and charm, and those we know necessarily generate a common ground in connotations of flower-related words between Chinese and English. However, every language has its own ethnic culture. A certain cultural structure is a combination of people who utilize this language and the way of their living, including geographic environment, folklore, religious belief, custom, aesthetic interest and the way of thinking. Influenced by those factors, flowers with rich connotation may have chance of resulting misunderstanding in the intercultural communication. II. Different Traditional Values Presented in Flower CultureThere is a special way of realization when the Chinese appreciate flowers. Chinese people like to experience objects though their spirits and they pay more attention to the intuition and the power of understanding. As is known to all of us, Chinese people prefer to advocating human’s spirit and soul while the western people uphold science and technology, concerning about the reason, and may be it is because the western culture has always been affected by the scientific thought for centuries. However, the Chinese like to talk about the art of existence or the poetic quality of life. “The main course of the western culture is object and it is the so called scientific culture while the Chinese culture is about human and spirit, and it is called art culture” (Qian 138). The Chinese traditional philosophy always emphasizes the union of the human and the Heaven and they emphasize the close relationship between human beings and the nature. They often view the nature as human beings and human beings as nature. As for the comprehension of nature, the ancient Chinese always thought that all the objects of nature are made of the same certain factors, even we human beings are also made of the same certain factors, so we 。