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1、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 co
2、mplex 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,红豆 Ormosia or Rea-bean,meaning in Chinese,Ormosia is l
3、oved 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.,meaning in westerm,But in the western culture ,red-bean is negative. It has the means that people lost the major interests for th
4、e minor interests. Western people hating red-beans reason is from a story of . The story say that Esau gives his power to Jacob just for a bowl of red-bean soup.,荷花 lotus,meaning in Chinese,Water lily has always been a gentleman In Chinese culture. And it was repeatedly used in architecture, sculptu
5、re, 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.,meaning in westerm,Water lily means lotus in English. This meaning is from of Homer. In the ,there is a story that people in the island eat lotus only. Ti has th
6、e magic power that it can make persons forget the past things, and make people lethargy.,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 leavings heart-broken. I
7、n Chinese, leaving has the same pronunciation with osier. People will give the osier to other one when some one leaves always.,meaning in western,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
8、Jerusalem.,百合lily,meaning in Chinese,In China, lily is the representative of good luck. Lilys 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 wedd
9、ing to e wished the newlyweds a lifetime of connubial bliss. So it also represent the good marriage.,meaning in western,Lily represent the clean and honest. There are some origins of lily. The most famous story is about Eva. When Eva was ejected from Garden of Eden. He flowed off the tear of regret,
10、 and those tears becomed lily.,目录.,一. meaning is different fuliy二. meaning is different partly三. meaning just in one cultuer,there is meaning only in western Clubs (梅花),Clubs is the symbol of essence of Chinese nation. Its force of infectious and driving are widely and powerful. Other flowers bloom
11、in the spring, but she is not. The more whether is cold, clubs bloom more beautifully. Whenever people see clubs, they will think to strong. So ,It is the strongest flower.,there is meaning only in western apple （苹果 ）,The western love apple. In Greeces myth, apple is the symbol of love and lucky. Plato had writed that “I give you my apple. If you love me, accept it.” Apple expressed his love better than the rose to Plato.,THE END,
