摘要谚语是意义完整的固定句子，是一种重要的语言形式。

在不同文化的谚语中，相同的物体和行为往往被赋予不一样的含义和思想感情。

本文研究的目的便是通过研究英汉谚语来探索中西方文化的差异。

文章首先从谚语的构成方面比较了英汉谚语的差异，然后从中西方人们的居住环境、人文思想、道德观念、宗教信仰和风俗习惯五个方面对英汉谚语进行比较和分析，并总结出中西文化在这些方面的差异。

通过本文对英汉谚语的研究和总结，我们将学习到两种谚语的不同文化内涵，更重要的是，这有助于我们更加正确地使用英汉谚语。

因此，研究中西方谚语之间的文化差异具有重大的理论和现实意义。

关键词：谚语；中西方文化；差异AbstractProverb is a complete sentence，and it is an important form of language. In the different proverbs that from different culture, the same things and the same behavior show represent different means and different feelings. The paper is aimed to explore the cultural differences between Chinese and Western proverbs. Firstly, the author analysis the differences from their unique characteristics, then summarizes the differences of living environment, humanistic idea, moral views, religious beliefs and social customs between Chinese culture and Western one by comparing and analyzing Chinese proverbs and English ones. Through the study and summary of this paper we will learn the different cultural connotation from different culture. What’s more, we will use Chinese and Western proverbs more easily and more accurately. So it is no exaggeration to say that a comparison between English and Chinese proverbs is of great practical and theoretical significance.Key words: Proverbs; Western and Chinese culture; differencesAcknowledgementsI would like to express my gratitude to all those who helped me during the writing of this thesis. I gratefully acknowledge the help of my supervisor, Xia Li, who has offered me valuable suggestions in the academic studies. Without her encouragement, insightful criticism and gracious guidance, the completion of this thesis would not have been possible.I also owe a special debt of gratitude to all the teachers in Foreign Languages School, from whose devoted teaching and enlightening lectures I have benefited a lot and academically prepared for the thesis.I should finally like to express my gratitude to my beloved parents who have always been helping me out of difficulties and supporting without a word of complaint.OutlineⅠ. IntroductionⅡ. The Characteristics and Impact of ProverbsA. The Unique Characteristics of Proverbs1. Form of Characters2. Sentence Pattern3. Rhetorical DevicesB. The Position and Role of Proverbs in the Real LifeⅢ. The cultural differences of Chinese and Western ProverbsA. Proverbs of Living EnvironmentB. Proverbs of Humanistic IdeaC. Proverbs of Moral Views1. The Attitude Towards Reputation2. The View of Love3. Filial Duty4. The Attitude Towards WomanD. Proverbs of Religious Beliefs1. God and no God2. The Idea of Equality and GradeE. Proverbs of CustomⅣ.ConclusionCultural Differences between Chinese and English Proverbs Ⅰ. IntroductionDuring the etymology, proverb is defined as a settled saying accompanied with the long history. In the modern version of the Dictionary, proverbs indicated these briefly, popular and meaningful sentences which are popular in folk among traditional social of China. In western, many English dictionaries have the analogous definition which is popular short saying with words of advice or warning. There are many proverbs in our daily life and be used very popular during our daily life.“Genius wit and spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.”said by Bacon, a well-known British writer. Every nation has abundant proverbs in their own native language, which were using reflect their life experience, thoughts and feelings.Ⅱ. The Characteristics and Impact of ProverbsA.The Unique Characteristics of ProverbsAs a quintessence of native language, proverbs have many unique characteristic which different from other language forms. Next we will introduce its characteristics through the three aspects include characters form, sentence pattern structure and rhetorical device.1. Form of CharactersProverb is summarizes of labor practice of the masses, it has a heavy flavor of life. The English and Chinese proverbs have regular sentence pattern and shapely syllable, it selects the words is very refined. Proverbs can express luxuriant idea content with highly condensed language. It has highly ability of generalizing, which aimed at reflect a profound moral vividly. It displayed mainly follow the three points: First of all, proverbs always using small amount of words and flat structure to compress the abundant content. These sentences, which are dapper, crisp andfinger-popping, embodies the language feature of English and Chinese native. For example: Live and learn（活到老，学到老）;After rain comes sunshine（雨过天晴）.In our native proverbs, there are also many examples like: 物以类聚，人以群分；两人伴，三人散。