Bats for Happiness, Peaches for Longevity

• 作者: INESA PLESKACHEUSKAYA
• 来源期刊: 今日中国：英文版
• 学科: 社会科学
• 关键词: 中国 福娃 传统文化 文化研究
• 年，卷（期）: 2006,（6）
• 页码范围: 50-51
• 页数: 2页
• 分类号: G122

摘要

<正>CHINESE buildings, windows, bowls and dishes often bear a motif that might seem strange to the Western eye - that of the bat. The Chinese perception of this flying mammal contrasts sharply with its sinister Western associations of darkness and vampires.