【正文】 make a statement of them one by one, only through detail analysis can readers obtain further appreciation and better understanding of their cultural cononation. 【 Key Words】 Chinese and western culture。 crow。 the image of crow。 the cultural meaning 1 1 Introduction By probing into the cultural connotation of crow, this paper states that each word not only bears the rational meaning which is human being s understanding of the objective world, but also concentrates the cultural meaning in human social practice, which is result of the synthetic effects of many factors, such as cultural background, folk custom, etiquette, nice or nasty psychology. Everything has its origin. No matter in Chinese or in western world, the significance of crow experiences the process of changing. In China, as to crow‘ s reputation, a lot of people have already been full of senses of detesting to such hasty and careless and wicked bird with ugly appearance in influencing by the surroundings since childhood, but once speaking to the pigeon or magpie, we will put another perspective look at once. But in the Tang Dynasty, the crow was once that one kind was considered as the lucky bird, the winding evolution of its reputation has something to do with it‘s moral and personification with the people at that time too, from which we can also see a lot of popularity to go through the integration of social life to adapt to the prevailing moral order and political demands. However, the development of crow in western is not as twist as in China. Yet, it also conveys the positive meaning as well as the negative meaning. Like in China, the crow is a very plex image in western culture. It is not only the symbol of wisdom and intelligence, but also the symbol of despair and death. The crow has a long history, and it has witnessed the development and progress of human civilization, its images are often seen in Chinese and foreign cultures. In fact, it has far exceeded its biological significance as a bird, carrying too much human emotion, and it is spoken by men of letters to express their feelings unfailingly. By the different historical periods and different cultural influences, crows are given a variety of images. But all in all, no matter in Chinese and negative meaning of it: the crow is a contradictory image, that is to say, there are two sides of it: the positive meaning and the negative meaning. This passage is based on the two sides to probe into the crow in culture, so that it is good for people to understand the connotation of crow in different culture. 2 The Analysis of Crow in Chinese Culture The Positive Meaning In the hearts of the Chinese people, the crow has bee an ominous sign. However, in 2 history, dating back to the origin and evolution of the raven, we will find that its cultural symbolism is rather plex transformation. At first, the crow has the positive meaning, and it is seen as the mysterious and filial bird. The mysterious bird Ravens are considered a solar symbol in Chinese mythology. Why do people relate the raven to the sun together? At first people linking the raven to Ukraine, is based on the primitive simplicity of the original period of thinking, sun worship, the Yi tribe bird totem worship and sunspots and black gas phenomena through ancient thinking consolidation together, and eventually bee Yang Wu as a myth. The crow in the ancient people‘s heart is sacred. As the great work of the Mountain and Sea Classics say: 湯谷上有扶木 ,一日方至 ,一日方出 ,皆載于烏?！墩摵?說日篇》云 :―儒者曰 :?日中有三足烏 ,月中有兔。 ‖ The meaning is that, in the sun there are two images the rabbit and the crow, and in the ancient people‘ heart, the sun is the defied and worshipful image. From that we can see the position of the crow in ancient times. In the unearthed relics, there is the figure of raven. In Yangshao culture, the potteries are painted a flying raven. Changsha Mawangdui unearthed the tomb of the initial period of western Han Dynasty marchioness Xinzhui. There paints a picture. On the cover, there stands a golden Ukraine in the sun. The painting depicts the three worlds: the hell, the earth and the heaven that the expression of the ancients thought of life and death. At the heaven39。s part, and the strange nine sun shine in the boughs, located above the solar maximum, and a golden raven stands among the sun. The haven is a place where people imagine having better life. Xinzhui wants her soul can enter to haven, and has the eternal life. There is no doubt that the golden crow is a divine bird. So we can see that the early Western Han Dynasty is the inherited the faith belief of the original ancestors. Crow is a secret and full of legendary bird, in such materials, the most famous example is the great thinker of Confucius and Valor of the 3 000 soldiers of the Legends of the Raven. According to the legend, after Confucius travel around the world, the reputation and fame is known by most of people and his many disciples have been the ministers of the vassal states, so that his political views gradually implemented in the vassal states. This endangers the interests of the vassal states own ministers, in particular, especially in the State of Lu. Therefore, they are doing everything possible to look for opportunities to attempt to murder Confucius. One day, 3 Confucius and his disciples hunt in the Nepalese mountains, suddenly, from all around a number of banditry rush to them, and his disciples who suffer heavy casualties and launch a desperate struggle with the banditry. In the crisis moment, there are countless crows suddenly from heaven, they quickly rush to the banditry, and use their mouth or claw to attack the enemy39。s eyes, which ma ke the banditry blind, and make them fled. Confucius and his disciples