Comparison of Moon Imagery in Chinese and Western
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Xiaotong Li
Available Online 13 February 2023.
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- 10.2991/978-2-494069-97-8_45How to use a DOI?
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- moon; culture; imagery; difference
- Abstract
Throughout history, the moon has been repeatedly mentioned in both the East and the West. The imagery of the moon is both the same and different in Chinese and Western cultures. The moon has a rich imagery in both Eastern and Western cultures. The moon, as a recurring image in poetry, and it has been unanimously favored by mythology and poets. The similarities and differences of moon imagery are analyzed to reveal its cultural connotations and symbolic meanings in Chinese and Western, to discover the different cultural traditions and aesthetic psychological meanings of China and the West.
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TY - CONF AU - Xiaotong Li PY - 2023 DA - 2023/02/13 TI - Comparison of Moon Imagery in Chinese and Western BT - Proceedings of the 2022 4th International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2022) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 357 EP - 361 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-97-8_45 DO - 10.2991/978-2-494069-97-8_45 ID - Li2023 ER -