Peony Image In The Folk Literature

The peony image is an important cultural symbol in Chinese traditional culture,it has rich connotation and a long history. As the king of flowers, it has been givenvarious image connotation because of its unique aesthetic characteristics, and widelyapplied in the creation of life, the peony image in the folk literature gleams with aspecial light.The thesis uses a overall cultural perspective to interpret the deepcultural significance contains in the peony image,mainly through carding "flowers"singing,heritage development and evolution of the peony image in folk oral narrativeand literary narrative,integrate its inherent traditional culture meaning,excavate itsexpanding and rich symbolic intension, analyze reasons of generating new imageconnotation, which can make us hold and pursuit the traditional culture better. Thepeony image appears in people’s life frequently, its unique aesthetic characteristics,the noble character it holds,the excellent culture and wisdom it bears, the will andwish for a better life and blessing it embodies, have always been deeply loved bypeople.With the social development, cultural change and the shock ofmulticulturalism, the peony image is not only the traditionally pure spiritual symbol, itbecomes more complicated. Diverse cultural connotation of the peony image, on theone hand, continues to inherit the traditional culture connotation and symbolicsignificance, on the other hand, reflects the demand of our era and embodies themultiplex value orientation of modern people.