A Study On The Similarities And Differences Between Mongolian And Chinese Culture Reflected In The Idioms

The idiom is the living fossil of culture. It breeds in our national culture soil, is the nation’s way of thinking, natural environment, production and life, social customs reflected in idioms. So the idioms are with distinctive national characteristics. If you want to understand the culture of a nation must first master the idioms. Mongolian and Chinese two languages are rich in idioms and two people’s same or different production and life experiences, wisdom and insight are reflected in idioms. This paper focuses on cultural differences and similarities in Mongolian and Chinese idioms such as religious idioms, color idioms, number idioms and animal idioms.This paper consists of introduction, body (four chapters), conclusions, references and acknowledgement.The introduction includes the basic concept of idioms, the selected topic reason, research situation, significance of the topic, research materials, research methods etc..In the first chapter, the religious culture in Mongolian and Chinese idioms is embodied from the two aspects of Shamanism and Buddhism. The second chapter is a comparative study of the six basic colors (white, blue, yellow, red, green and black), and the cultural connotations in the Mongolian and Chinese idioms are embodied. The third chapter is a Comparative analysis of numeral culture in Mongolian and Chinese idioms. The fourth chapter is a comparative analysis of animal (horses, cattle, sheep, dogs, dragon) idioms.The conclusion part is the summary to the full text content.