符号是有意义的标志,通过符形它可以传达给人们符号对象的讯息。同时符号也是文化的载体,文化的创造与传承是以符号为媒介的。人是符号活动的主体,通过符号活动能使人与文化有机地联系起来。本文在东西方不同的文化背景下探讨生物符号意义的变异和多样性,更加深入的了解不同社会文化的源流、底蕴与思想。 A symbol is a meaningful sign, through which symbols it can convey to people’s symbols. At the same time, symbols are also carriers of culture. Cultural creation and inheritance are symbolic. Human beings are the main body of symbolic activities, which can organically link people and culture through symbolic activities. This article explores the variation and diversity of the meaning of biological symbols under different cultural backgrounds in East and West and deepens the understanding of the origin, background and thought of different social cultures.