本文通过对中国古代文献中“西番莲”记载的梳理,释义了纹饰上“西番莲”和“番莲花”的异同,指出元明清瓷器上的番莲花图案是一种非具象的“文化寓意型”纹饰,具有兼及外来与本土两种文化的特征。在中国其与植物学意义上的西番莲的结合要晚至清代初期之后。 This paper explains the similarities and differences between “Passiflora” and “Passiflora” by analyzing the records of “Passiflora” in the ancient Chinese literature, and points out that the pattern of Passiflora on the porcelain of Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties is A non-figurative “culture-like” decoration, with both foreign and indigenous cultures. In China, its combination with the botanical significance of Passiflora was later in the Qing Dynasty.