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Proverbs Reveal Culture diversity 　　[a]Shanxi Normal University， China. 　　Corresponding author. 　　Received 8 February 2013； accepted 16 April 2013 　　Abstract 　　Through the analysis of property of culture and proverb， it can be known that proverb can help one to understand a culture. The way proverb reveals culture diversity can be connected with the patterns of value dimension， which conveys the information of a culture’s deep meaning. From the perspective of uncertainty-avoidance， it can be seen that although Ireland and America both are low-uncertainty-avoidance cultures， they mainly have different life attitudes， because that Americans put more emphasis on competition. From the perspective of high-context and low-context， the text provides the concepts of non-verbal communication and two layers of meaning of silence. And under this background， the paper analyzes several culture patterns， especially America and Japan. From the perspective of power-distance， it reveals the different views on equality between Arab and America， and analyzes the reasons of culture tradition. However， although culture diversity mainly reveals the culture difference， there are common aspects between cultures. 　　Key words： Culture and proverb； Culture tradition； Culture diversity 　　HOU Rong （2013）. Proverbs Reveal Culture Diversity. Cross-Cultural Communication， 9（2）， -0. Available from：http：///index.php/ccc/article/view/j.ccc.1923670020130902.1346 　　DOI： http///10.3698/j.ccc.1923670020130902.1346 　　INTRODUCTION 　　A lot of efforts have been made towards the role of proverbs in intercultural communication study. And among all the papers and books which are written to reveal the relationships between proverbs and cultures， much more emphasis were put upon the role of proverbs either in the sphere of comparative study between two specific cultures or the translation field， while there is relatively few study on the general role of proverbs in revealing culture diversity. This