We are not supposed to ignore the background culture when talking about
the foreign language teaching and learning. In China and Japan, there is a significant
difference in the public perception of the image of crows. On the basis of existing
research, this paper analyzes the image difference of Crow between Chinese and
Japanese people through empirical investigation through Chinese learners of Japanese
and Japanese college students, and clarifies the cognitive difference of crow image
between Chinese and Japanese people. It also analyzes the Chinese and Japanese
cultural factors that lead to the difference.