Abstract: The Joy Luck Club by Chinese American authoress Amy Tan portrays a negative image of geographic China. The beautiful scenery of Kweilin contrasts with the miserable human life in the war time. The Fen river flood forces the poor to flee their hometown. The shadow play performed beside the Taihu Lake reveals the humiliation and low social status of women. In the grand mansions dominated by Confucian ethics, women suffer from much depression. Kweilin, Fen River, Yangtze River Delta and Chinese traditional architecture are all proud symbols of Chinese civilization. Yet, in Tan's novel, they turn into background to project the image of a miserable, horrible and depressing China. Such a gloomy geographic China forms a sharp contrast with the U.S.A featured by its peaceful and harmonious landscapes. It is evident that although Amy Tan acknowledges her Chinese ethnic identity, the image of China described in The Joy Luck Club caters to the western readers' orientalist imagination about a mysterious and backward China.
Key Words: geographic landscapes; Amy Tan; The Joy Luck Club

摘  要：美国华裔女作家谭恩美创作的《喜福会》描绘了一个消极的地理中国形象。美丽的桂林风景与战乱时悲惨的百姓生活形成了对比；汾河的洪涝灾害迫使贫穷的人们逃离自己的家乡；太湖边上演的皮影戏揭露了女人的卑微与社会地位的低下；儒家伦理统领的豪门大厦令人感到无比的压抑。桂林、汾河、江南水乡以及中国的传统建筑都是中华文明引以为傲的象征；但是，在谭恩美的小说中，它们却变成了背景，折射出一个悲惨的、恐怖的、压抑的中国形象。这样一个阴郁的地理中国与富有平静祥和景色的美国形成了鲜明的对照。很显然，虽然谭恩美承认了自己的中华民族身份；但是，她在《喜福会》中所描绘的中国形象是为了迎合西方读者对落后，神秘的东方中国的想象。
关键字：地理景观；谭恩美；《喜福会》