Abstract
Dan Brown is a good story teller, a wise scholar and a cryptographist, he is also a Christian. The Da Vinci Code is a very successful and attractive novel, the symbolic thoughts in it shows the philosophical view of the author. Behind the interesting stories, we can see Dan Brown’s creative brain, various knowledge and world view. The most successful point is the author’s wisdom and creativity of narrative and writing techniques. This article s based on the combination of the author’s family background and Christian culture, it analyzes the symbolic idea and its characteristic in this book in order to understand the charm of contemporary symbolism literature. It also combines history, reality and religious to consider about the revelation which the novel gives us-“Whether the devotion is true of false is not important, the important thing is to understand the symbolic significance behind history culture and have your own devotion”15.
The main secret of the Da Vinci Code is the marriage between Jesus and Mary Magdalene and their children. It turns to the main suspense with the Holy Grail in the novel. This paper intends to borrow theories of symbol, it analyzes symbolic things in The Da Vinci Code and let people know a particular history and literature so as to develop ability of learning and understanding language and practical application.
Keywords   The Da Vinci Code  Dan Brown  Symbolism  Religion  

丹•布朗是位善讲故事的大师，一位博学的学者，一位密码专家，但他同时也是一位基督教徒。《达•芬奇密码》是一部非常成功、非常具有诱惑力的小说，其中的象征主义思想从另一个角度反映了作者的哲学视野。小说扣人心弦的故事情节背后则展示着作者非凡的创作力和丰富的知识，同时也传递着作者的一种世界观。而它的最大成功却在于它在叙事及写作手法选择上所表现出的智慧性与创造性。本文通过结合作者的家庭背景和基督教文化，对书中象征思想及其特点加以分析，以了解当代象征主义文学的魅力，并结合历史，现实与宗教，体会小说带给我们的启示——“信仰的真伪并不重要，重要的是理解历史文化背后的象征意义以及拥有自己认为有意义的信仰”15。
《达•芬奇密码》所描述的核心秘密，是耶稣与抹大拉的玛利亚的婚姻及其生儿育女，其与圣杯共同构成《达•芬奇密码》的主要悬念。本文的写作拟借象征理论和文本分析，研讨《达•芬奇密码》中象征思想的表现，对文学作品所反映的特定历史时期的社会文化加深了解，进而提高对语言文学的学习理解能力和英语语言的实际运用能力。
关键词  达•芬奇密码  丹•布朗  象征主义  宗教

The topic should reach not only the general purpose of writing papers; it should train the ability of learning and gaining knowledge. This article is written with the help of symbol theory and text analysis, it discusses the symbol in the Da Vinci Code and has a deeper understanding of the culture background, literature and society. From this, we can improve the ability of language learning and practical application of English.
The paper is based on the original works and the understanding of the form of symbolism. It uses content analysis method, comparison method and literature and analyze and discuss the original works with own point of view.