Abstract: In the cross-cultural situation that spans both China and the West,Lin Yutang created an “old Beijing”image that was artistic,aesthetic,and dreamy.It was not only a typical product of “cross-cultural translation”,but also a concentrated expression of the writer's feeling of “cultural China”.Lin Yutang regarded “Old Beijing” as the physical prototype of classical China,the glorious symbol of traditional Chinese civilization,and the primary identification mark of the modern Chinese nation.Emphasizing the same connotation between “(Beijing) city and country(China)”and consciously telling “China story”with “Beijing narration”were two aspects that many Chinese writers both at home and abroad have been influenced by Lin Yutang.To those writers,“Beijing”has provided them with a broad space for “Imagining China”.Apart from that,Lin Yutang's different attitudes towards Beijing and Shanghai reflected a kind of tangled cultural identity of Chinese modern intellectuals who were in a huge gap between Eastern and Western cultures.

Key words: Lin Yutang, Beijing image, cross-cultural translation