Define a proverb and illustrate how proverbs are related to culture, by referring to the following sentences. （1） Man proposes, God disposes. 谋事在人, 成事在天. （2） 平时不烧香, 临时抱佛脚。
A proverb is a brief familiar maxim of folk wisdom，usually compressed in form. It often provides interesting glimpse or clues to a people’s geography， history， social organization， social views and attitudes. It reflects a people’s living and living environment. It is culture-specific.From the given sentences， we see that religion is an important source of proverbs. The English proverb “Man proposes， God disposes” is related to Christianity， which is popular in English speaking countries， while “平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚'，is related to Buddhism， which was once very popular in China. God in English often corresponds to “天” in Chinese， as demonstrated in sentence （1）. It happens that English speakers who are largely Christians turn to God， while Chinese people turn to “天”.
