An image displaying method, comprising: displaying, by a terminal, an image, wherein the image is a wallpaper of the terminal in a screen-locked state or a screen-unlocked state, or the image is a display interface of an application, wherein the image comprises a first region and a second region, the first region presents a first image effect, the second region presents a second image effect different from the first image effect, wherein a display element is superimposed and displayed in the first region, the display element comprises at least one of a text, an icon, a picture, a suspend button, and a window component, and the display element presents a first display effect associated with the first image effect; receiving, by the terminal, an operation of a user on the display element; and moving, by the terminal in response to the operation, the display element to the second region for superimposing and displaying, and wherein the display element automatically presents a second display effect associated with the second image effect, and the first image effect and the second image effect are different, and the display effect comprises a color of the display element; wherein the image is a wallpaper of the terminal in the screen-unlocked state; wherein the operation is a sliding operation; and the moving, by the terminal, the display element to the second region of the image for superimposing and displaying comprises: moving, by the terminal, the icon from the first region to the second region along a sliding track of the sliding operation, wherein the icon transitions from the first display effect to the second display effect in the moving process; and wherein when a first part of the icon is located in the first region, and a second part of the icon is located in the second region, the first part of the icon presents the first display effect, and the second part of the icon presents the second display effect. displaying, by a terminal, an image, wherein the image is a wallpaper of the terminal in a screen-locked state or a screen-unlocked state, or the image is a display interface of an application, wherein the image comprises a first region and a second region, the first region presents a first image effect, the second region presents a second image effect different from the first image effect, wherein a display element is superimposed and displayed in the first region, the display element comprises at least one of a text, an icon, a picture, a suspend button, and a window component, and the display element presents a first display effect associated with the first image effect; receiving, by the terminal, an operation of a user on the display element; and moving, by the terminal in response to the operation, the display element to the second region for superimposing and displaying, and wherein the display element automatically presents a second display effect associated with the second image effect, and the first image effect and the second image effect are different, and the display effect comprises a color of the display element; wherein the image is a wallpaper of the terminal in the screen-unlocked state; wherein the operation is a sliding operation; and the moving, by the terminal, the display element to the second region of the image for superimposing and displaying comprises: moving, by the terminal, the icon from the first region to the second region along a sliding track of the sliding operation, wherein the icon transitions from the first display effect to the second display effect in the moving process; and wherein when a first part of the icon is located in the first region, and a second part of the icon is located in the second region, the first part of the icon presents the first display effect, and the second part of the icon presents the second display effect. moving, by the terminal, the icon from the first region to the second region along a sliding track of the sliding operation, wherein the icon transitions from the first display effect to the second display effect in the moving process; and wherein when a first part of the icon is located in the first region, and a second part of the icon is located in the second region, the first part of the icon presents the first display effect, and the second part of the icon presents the second display effect.