Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a liquid crystal display appliance for controlling a plurality of divided area in the display screen. In order to achieve the above object, the liquid crystal display appliance according to the present invention includes a lighting apparatus which includes a light source, and an light guide plate to diffuse lights from the light source to obtain a surface light source; and a liquid crystal panel which is placed opposed to the lighting apparatus and includes a liquid crystal layer. The light guide plate is made by bonding a plurality of transparent light guide members each of which has a different refractive index greater than 1.