马桑树传说建木考

Legends of the Coriaria Sinica as the Building Materials

马桑树自古是一种灌木,但中国西南地区却流传着马桑树是高大乔木,且能通天的传说。笔者认为此传说的产生是中华民族各地古老神话传说交流融合的结果。该传说可能是从古巴蜀通天神话吸收中原龙文化和东方扶桑神树复合而成,是华夏多元一体文化中的神话传说在传承过程中互相交融的产物,有着深厚的民俗文化意义。

Coriaria sinica as a kind of bush since history has ever known it, but there goes a legend in Southwest China that coriaria sinca is a kind of tall tree ,just like the Babel tower. The author of the article holds that the legend resulted from the communication and merging between ancient myths and legends in different parts of China, and it is of profound folk cultural significance.