“蓬莱神话”与中日园林仙境布局

Penglai Mythology" and the Layout of Fairyland in Chinese and Japanese Gardens

蓬莱神话所构想的海中仙岛神山 ,强烈地反映出不屈不挠的原始生命信仰 ,中华先民对生命的眷恋和对生命永生的渴望 ,秦汉帝王通过“一池三岛”的园林仙境布局 ,将神话仙境搬到了人间 ,并成为日本园林仙境布局的直接蓝本。反映了人类对超越生命、与天地同存的人生境界的追求和反抗死亡的人本精神。

The celestrial islands and mountains described in Penglai Mythology reflect the strong primitive belief of and longing for life. The Chinese ancestors were sentimentally attached to life and longed for lonevity. Emperors of the Qin and the Han Dynasties created imagined fairylands in earthly world according to the mythology fairyland layout which became a direct blueprint of the layout of Japanese gardens.