浙、赣、闽民间樟树信仰风俗及其成因分析

The Folk Camphor Belief Customs in Zhejiang, Jiangxi,Fujian and Its Causes

在浙江、江西、福建等地,作为常见树种的樟树不仅是日常材用的植物,更被许多民众奉为地方的保护神或被当作祖先的神灵寄托。民众通过对樟树的祭拜,以祈求樟树护佑一方或者一个氏族的生产、生活和子孙的繁衍;还有许多民众让自己刚出生的孩子认樟树为干娘,以祈求孩子健康成长。这种风俗的形成,不仅与樟树所具有的生命力旺盛和具有药用作用的自然属性相关,还与从中国原始社会传承而下的植物崇拜和传统文化赋予樟树的特殊文化内涵分不开关系。

In zhejiang, jiangxi, fujian, camphor tree as a common species is not only the daily used plants, but also treated as the patron saint or ancestral spirits by many people. People pray for the blessing the production, life and future breeding of one place or a clan through the worship of camphor trees; many people let their newborn children recognize camphor tree to be foster mother, to pray for the healthy growth of children. The formation of this custom, is not only related to camphor tree for it have strong vitality and medicinal effects of natural property, but also has inseparable relationship to the plant worship inheritance from the primitive China and the traditional culture which give special cultural connotation of camphor tree.