圣树崇拜在世界范围内的显现及意义

Materialization and Significance of Sacred Tree Worship in the World

在世界古代文明中,圣树崇拜是极为普遍的文化现象。树木象征着世界之树(生命之树),成为了某种超越性的存在。圣树之所以成为神圣的显现,是因为它不仅再现了宇宙,而且展现了宇宙永不枯竭、源源不断的生命力以及重生的过程。人们通过攀爬、触摸和拥抱树木等行为,力图与树建立密切联系,从而获得升天、再生和不朽等神力,分享树木的永恒生命。现代社会的林木保护意识可以说是古代圣树崇拜的延伸,其源头可以追溯到古代社会世界树的原始信仰。

In ancient civilizations,sacred tree worship is a common cultural phenomenon.Tree symbolizes the tree of the world(the tree of life)and has become a transcendent existence.The reason why sacred tree becomes the divine manifestation is that it not only reproduces the universe,but also displays the inexhaustible and never-ending vitality of and the process of rebirth of the universe.Humans try to establish a close relationship with trees through the behaviors such as climbing,touching and hugging trees,so as to gain divine powers such as ascension,regeneration and immortality,and share the eternal life of trees.It can be said that the consciousness of forest protection in modern society is an extension of ancient sacred tree worship,and its origin can be traced back to the primitive belief in the tree of world held in ancient society.