樱花原始象征意义考——辟邪之花?农耕之花?

On the Original Symbolic Meaning of Japanese Flowering Cherry

樱花是日本国的象征。解读其象征意义 ,可以了解日本人的心路变化过程。然而 ,在日本历史长河中 ,依时代和个人的不同 ,樱花曾被赋予了不同的象征意义。因此 ,本文要分析的是 ,樱花的原始象征意义究竟是什么 ?

Japanese flowering cherry is the symbol of Japan. Therefo re we can get to know the psychic change of the Japanese by studying its symbolic meaning. In Japanese history, oriental cherry has been given different symbolic meanings by different people in different times. This paper makes an attempt to analyzing t he original symbolic meaning of Japanese flowering cherry, which is the foundati on of understanding later symbolic meanings.