西南地区民间生态知识与森林保护

西南地区民间有保护森林的优良传统,形成了一整套民间生态保护知识系统。西南地区民间生态知识的形成与森林对人们生活的重要作用密切相关,森林为当地人提供了必要的生活资料,美化了居住环境,防止了水土流失和风沙。西南地区民间保护森林的生态知识主要表现在:第一,独特的森林对人类极端重要性的认识理念;第二,对树神和风水林的信仰;第三,保护森林的规约;第四,对庭院、祖坟地的绿化。这些民间生态知识和有益的实践对西南地区森林的保护起到潜移默化的作用,对今天的生态环境保护也具有启示意义。

Folk Ecological Knowledge and Forest Protection in Southwest China

In southwest China,there has been a good folk tradition of protecting forest,and there is a set of systematic knowledge about ecological protection.The formation of folk ecological knowledge in southwest China is closely connected with the role of forest in people's life,because forest provides the local people with necessary living resources,beautifies their living environment and prevents water loss and soil erosion as well as sand.The ecological knowledge about forest protection is mainly expressed in the following aspects: the unique knowledge about the great importance of forest,the belief in tree god and geomantic omen,the rules and regulations about forest protection and the afforestation of courtyard and graveyard.The ecological knowledge imperceptibly influenced the protection of forest in southwest China and is illuminating to the protection of ecological environment today.