北方民族,特别是阿尔泰语系诸民族,有一个“世界生命树”和“宇宙中心树”的古老观念。这些民族长期生活在北方原始森林中,崇拜苍天、高山和树木,认为树是天空的支柱、神灵的居所,也是性器的象征、通往上界的天梯。许多神话传说中,树是人类的始母。突厥语系民族自称是狼的后代,也是树的儿子。维吾尔人就认为自己是云杉和白桦树的后代。蒙古族的神树与圣泉相伴,他们的 The northern peoples, especially the ethnic Altaic peoples, have an ancient concept of “world tree of life” and “center of cosmic tree.” These peoples long lived in the primeval forests of the North, worshiping heaven, mountains and trees, believing that the tree is the pillar of the sky, the dwelling place of the gods, the symbol of the sex creature and the ladder leading to the upper bound. In many myths and legends, the tree is the beginning of humanity. Turkic ethnic people claim to be the descendants of wolves, but also the son of the tree. Uyghurs consider themselves to be descendants of spruces and birch trees. Mongolian god tree and holy spring accompanied them