在我省的一些少数民族中,保存着不少保护森林的良好风俗,这里选其一二略作介绍。圭山彝族支系的撒尼人,每年冬月欢度密枝节时,要到森林中去举行祭奠密枝神的隆重仪式。所谓密枝神,即是树神。他们认为,只有保护森林,庄稼才会丰收,因此,把树木加以神化,严禁随便砍伐。楚雄、大理、丽江等地的彝族群众,在敬树神时,举 Among the ethnic minorities in our province, there are many good customs for the protection of forests, with a brief introduction here and there. The Sani people of the Yi nationality in Guishan, celebrating the densely knotted branches every winter and winter, go to the forest to hold the grand ceremony of offering sacrifices to the goddess. The so-called dense shoot God, that is, tree god. They think that only by forest protection will the harvest of crops grow. Therefore, the trees should be deified and random deforestation prohibited. Chuxiong, Dali, Lijiang and other places of the Yi people, respect the tree god, cite