“林谚”指的是林业生产方面的谚语。林业谚语同农业谚语、气象谚语一样,是人民大众的口头俗语,也是人们长期实践的经验总结。例如人们认识了森林具有蓄水保土的作用,就把林与水的关系总结为“山上栽满树,等于修水库,雨多它能吞,雨少它能吐”。林谚“要想风沙住、必须多栽树。”则是人们认识了林木具有防风固沙功能后,从实践中总结出来的。林谚是劳动人民智慧的结晶,是我国林业科学宝库中 Lin proverb refers to the proverb of forestry production. Forestry proverbs, like the agricultural proverbs and meteorological proverbs, are popular proclamations of the people and are also the lessons learned by people in their long-term practice. For example, people have realized that forests have the function of water storage and soil conservation. They summed up the relationship between forests and water as “planting trees in the mountains, equal to building reservoirs, allowing more rain to swallow and less rain to vomit.” Lin proverb “If we want to live in the wind and sand, we must grow more trees.” It is from people’s understanding that after the windbreak and sand-fixation function of trees have been concluded, the practice has been concluded. Lin proverbs are the crystallization of the working people’s wisdom and are the treasure house of forestry in China