Different kinds of Holy Trees and Ways of Planting in Ritual Lands Before the Han Dynasty (to 220 A. D.) of Ancient China

Abstract

This paper involves the study of the different kinds of holy trees and the planting ways in ritual lands before the Han Dynasty (-A. D. 220). The major results of the findings are:
1) Different kinds of holy trees were clarified. Holy trees include Jianmu, Fusang, Taodu, Peach, Mulberry, Li anglimu, Jiahe, Zhucao, etc.
2) Trees grown in ritural lands were different in varieties, dynasties and locations.
3) Trees grown around graves differed by the status of buried person.