閩地敬蛇如神

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中國漢字源遠(yuǎn)流長，其象形文字的特點(diǎn)在古老的漢字中尤為突出。福建的簡稱“閩”字，在篆書中的形狀是一條蛇盤踞在門內(nèi)。漢代許慎在《說文解字》中這樣解釋：“閩，東南越，蛇種”，揭示了福建地區(qū)古時以蛇為圖騰的文化背景。

Chinese characters have a rich and profound history， with their pictographic features particularly evident in ancient scripts. The character “Min，” an abbreviation for Fujian Province， is represented in seal script as a snake coiled inside a doorway. Xu Shen， a Han Dynasty scholar， explained in his dictionary Shuowen Jiezi that “Min”refers to the southeastern Yue people， known as the “snake tribe，” highlighting the cultural significance of snake totems in ancient Fujian.

蛇文化的淵源 Origins of snake worship

福建的自然環(huán)境為蛇類提供了理想的棲息地。（剩余7966字）