Taking a lacquered tree excavated from the tomb No.2 in Tianxingguan, Jingzhou, Hubei as an example, the paper offers a thorough discussion on the image of magic tree and origination of its worship.

• 本文以湖北荆州天星观二号墓出土的一棵髹漆的自然树-神树为例，并结合考古发现的神树标本、文献记载的神树神话，对楚神树的形态、神树崇拜的起源进行了较全面细致的研究。