According to Juan Chang-jui, director of anthropology at the Provincial Museum, "tree worship is a form of nature worship that goes back to prehistory." Human life was closely tied to trees, both for shelter that was dry and safe from wild animals, and for clothing in the form of bark.
「人類對巨木的崇仰屬於自然崇拜的一部分，早在史前人類便有」，省立博物館人類學組長阮昌銳指出，那時，人類的生活離不開樹，像老祖宗有巢氏就築屋於大樹，以避猛獸及濕氣；神農氏則取樹皮為衣，以蔽體保暖。