Introduction of Forest Culture in Finland

We present the forest culture in Finland from 4 aspects in order to explore the significance of unique Finnish forest culture on the construction of ecological civilizations and researches of forest culture in China. 1) The son of forest, culture activities such as religions and belief, tales, mythologies and stories tightly related with forests in Finland allow people in Finland recognized themselves as the son of forest. 2) Recreational activities in forest, contemporary Finns enjoy their recreational life by building 39 national forest parks, collecting berries and mushrooms freely and spending their holidays in the cottages nearby lakes. 3) Forestry products, Finns utilize the forest resources efficiently and scientifically, such as most environmentally paper mills in the world, extracting chemicals from woods, and manufacturing varieties of products in daily life, as well as constructing fireproofing and last-long wood houses. The recent most popular topic in Finland is to convert forest sources into sustainable bioenergy for replacing the mineral energy materials. 4) Management on forest, we review and summarize the history and current situations on laws and scientific management for forests in Finland.