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复活节彩蛋树(Ostereierbaum)是德国的一种传统[1][2][3],當地人用复活节彩蛋装饰树木和灌木,這些樹木就被称为复活节彩蛋树。德國图林根州萨尔费尔德的复活节彩蛋树較為知名。

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- ^ Jordan, Anne. Christianity. Nelson Thornes. 5 April 2000. ISBN 9780748753208.
Easter eggs are used as a Christian symbol to represent the empty tomb. The outside of the egg looks dead but inside there is new life, which is going to break out. The Easter egg is a reminder that Jesus will rise from His tomb and bring new life. Orthodox Christians dye boiled eggs red to make red Easter eggs that represent the blood of Christ shed for the sins of the world.
- ^ The Guardian, Volume 29. H. Harbaugh. 1878.
Just so, on that first Easter morning, Jesus came to life and walked out of the tomb, and left it, as it were, an empty shell. Just so, too, when the Christian dies, the body is left in the grave, an empty shell, but the soul takes wings and flies away to be with God. Thus you see that though an egg seems to be as dead as a stone, yet it really has life in it; and also it is like Christ's dead body, which was raised to life again. This is the reason we use eggs on Easter. (In days past some used to color the eggs red, so as to show the kind of death by which Christ died,-a bloody death.)
- ^ Geddes, Gordon; Griffiths, Jane. Christian belief and practice. Heinemann. 22 January 2002. ISBN 9780435306915.
Red eggs are given to Orthodox Christians after the Easter Liturgy. They crack their eggs against each other's. The cracking of the eggs symbolizes a wish to break away from the bonds of sin and misery and enter the new life issuing from Christ's resurrection.