A Study On The Cultural Ecology

"Flowers in the Mirror" is a legendary work by the famous novelist Qing Li Ruzhen. In this book, the author not only focused on the plentiful pictures of the life, but also was aware of the relationship between the main character and its living environment. This is the most remarkable point of the book, because the generation of the characters, the establishment of their personalities are both closely related to their living and social environment.Ecological systems theory is a highly valued method in today’s natural science research. This theory also has been introduced to the social science research and thus called human ecology theory, cultural ecology theory and so on."Flowers in the Mirror" is rich in content, involving an elaborate description of natural and cultural views. The author also showed his human solicitude in the lines. This book not only play an important role in restoring the natural ecological features of the ancient Hai Zhou city, but also provide a new view to understand this great book.Cultural ecology theory studies the meaning of the context in the perspective of the "ecology theory". It is a research method that combines the natural environment and social environment. It investigates the development morphology and patterns of different ethics and nationalities by studying a variety of variables such as human behaviors, natural or social characteristics."Flowers in the Mirror" can be divided into two parts by the story of Tang ao, who did not return back after visiting mountains. However, we cannot ignore this truth that both parts reveal profound cultural ecological views of the author. The author moves his vision to the animals and plants and gave the vitality to them. Some of those characteristics are beyond their usual capacity. The author used a lot of writing to describe their morphology, characteristics and their relevance to the characters.The remarkable significance of the cultural ecology is that it treats the human as a part of the environment, but not the dominator. Everything is spiritual and equal to human. The real progress is the overall integration of the environment, nature and beauty of a person.Ruzhen Li is a wise man who likes the nature and uses his understanding and education to interpret the relationships between the human and nature, human and society, human and human. The view of author involved in both aggressive progress of Confucianism and emptiness inaction of Taoist. His work also reflects this spiritual state and its cultural meaning is more significant. The category of "Flowers in the Mirror" has caused a lot of controversy because of the different standards of classification. This ecological research culture has become very popular, thus we’d better use a new perspective to understand this work. We can use the theoretical ecology criticism to study the ecological cultural meaning of this book from the stand point of natural environment, social environment and spiritual realm. It will help us to find the formation process of the author’s idea of ecological harmony, whose ultimate goal is to achieve the balance of the ecosystem, social environment and human.