A Study Of Zhang Chang 's Works In The Perspective Of Regional Ecological Culture

Zhang Chang is a local minority writer appearing in literary world in1960s inYunnan, and people pay attention to the experience and writing he brought us aboutYunnan frontier scenery. He retained the natural landscape、 local conditions andcustoms in beautiful ethnic一Xishuangbanna communities in the way of art，so hisworks are full of frontier characteristicsZhang Chang created many works about nature and ecology. The aim, his specialwriting about natural frontier landscape and local customs, is to recall the originalecological environment in Xishuang ban na and pursuit the poetic habitat, calling onpeople to protect our living environment. In his works he told the stories aboutinterdependence between nature and Dai、Aini、Wa、Lahu；the stories about theharmony between man and nature；the stories about the harmony between man andman；the stories about beauty of human nature of “son of nature”and these are theexpression of ecological consciousness in his soul. When seeing human greed scarredthe nature，he calls for the people to love and cherish nature，hoping more and morepeople to focus on ecology and aspire the harmonious life.From the pursuit of the poetic habitat and the desire of harmonious life，undoubtedly Zhang Chang is the advocate of traditional culture， but he is alsoeulogist of new life and modern civilization, In his work，those people，like Aini、Wa、Jinuo，who can hardly speak Chinese go to school gradually and learn theChinese culture；those people who swift cattle and sacrificed ghost in the past，nowhave planted rice in the field；those Dai girls who ram wood and turned wheels in thepast，now can control electric light. These changes are the expressions of civilizationin his writing.Under the influence of mainstream culture， it is indispensable for minorityliterature to highlight its ethnic characteristics. As one of the spokesmen of ethnicculture， ethnic minority writers express their own emotion and feeling，while theyshould also hold dialectical attitude. Traditionally, for critical consciousness ofliterature, people could believe the critical depth of minority literature is inferior tomainstream culture. So for the minority writers, taking frontier scenery and culture astheir creative foundation, they must praise frontier scenery and minority culture, butalso merge the contemporary critical consciousness into their literary creation. Only by doing this, they can discard their own minority culture or treat it in a rational way一self reflection of minority culture. Ultimately, minority literature can show itsstrength and width, and realize due thought in depth.