“文化生态”这一概念引入我国已有十多年时间,被许多学者应用到多个研究领域,取得了诸多研究成果。民间文学与文化生态之间有着非常密切的关系。受文化生态的影响,民间文学形成了不同于作家文学的诸多文化特质。从文化生态视角研究民间文学,可以更科学、更全面地考察影响它生成与演变的文化因子、生态基础和活态规律等具体问题,并认识它存在的意义和价值。 The concept of “cultural ecology” has been introduced into our country for more than ten years and has been applied to many research fields by many scholars and many achievements have been made. There is a very close relationship between folk literature and cultural ecology. Affected by the cultural ecology, folk literature has formed many cultural traits different from the writer’s literature. Studying folklore from the perspective of cultural ecology can examine more specifically and comprehensively the specific problems such as cultural factors, ecological basis and living laws that affect its formation and evolution, and recognize the significance and value of its existence.