《白鹿原》展示了白鹿家族的生存困境：传统宗法文化象一个神秘怪圈，其负面影响使白鹿人活得很艰难、很痛苦；历史犹如一个灼烫的鉴予，在它的煎烤下，白鹿人常常自觉不自觉地充当某种悲剧角色；大自然的肆虐，更使白鹿人恐怖、紧张，难以为生。白鹿原是中国的缩影，白鹿家族的生存困境就是中华民族的生存困境。 The “White Deer Plain” shows the survival predicament of the White Deer family: the traditional patriarchal culture is like a mysterious circle, whose negative impact makes the White Deer live a very difficult and painful journey; history is like a scorched look, , White Deer often consciously or unconsciously act as a tragedy; the ravages of nature, but also to make White Deer horror, tension, hard to survive. Bailuyuan is a microcosm of China. The survival predicament of the white deer family is the survival predicament of the Chinese nation.