习惯法普遍存在于我国少数民族地区,其内容十分广泛,涉及民族群众生产、生活的各个方面,对民族群众影响很大。习惯法中既存在着积极因素,也存在着消极因素,而其中的积极因素在保护民族地区的自然资源,维护民族地区的生态平衡,促进民族群众之间的和睦团结及民族地区社会关系的和谐发展等方面起着非常重要的作用。 Customary law is ubiquitous in ethnic minority areas in our country. Its content is very broad and involves all aspects of the production and life of the ethnic masses and has a great impact on the ethnic people. There are both positive and negative factors in customary law, of which the positive factors are the protection of the natural resources in ethnic areas, the maintenance of ecological balance in ethnic areas, the promotion of the harmonious unity among ethnic groups and the harmonious social relations in ethnic areas Development and other aspects play a very important role.