对少数民族习惯法作为“法”之内涵的确定,传统的划分依据总是建立在时间的界点之上。其实,少数民族习惯法还应该是一个法律地理概念。“文化生态学的方法”提出,环境与文化并非泾渭分明地各行其道,而是辩证式地相互作用,或叫做反馈或相互的因果关系,这样更可进一步论证出文化所具有的客观性与物质制约性,更能全面科学地发现文化的发展规律和因果关系,从而全面科学地认识 As for the definition of the connotation of “law ” for customary law of ethnic minorities, the traditional basis of division is always based on the point of time. In fact, ethnic minority customary law should also be a legal and geographical concept. “Method of Cultural Ecology ” proposed that environment and culture do not go its own way distinctly but interact dialectically, or called feedback or mutual causality, so as to further prove the objectivity of culture And material constraints, a more comprehensive and scientific discovery of the laws of the development of culture and causal relationship, so that a comprehensive and scientific understanding