Abstract: Xichou spirit is the lofty spiritual quality with " working hanl”as the core formed by the peo-ple of Xichou in the practice of closing mountains for afforestation and transfoming natural ecology in re-cent 30 years. It is the product of the concrete activities of the traditional ecological ideas of various eth-nic groups in Xichou. To vigorously inherit and carry forward the Xichou spirit ,we should not only publi-cize its "red”color , but also excavate its "green”color. 'Therefore , systematically excavating and analy-zing the ecological and environmental protection concept of Xichou local nationalities is not only the basicwork of inheriting the Xichou spirit , but also a necessary link to carry forward its value of the times.'Tak-ing the Zhuang ethnic group as the research object ，starting from the national historical and cultural per-spective of the formation of the Xichou spirit ，this paper analyzes the traditional ecological and environ-mental protection concept of the Zhuang ethnic group , so as to strengthen the understanding of the conno-tation of the Xichou spirit anwl better promote the construction of regional ecological civilization.

Key words: Xichou spirit, ethmic group, ecological heritage of the Zhuang ethnic group, ecological value