Abstract: The idea of traditional Chinese forest culture was cultivated by Chinese people in the long history of understanding, transforming, developing and utilizing forest resources. The views of harmony between man and nature, and taking in good time and using in a wise way are the high generalization and theoretical distillation of ancient ecological environment ideas and traditional forest concept. Carrying on and developing the idea of traditional Chinese forest is of great significance to promote the traditional ecological concept and ecological values, and advance the development of contemporary ecological civilization.