Chazi Flower School is a contemporary novel school initially formed in Hunan in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and its representative writer is Zhou Libo.

Since the mid-1950s, Zhou Libo has continuously created a number of excellent novels with the theme of rural vitality in Hunan, such as The People Beyond the Mountain and Great Changes in the Countryside. At the same time or later, several young writers who directly or indirectly studied under Zhou Libo appeared in Hunan: Xie Pu, Liu Yong, Zhou Jianmin, Xiao Yuxuan and so on.

They are not only deeply influenced by Zhou Libo in their creative thinking and literary pursuit, but also have a kind of "Zhou Libo flavor" in their works, that is, they are full of life flavor and interest, and have a strong local flavor of Hunan.

After Zhou Libo's death, the creation of "Camellia School" has not been interrupted. In addition to the original writers, after 1980, the creative practice of young and middle-aged writers such as Gu Hua, Ye, Sun Jianzhong and so on further enriched and developed this genre of novels. This school of writers insists on the creative principles and methods of revolutionary realism, and insists on ideological and artistic exploration on the basis of nationalization, which often has political significance.

In their creative practice, they gradually formed an artistic style similar to the "Camellia School": delicate, bright, subtle, simple, full of life and lyrical atmosphere, with distinctive regional folk customs and poetic beauty. The formation of "Camellia School".

Although it is only an unorganized and unconscious tacit understanding of literary thoughts, creative ideas, theme content and artistic charm, it already exists as a genre, and the strength and influence of writers are also considerable. At the same time, it also provides beneficial enlightenment for promoting the formation of literary schools with regional characteristics.