Abstract:The article quantitatively described the situation of the family support for the elderly in the rural area of Jianghan plain and reasons for its predicament from the view of the running state of the generational relation according to data acquired in questionnaire. There are two main reasons,namely the lack of resources and additionally the downward operation of the inter-generational relations. In other words,the upward and two-way balance logic of the inter-generational relations,a behavior surpassing the economic ethics,has been replaced by the downward and unbalanced logic and faded away in the operation of the inter-generational relations. The younger generation becomes increasingly more rational in the issue of supporting the elder,which is the crux of the problem of the family support for the elderly in the rural area of Jianghan plain.