How to Develop Cultural and Creative Tourism at a Demonstrated Village in Yi Nationality Region of Liangshan Prefecture

Liangshan Prefecture, located in Sichuan Province in Southwest China, is the largest inhabited area of the Yi ethnic group and is also known as a contiguous impoverished area in the country. Therefore, poverty needs to be addressed through rural revitalization. The purpose of this study is to explore the strategic objectives and achievements of rural revitalization in Liangshan Yi Area through the construction of demonstration villages, to explore the current situation and problems of cultural and creative tourism development, and to provide Suggestions for improvement through literature collection and empirical investigation. The research finds that the problems of cultural and creative tourism development in the case model village include the strengthening of infrastructure construction, the adjustment and upgrading of industrial structure, the lack of downward publicity and external publicity, and the low cognition and acceptance of cultural and creative tourism. Finally, this study suggests that to develop cultural and creative tourism in the model village, the government must make relevant improvements, such as strengthening policy support, actively promoting and guiding the development of cultural and creative tourism in the model village, and increase the link with colleges and universities. For the demonstration villages, this study suggests that the professional quality of cultural and creative tourism of village leaders, the establishment of cultural and tourism seed teachers, and the establishment of village organization and manpower training should be improved.

Research on the Influence of Chinese on the Inheritance and Path of Yi Language

There are many ethnic groups in our country, and the Yi ethnic group has formed its own language in history. Like other languages, Yi language also carries the nation’s historical, cultural and intellectual achievements, and is an important object for studying the Yi people and even the Chinese nation. Modern society is developing rapidly, and in the development of the times and opening up, the use of other minority languages is gradually declining due to their limitations. At present, the huge influence of Chinese is also of great significance in the inheritance of Yi language.

Study on Cultural Connotation of Tattoo Custom in Women of Yi Ethnic Group in Liangshan

Tattoo custom in women of Yi ethnic group is a human cultural phenomenon with very rich connotation. Its social and psychological motive is complex. It is a comprehensive expression of religion, culture and custom of Yi ethnic group under specific historical and regional conditions.

The nationalization process and formation of Shuitian Yi ethnicity during Ming and Qing: A case study of the Yi ethnic group in Bailu Ying, Mianning County, Sichuan

This study explores the question of how ethnic groups were assimilated by the Imperial State to be placed under the administration of the central government and how their ethnicity changed during this process of nationalization. This paper studies the case of the Yi ethnic group in Bailu Ying of Mianning county, Sichuan Province in China. The ancestors of Yi people in Bailu Ying lived on Mount Daliang before the Wanli reign of the Ming Dynasty. In the early period of the Ming Dynasty, the government had set up Ningfan Garrison on the river valley on the west side of Mount Daliang. By the late Wanli Period, the garrison was consistently being attacked by the indigenous people in the area. In order to quell the resistance, the Imperial Court recruited Yi people as soldiers to guard the garrison. Afterwards, a new settlement of the Yi tribe in the Bailu Ying River valley emerged, and in the process the Yi people’s livelihood was transformed from herding and fishing to agriculture. In the early Qing, the Yi people in Bailu Ying were further integrated into the Imperial system with the inclusion of chieftains in the imperial governing body. However, up until the later years of the Qianlong reign, the Yi maintained relative autonomy in terms of its tribal settlement, power structure and cultural integrity. Later, with the arrival of new Han migrants, the introduction of the Baojia system, and the promotion of Han culture and education, the Yi group in Bailu Ying gradually lost its independence and began to be assimilated into the national identity, leading to the formation of Shuitian (rice field) Yi ethnicity. The case of the Shuitian Yi shows that the survival strategy of tribal minorities from the mountains did not necessarily follow the pattern of ‘avoiding becoming part of empires’, as suggested by James C. Scott, nor were these ethnic people always slow and passive in integrating with empires. On the contrary, the acceptance of the imperial rule was a survival strategy that helped to creating new ethnic groups while also consolidating frontiers for the Ming and Qing Empires.