文山苗族称谓辨析

Discrimination of Appellation by Miao People in Wenshan

一些史料或史论常用几个简单的、宽泛的甚至含混不清的称谓来论述苗族支系。从族名本意、语言差异、服饰工艺特点和地理区位特点看,各支系称谓实际蕴含着细微的文化差异。

In some historic materials, some simple and wide- meaning, evenvague names are used to describe the branches of Miao. There are, in fact, slight differences from each branch in the enigmatic meanings for the tribe names, languages, characters of costume art and geographic characters.