松桃县南部及与湘西交界处苗族习惯法调查与研究

The Folk Law of Miao People in South Songtao County and on its Border with West Hunan: Surveys and Research

松桃苗族自治县的苗族聚居地方在康熙、乾隆年间由南至北逐步受到国家控制。国内学术界对以松桃苗族自治县、湘西凤凰县为核心的东部苗族的习惯法研究成果非常少,习惯法田野调查成果基本上是空白。通过对松桃县南部及与湘西交界处隶属于湖南的苗族村寨的调查发现,当地存在苗族习惯法的残余,主要表现为群体立法制度、处罚制度以及婚姻习惯法制度等。松桃县南部的苗族习惯法历史文化传承程度低于相邻的湖南省境内苗族村寨和贵州省境内的雷公山地区和月亮山地区的苗族聚居地方。

Songtao County of Guizhou Province, where many Miao people live, was initially con- trolled from south to north by the central government during the Kangxi and Qianlong Reigns of the Qing Dynasty. The research available of the Miao people＇ s folk law there is scarce, and the field work concerned is simply left undone. Through surveys of the Miao villages in south Songtao County and on its border with west Hunan Province, we some traces of the Miao＇ s folk law, regarding mass legislative systems, punishment find systerns and marriage. It is also found that the historic cultural inheritance of the Miao＇ s folk law in south Songtao County is not as good as that in the Miao villages of Hunan and the Leigong Mountain and the Moon Mountain areas of Guizhou.