Review of Domestic Research on Ailao Yi in the Past 50 Years
Ailao Yi is one of the ethnic groups living in southwest China in history.Since the 1970s,the domestic academic research on Ailao Yi has gradually increased,focusing on five aspects:the origin of Ailao Yi,the space-time range and social form of Ailao Kingdom,characteristics and content of Ailao Yi culture,the external communication of Ailao Yi and archaeological research,but the research prog-ress in these aspects is unbalanced.Future research should be promoted from the following four as-pects:establish the academic trend of Ailao Yi research based on the reality;focus on weak areas and deepen basic research;clarify the basic historical materials,explore and use new historical materials;absorb theories and methods from other disciplines and innovate research methods.