The Argument about the Woodcarving Works "Miao Nationality Maid" and its Background——On the Turmoil of Ethnic Sense in Miao Nationality Intellectual Circles during the Early 1980s

During the early 1980s,in the circle of literature and art of Guizhou province,the woodcarving worksMiao nationality Maidcreated by an Han nationality artist has ever aroused a fierce argument.This paper discusses about the turmoil phenomenon of ethnic sense and its relative background in the Miao nationality intellectual circles by tracking and analyzing the special event.On the basis of this,by revewing the growth course of Miao ethnic elites,the article reveals that theborderformed by their self-ethnic identity actually does not originate from the so-called common culture,but gradually shaped and intensified in the course of interacting with the outside world.Furthermore,the author of this article gives some insightful views about the issue of theotherness renderingwhich will influence the Miao nationality to become a modern ethnic group by briefly tracking the course ofMiao individualbecomingMiao Nationalityin the history.