lun wuling minzuqu yu minzu zou-lang yanjiu ( Research on the Wuling Ethnic Region and Ethnic Corridor ) is an important ethnological article published by Li Shaoming , a well -known ethnologist in contemporary China . It was pub-lished in 2007 in the Journal of Hubei University for Nationalities.No.3.This article is concerned with two core academic concepts—the “Wuling Ethnic Region” and the “Ethnic Corridor”.The main part of this article focuses on the discussion of the definition of the ethnological connotation of the“Wuling Ethnic Region”.It elaborates on the sub-ject by dividing the article into four parts: “A Brief Introduction to Mt .Wuling and the Wuling Ethnic Region”; “Ethnic Interaction and Cultural Diversity in the Wuling Ethnic Region”; the“Wuling Ethnic Region and Issues Related to Eth-nic Corridor”; and the “Future Research on the Wuling Ethnic Region”.