土家学,从诞生之年算起,连头带尾,有半个世纪了。1950年夏季之际,中央访问团在湘西时,当地有几位知识分子反映他们是“土家”,既不同于汉族,也不同于苗族。对此,中央访问团作了简要的记录,可是碍难表态,缘由在于土家这个民族已经被外界淡忘,事出意外,令人将信将疑。中央访问团 Tujia learning, counting from the birth year, even headband, half a century. At the time of the summer of 1950, when the delegation of the Central Government visited western Hunan, several local intellectuals said that they were “Tujia”, different from the Han nationality and from the Miao people. In this regard, the Central People’s Government made a brief record, but it is difficult to make a statement because the ethnic Tujia people have been forgotten by the outside world. In an unexpected situation, people are skeptical. Central delegation