彝族爱山,而且爱大山高山。山不高不住,山不大也不住。于是,大西南的高寒山区或半山区,便有一寨寨的彝村镶嵌在大地和白云之间。说彝族是山的民族,其实并不过分。云贵高原上除了山还是山,山上有彝族,有彝族就有地,有地就有玉米、土豆、大麦、小麦、高粱、荞麦、红稗和蔬菜,其中最普遍的是玉米,因而,彝族又有玉米人之称。 Yi love mountains, but also love mountains. Hill is not high, the mountain does not live. Thus, the alpine mountainous area of ​​Mid-Southwest or mid-mountain area, there is a village of Yi Zhai walled in between the earth and clouds. It is not too much to say that Yi is a mountain nation. In addition to mountains or mountains on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, there are Yi in the mountains and Yi areas. There are corn, potatoes, barley, wheat, sorghum, buckwheat, barnyardgrass and vegetables in some places, of which corn is the most common Corn known.