一尽管西昌是凉山彝族自治州的州府，但看上去却与其它中国普通的城市没有什么区别。这里，十八万城市居民中有95％是汉族人。或许惟一让人们意识到这座城市与大约两百万诺苏人有关系的是那些偶尔从山上下来的年轻姑娘们，她们身着艳丽的百褶裙和贴花坎肩；是那些不分性别一律 Although Xichang is the state capital of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, it looks no different from other ordinary Chinese cities. Here, 95% of the 180,000 urban residents are Chinese. Perhaps the only thing that made people realize that the city has something to do with about two million Nussuns is the young girls, who occasionally come down from the hills, in brightly colored pleated skirts and appliqués;