湘西是指湖南西北部与四川、贵州、湖北三省交界,现为湘西土家族、苗族自治州管辖的全部地区,它共辖吉首、大庸两市,泸溪、古大、花垣、保靖、永顺、龙山、桑植八县,面积二万一千三百四十八平方公里,人口近三百万。这里群峰竞秀,碧溪交流,气候温和,雨水充沛,是一个美丽富饶的地方,全国著名的张家界、索溪峪、天子山、猛峒河、不二门等景观均在其境,这里有中外驰名的天麻、生漆、秸红、娃娃鱼等。湘西居住着土家族和苗族两个古老的民族,不但保存了自己独特的语言和淳厚的习俗,而且继承和发展了本民族的工艺传统和楚文化,使这个美 Western Hunan refers to all areas under the jurisdiction of Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in the northwestern part of Hunan Province and borders Sichuan, Guizhou and Hubei provinces. It has jurisdiction over the cities of Jishou and Dayong, Luxi, Guoda, Huayuan, Baojing and Yong Shun, Longshan, Sangzhi eight counties, an area of ​​21,348 square kilometers, a population of nearly three million. Here Qunfeng Jingxiu, Bixi exchange, mild climate, abundant rainfall, is a beautiful and rich place, the famous Zhangjiajie, Suoxi Valley, Tianzishan, Mengtihe, Fu Ermen and other landscapes are in its territory, here Chinese and foreign well-known gastrodia, Lacquer, red straw, such as salamander. The two ancient ethnic groups, Tujia and Miao, live in western Hunan. They not only preserve their own unique language and honest customs, but also inherit and develop the craft traditions and Chu culture of their own nation so that this beauty