湘西历来被认为是一个野蛮未经开化的匪区,外地人对湘西的印象很可能就是“湘西是个苗区,同时又是个匪区。……男子特别欢喜杀人。……地极险,人极蛮。……土地极贫瘠,人民蛮悍而又十分愚蠢。”湘西土匪在他们看来更是杀人放火、无恶不作、毫无人性的恶魔,是社会的渣滓。然而,作为湘西本土人的 Xiangxi has always been regarded as a brutal, uncivilized bandit region, and the impression that foreigners would have of Xiangxi is likely to be: “In western Hunan, it is a seedling area and a bandit area. ... Men are especially happy to kill ... Extremely dangerous people Extremely barren land very barren, people are very tough and very stupid. ”Xiangxi bandits in their view is even more arson, no evil, no human demon, is the scum of society. However, as a native of western Hunan