在谈及新中国的民族调查时,费孝通先生说过这样一段话:我是1950年到贵州的,从那年开始就搞民族调查。在这以前,什么叫少数民族,我们也不大清楚。通过中央访问团的几次调查,搜集到不少资料,了解了有些什么民族。……总之,过去30年的民族调查工作,国家是花了钱花了力的,各个民族都出了力。我们搞了不少资料,数量很大。可是,这一大 When talking about the ethnic investigation of New China, Mr. Fei Xiaotong said something like this: I came to Guizhou in 1950 and from that year on, I conducted a national investigation. Before this, what is a minority, we are not clear. Through several investigations conducted by the central delegation, I collected a lot of information and learned about some ethnic groups. In short, in the past 30 years of ethnic surveys, the state has spent a lot of money and effort has been exerted on all ethnic groups. We made a lot of information, a large number. However, this is big