新世纪的钟声已经敲过。改革开放20多年，中国从城市到农村发生了翻天覆地的变化，城市在扩大，一天变个样，可谓日新月异。高速公路四通八达，城市生活进入到数字信息时代，城市附近的农民失地以后已经成了新的城市居民……
　　2001年冬天，在整理过去的拍摄资料时，看到了20年前拍摄的布拖彝人的影像资料，勾起在布拖采访时的情景记忆。大凉山今日如何？彝人百姓的生活变成啥样了……作为一个摄影人，我想真实地记录下这些年所发生的变化，经过较充分的准备后，我又奔向了布拖。
　　从凉山州府西昌出发，宽阔平坦的柏油大道一直通到昭觉县三湾河桥头，此地到布拖县城31公里路段正在修建中，看情况不出两年到布拖县的泥泞路将不复存在。
　　如今的布拖县城已是街道宽阔，新修的数栋楼房耸立在大街上，虽不及大城市周边的县城气派，但也是车水马龙，商业气氛很浓，舞厅、酒吧、卡拉OK、游戏厅、发廊应有尽有。我在县政府招待所小住数日，细心观察，消费者均是县城里的大人和孩子，从未见有乡村里的彝人来此消费。住在县城的老朋友告诉我：“晚上不要出门，这里的夜晚不安全，抢劫、吸毒的不少。前一段有个外地来照像的被刺了三刀，财物也被洗劫一空。”安全起见，我只得按老朋友的叮嘱小心谨慎。
　　我此行的目的是了解彝族百姓生产方式和生活方式的变化以及他们当前的生存状态。与当地的朋友商量，把主要视点定在了衣某和西溪河区的一些乡村。这里的乡村地处县城边远地带，距县城20-30公里，海拔2500-3000公尺，以农耕为主，较完整地保留着本民族的生活方式和文化传承。我首站选择了西溪河区的乐安乡，走访了补莫村、收古村等自然村落，得知这几个村的彝族百姓年人均收入不到200元，读书的孩子交不起一年24.5元的学费。“收古村全村94户人家，74名学龄儿童，入学的儿童只有24名。”这是收古村补莫小学民办教师马黑拉牛于2002年3月13日写给我的村小学基本情况。这是出自最基层的彝族百姓提供的生活情况，让我十分震惊!这是不可想象的，这离国家年均收入最低贫困标准还有巨大的差距。
　　我的案头上有一份布拖县西溪河区工委提供的2002年3月17日起草的政府工作报告中写到：“2002年片区经济社会发展的主要目标预定为：农业总产值2298万元，增长3.6%　；农民人均纯收入增加100元，达到688元；粮食总产量……；学龄前儿童入学率达到83%，提高3个百分点……。”这些区政府工作报告中的数据与我从百姓口中了解到的数据为什么会出现这么大的差别？收古村的一个老年彝人告诉我，区上要求上报人均收入为500元，实际收入只有170多元。
　　我曾看过很多关于中国农村收入调查的资料，在我的记忆中，农村年收入1000元左右就已经是收入非常低的弱势人群了，而大凉山腹地彝人的年收入才只有他们收入的三分之一。可以想象其生产力水平之低下，彝人百姓的生活之贫困。

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　　　　Revisiting Butuo at the B egining of This Century

　　Upon the ringing in the new century, following 20 years of opening China’s borders and reform, tremendous changes have taken place throughout China’s urban and rural areas. The metropolitan scale expanded at an extraordinary speed among the cities. The urban skylines are changing everyday. Express ways extend in all directions and urban life has entered information era. The farmers who lost their land have become new city residents.
　　In the winter of 2001 when I was sorting out my former photos, I found the old pictures of the Yi life in Butuo tht I took 20 years ago. They reminded me of the interesting experiences there. How is the grand Liangshan looking today? What is current Yi life? With these questions in mind, as a professional photographer, I had a strong desire to document the changes there over the years. After thorough preparations, I hit the road to Butuo again.
　　The main purpose of my return was to identify the changes of the Yi way of life and modes of production as well as their current living conditions. Based on discussion with my local friends, I focused my vision on the townships and villages in Yimao and Xixihe districts in the border area of the county, some 20-30 kilometers away from the county seat, 2,500-3,000 meters above the sea level. It was basically an agricultural area where the Yi customs and cultural heritages were well preserved. My first stopover was Le’an township where I visited Bumo, Shuogu and other natural villages. I learned that the average annual income there was not more than 200 yuan. The pupils, therefore could not afford to pay the lowest tuition-24.5 yuan annually. “There are 94 households in Shuogu village and 74 schooling aged children. Only 24 of them are attending the school”, wrote Mahe Laniu, a teacher with Bumo primary school at Shougu village, in a letter to me dated March 13, 2002, describing the general situation there. The information from the most basic grassroot level really surprised me because they lived way below the poverty line, in terms of the average annual income, designated by the government.

文章来源：《布拖记事---大凉山腹地彝人生活实录》