2009年起国家民委和财政部启动的少数民族特色村寨保护与发展项目其最直接的目的就是保护特色聚落和民居建筑,通过保护少数民族聚落达到保护民族传统文化的目的。苗族是一个历史悠久的民族,族民在居住上实行小聚居大杂居的特点。“土人、汉人、苗民杂处。土十之四,汉人三分,苗人亦仅三分。” Since 2009, the most direct purpose of the project for the protection and development of ethnic-minority villages started by the State Ethnic Affairs Commission and the Ministry of Finance has been to protect the special settlements and residential buildings and to protect ethnic traditional cultures through the protection of ethnic minorities. Miao is a long-established ethnic group living inhabited by ethnic minorities. “Natives, Han, Miao miscellaneous premises .Thirteen soil, Han third, Miao people only three points.”