大理經歷了由地方獨立政權到中央帝國邊陲的轉變,歷史發展的特徵深刻影響了當地手工藝美學風格,少數民族占極高比例的劍川一地的木雕呈現鮮明的漢儒風格,但本地依然保留著大量迥異於漢族教化的象徵符號與意義體系,從中可以看到對"主流"的想象和不平衡的文化權力格局。

Dali has gone through the change from independent local government to the borderland of the Central Empire. This feature of historical development influenced the aesthetic style of handicrafts and in Jianchuan However many symbols and meaning system which are different from Han culture are still kept in the local area. From them, we can see their imagination of the "mainstream" and the imbalanced pattern of cultural power.