彝族是大理白族自治州巍山彝族回族自治县的土著民族,两汉时名为“摇嶲、昆明”,唐代名为“乌蛮”和“乌蛮别种”(南诏族属),元明清时被称为“罗罗”或“倮罗”、“罗罗摩”、“摩家”(蒙舍地名谐音)等名称,在全县均有分布,是巍山世居民族的主体部分。他们一般多居住在高寒山区 The Yi nationality is an indigenous group in the Weishan Yi and Hui Autonomous County of Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture. The two Han Dynasties are called “Shanshan and Kunming”, while the Tang Dynasty is called “Wu Man” and “Wu Man” (Nanzhao genus) The names of “Luo Luo” or “Miluo”, “Luo Rama”, “Mo Home” (Mongolian names homonym) and other names, are distributed throughout the county, is the main part of Weishan native. They generally live in alpine mountains