Abstract: In terms of clothing, the Yi costume is different from that of the Han nationality and other ethnic minorities. With unique national style, it enjoys the reputation of "wearing culture and embroidering history". In order to understand the current research status of Yi costumes in China, this paper employed quantitative analysis and qualitative analysis based on CiteSpace visualization software to analyze 508 valid papers in China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) database. Then research maps were made to explore the research hotspots and research trends of the Yi costume in the past 36 years.
The study of Yi costumes in China has been developing for 36 years. In the past, the research on the costume shape, cultural connotation, costume aesthetics and innovative application of different Yi branches has achieved fruitful results. Many scholars choose to explore the Yi costume culture from different perspectives such as culturology, anthropology, art, and history. Although the academic research on the Yi costume is relatively rich, there is a clear regional imbalance and a lack of landmark literature.
At present, the research on Yi costumes in China has formed a state of obvious professional division, institutional division and regional division. Most authors and institutions with a significant number of publications come from the field of ethnology and belong to the southwest region. The proportion of high-quality academic achievements published in CSSCI and Peking University core journals is extremely low, with varying quality levels of literature and a lack of influential articles. The research trend of Yi costumes is divided into three aspects: the cultural and historical development of costumes focusing on the category of "clothing"; the inheritance and development of costumes focusing on the category of “culture”; the innovative design and application practice of costumes focusing on the category of “behavior”. It embodies the history and current situation, the process of inheritance and design innovation of the research in the field of Yi costumes. The research hotspots are divided into three stages: from 1993 to 2008, it focused on the historical development and basic attributes of the Yi costume; from 2009 to 2017, the focus shifted from natural attributes to social attributes, exploring the evolution of Yi costumes of different branches from a gender perspective; from 2018 to 2023, the focus was on the social attributes of Yi costumes, emphasizing the inheritance, protection, innovative design and application of Yi costumes.
As for future research directions for Yi costumes, firstly, it is necessary to shift research objects to analyze costumes such as military uniforms, Nuo costumes (costumes worn during Nuo rituals), religious costumes, wedding costumes, funeral costumes, priest costumes, official costumes, and chieftain's costumes; secondly, it is necessary to shift the research regions from Sichuan province to Yunnan province, Guizhou province and other provinces, and from domestic regions to oversea regions; lastly; finally, it is necessary to combine with high technology for inheritance and promotion, and integrate resources for digital display.

Key words: Yi costume, CiteSpace, visualization, knowledge graph, research hotspots

摘要： 为了解彝族服饰研究的总体发展动向，运用定量、定性分析法和CiteSpace可视化软件，选择中国知网（CNKI）数据库中508篇有效文献制作研究图谱，探析彝族服饰的研究热点及研究趋势。结果显示：研究作者、机构、期刊形成了以西南地区民族学研究为主的研究群体；目前彝族服饰分为3大研究主题，即服饰本体属性的历史发展与文化内涵、以文化为基础的传承与发展、彝族服装的创新设计与应用；研究方向由自然属性转向社会属性。研究发现，以往研究存在地域不平衡、研究方法和内容单一等不足，未来应将研究内容由国内彝族转变为国外跨境彝族，从四川转变为云南、贵州、广西等区域的彝族，并结合现代科学技术进行资源视觉化、数字化的动态展示与分析。

关键词: 彝族服饰, CiteSpace, 可视化, 知识图谱, 研究热点