Abstract:There are three kinds of applicable status about Liangshan Yi people civil customary law.In the hinterland areast,he Yi people still apply the customary lawi;n the transition areast,he Yi people give priority to apply the customary lawi;n the marginal areast,here is a competition between the customary law and national law.We call the first two kinds of status as dislocation,and call the last one as fracture.The dislocation and fracture are caused by the economic development and social changes in Yi people region.Thus,after deeply analyzing the status and reasonst,he author hopes that a"path"of modernization of the rule of law for minority areas can be found,and the national law unity building in minority areas can be improved.