With material, spatial, social and connective nature, highway is culture of tangible physical entity as well as culture of intangible immaterial entity. Highway is an important carrier of ethnic Yi society's transformation in Liangshan, which connects Yi region to the outside world and to the political, economic and cultural contexts.Through highways, Liangshan Yi region has been integrated into the globalization process and thus is constantly modernized. Highway constructions in Liangshan Yi region in different periods are started with different purpose and significance. During the Republic of China period, construction of the Lexi Highway was closely associated with construction of a nation state. In the new century, construction of Panxi Highway was related to our national modernization. And the current highway construction is closely related to this country's poverty alleviation policy as well as to sustainable development of local economy.