Butuo County belongs to Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province, located in Daliangshan District in the southeast of Liangshan Prefecture. Its geographical coordinates are: east longitude 102 43 '- 103 04', north latitude 27 16 '-27 56', and it is far from Xichang 165438+. It is bordered by Zhaojue, Puge, Ningnan, Jinyang and other counties, and faces Qiaojia County of Yunnan Province across Jinsha River.1Established in March, 955, it is a semi-agricultural and semi-pastoral county in the alpine mountainous area where Yi people live together. The county covers an area of 1685 square kilometers, with 3 16500 mu of cultivated land, 84000 mu of woodland and 0/800 mu of grassland. Butuo County governs 3 towns and 27 townships, and 189 administrative villages. By 20 10, there will be about140,000 people in the county, and the Yi people account for 94% of the total population. Butuo, also known as Jirabut, is a transliteration of Bute in Yi language, in which Butuo refers to hedgehog, especially pine tree. It means "where there are hedgehogs and pine trees". It is a county where the Yi people live in compact communities. Adu is the birthplace of the Yi Torch Festival, and is known as the hometown of the Yi Torch Festival culture in China, the hometown of the Yi Torch Festival in China and the holy land of the Torch Festival.