Abstract: Tuwang (live Tusi,the leader of Tujia ethnic group) worship and ritual were popular in Xiangxi and its surrounding areas during the Tusi times.After gaituguiliu (bureaucratization of native officers) in the Qing Dynasty (1636—1912),the descendants of Tusi in Tiangjiadong Village established family linage with characters and reconstructed ancestor memory that beseemed their identities.Tuwang was endowed to several important gods.The transition of Tuwang worship and ritual reflects the unique historical development of the Tusi-ruled areas in Xiangxi directly permeated by state power,showing a fact that the folk society has actively controlled local culture and power to change cultural legitimacy and ideology.

Key words: Tuwang (live Tusi,the leader of Tujia ethnic group) worship, family construction, state identity, Tujia ethnic group