Abstract: The paper attempts to sort out the stereotypical images and the public level of ethnic groups and their construction process, and discusses the three-dimensional relationship between ethnic images, stereotypical images and stereotypes by analyzing the construction elements, process and solidification of ethnic images. Based on the construction process, the logical approach of ethnic image construction is considered, and the ethnic self and others, as the constructors, play the basis, lead and undertake functions respectively in the mutual construction to jointly shape the ethnic image. Furthermore, the paper reflects on the "authenticity" of ethnic group image by a logic of construction and discusses the significance of ethnic group construction.

Key words: ethnic image, self, the other, construction