On field investigation in ethnology;

From 2004 to 2006,in the region of North Jiangsu Province,the Institute for the History of Natural Science(IHNS,CAS) cooperated with Southern Taiwan University of Technology(STUT) carried out a project for field investigation and reconstruction of the vertical-axis-styled "Chinese Great windmill"(CGW) and its square-pallet chain-pump(SPCP).

An overall historical viewpoint and an anthropology field investigation method were utilized in .

We should learn from the previous experiences and theoretical achievements on field investigation and explore new investigative method on the basis of the theoretical development of field work and methodology.

This investigation was the first formally organized field work in modern China.

For this,put forward taking small village community as study unit,using field work method for qualitative analysis,for carrying out a new study view and method,and investigate the regulation in developping rural sports.

The unsatisfactory development of fieldwork at present due to some subjective and objective factors has caused some scholars to doubt about the importance and the necessity of fieldwork.

The article attempts to give a micro-picture of harmony relationship between Folk belief and Christianity in a village by fieldwork,tell how pos.

Based on the fieldwork about 2 counties including 5 villages in Hui Zhou, the paper regards the living environment, functional structure of villages, traditional Chinese geomancy science(fengshui), and the ancestral temples as the main aspects to describe the interaction of cultural identity and cultural environment.

It is suggested that a deeper field research should be carried out in the future,and the theoretical improvement should be strengthened so as to push the development .

Based on the application of Geographic Information System(GPS),Global Positioning System(GIS) and Remote Sensing(RS) techniques,this paper investigates the life of fishermen of Lake Biwa in Japan and Lake Poyang in China,explores the concrete impact of environmental change on the life of fishermen,and displays the application of information technology in field research.

The Contradictions and Predicament in the Field Study of Anthropology;

The paper firstly looks back those contradictions;on the basis of it,puts forward a question to the "emic"paradigm in the current field study of Anthropology from an angle of epistemology according to the "experience-far and near"theory put forward by Geertz.

Both historical documents and field study are inevitable in history study among which the latter helps people to feel the great change of the world in historical sites,to comprehend connotations of history,and to imagine freely what the ancients think.