乡村社会(村落)研究是中国人类学的基本领域之一,自20世纪以来可分为20~30年代的早期研究,80年代后期的特定回访与再研究、乡村都市社区研究,及90年代以来的参与式乡村调查研究等阶段,有经济人类学、生态人类学、汉人家庭家族制度、农民心态、信仰与认同、回访等五大研究视角, The study of rural community (village) is one of the basic fields of Chinese anthropology. Since the 20th century, it can be divided into early research from the 1920s to the 30s, special visits and re-studies in the late 1980s, rural urban community studies, Of the participatory rural survey and other stages of economic research, anthropology, ecological anthropology, family system of Chinese families, peasant mentality, beliefs and identity, return visit five major perspectives,