Abstract: The field revisit starting in 1980s marks the beginning of Chinese anthropology of new era. It opened up a research area for rural anthropology. Meanwhile, the study of Han community drove Chinese anthropology to walk out of the development path attached to ethnology. The field revisit in southwest minority regions was part of the revisit plan. The field visit in southwest minority regions is subordinate to the theoretical paradigm of Han community from the aspects of problem consciousness and research direction. Meanwhile, we should bring ethnic minorities into the whole Chinese nation to form “pluralistic integration”, and use community research to settle ethnic identity. Therefore, we can regard field visit as field investigation and theory construction centering on Han community.

Key words: Chinese anthropology, field visit, rural anthropology, Han community, writing culture