Through studying 83 dissertations about ancient village tourism listed in CJFD(Chinese Journal Full-text Database) in 2001-2008,including classification,sorting and thematic analysis,research progress and current situation of domestic ancient village tourism in the past 8 years were summarized,which mainly involved with tourism resources,tourism development and protection,tourism products,operation and management,sustainable development,community interests,social and cultural influence of ancient village tourism,ancient village tourism study.In this way,it can provide certain theoretical guidance for the future research and development of ancient village tourism in China.