Abstract: Through participatory rural appraisal method， 172 households in 3 towns were investigated and sampled in Yunyang County， Chongqing City. This paper firstly designated an index system appraising land circulation （LC） perception for sampled farmers， and calculated LC of the farmers in the Three Gorges Reservoir area， and analyzed the characteristics and influencing factors of LC using factor analysis method. It was shown that the total LC perception value of farmers in the Three Gorges Reservoir area was 321. The participation of LC got the lowest score， while necessity of LC got the highest score. The factors influencing the LC necessity dimension basically were the age of the head of the household， the householders educational level， the non\|farm income and the number of family labors. The factors influencing the LC attention dimension basically were the age of the head of the household， the householders educational level， the non\|farm income， the number of family labors and the health of family labors. The factors influencing the farmland quality dimension basically were the householders educational level， the number of family labors and the health of family labors. The factors influencing the LC participation dimension basically were the age of the head of the household， the householders educational level， the non\|farm income， the number of family labors， the health of family labors and the grain subsidy income.

Key words: household, land circulation, perception, Three Gorges Reservoir area