Abstract: In a certain sense, the political participation of farmers can revealed the development of democracy in China＇s rural society from early last century to early this century. The expansion is a sign political modernization. If no farmer will participate politic, there can be no country＇s political modernization in China. From a historical perspective, the article describe the political participation of farmers, and it can be good to the development of the political participation of farmers in tomorrow. The expansion of farmer＇s orderly participation in political affairs can be seen as a condition for the building of grass-roots democracy in building a new countryside.