In the human perception of the world,visual information accounts for a large proportion.The rich visual culture of all peoples throughout the ages provides a broad"field"for visual anthropology investigation.The interdisciplinary advantage of anthropology has also given profound academic support to the research of visual anthropology.Visual anthropology can not only integrate with the main branches of parent anthropology to study cultural relics,art history,folk art and intangible cultural heritage,but also explore the visual symbols in linguistic anthropology and the phenomenon of"interior reflection"in physical(medical)anthropology.The ethnographic expression of visual anthropology,which mainly takes film and television shooting as its main method,has become an important aspect of anthropological writing.Since the 21st century,the Internet and digital media have opened up a new visual era,which has expanded a larger space for the discipline construction of visual anthropology.