Abstract: This paper discusses the exploitation history of main forest resources in Liangshan Yi Nationality Area, Sichuan Province, especially analyzes the exploitation objects, ways, results, organization and management, and intention. The author draws conclusions that the species of forest resources exploited in history in this area were limited, the exploitation ways were simple, the products were mainly raw products, and people in this area only exploited but ignored the protection of forest resources. The exploitation shows the characteristics of coexistence of with order and disorder. The intensity of exploitation in history was increasing gradually, but the process was relatively slow.