Farmland transfer obviously has the positive effect on promoting the agricultural industrialization,pushing forward the rural reform and development,and fundamentally resolving the problems of agriculture,countryside and farmers.It is also a practical problem in the process of agricultural industrialization and urbanization.Based on the 235 samples taken from 3 villages in Baishui county,5 villages in Yanliang district and 4 villages in Baqiao district of Xi’an city in Shaanxi province,this paper analyzes the behavior of farmland transfer of rural households and its causes of occurrences.The results showed that whether rural households participate in the farmland transfer or not and what route for the transfer is dependent upon the particular environment and their willingness.Several key factors influence the farmland transfer of rural households，such as farmer’s age,farmer’s education level,annual nonagricultural income of household,farmer’s willingness to plant and the transfer policy.