Archives institutions is the indispensable carriers to maintain the integrity and the continuity of archives work,in ancient China,emperors and their political power strength attached great importance to the history archives and cultural records,they also imposed a tight blockade on them and stored them in special places or institutions as the important political "weapons". The archives institutions before the Tang dynasty were not only save records but also keep books and cultural relics and other items,after that,there appeared many organizations which were synonymous with the archival institutions such as “Jiaku”,“Jiageku”,“Huangceku”and so on.It is necessary and worth exploring for us to study the evolution,background and specific operation methods of these archival institutions.In this paper,I am trying to clarify the history of Chinese archives from the perspective of the archives institutions in China’s ancient time.