[Objective] The objective of the study is to analyze the types, structure and functions of various extant fieldridges on farmlands and their application in practice, in order to provide support for planning and designing high standard basic farmlands in the Three Gorges Reservoir area. [Methods] The analysis was done through field investigation and literature reviews. [Results] (1) According to used materials, fieldridges could be classifyied into four types including stone fieldridge, soil fieldridge, soil-stone fieldridge and cement brick fieldridge. The fieldridge pattern could also be categorized into four types including combination of fieldridge and ditches, fieldridge with lynchet, fieldridge without lynchet and irregular fieldridge. In terms of functions, fieldridges include the fieldridge for walking, the fieldridge as a boundary of land ownership, and for the soil conservation. (2) The structure of extant fieldridges varies on sloping farmlands in the Three Gorges Reservoir area. Usually, the main functions and purposes of the fieldridges depend on their structures. For example, the upper-soil-bottom-stone fieldridges were used to establish hedgerow in most places where the high quality cultivated land was deficient, and the bottom soil-upper stone fieldridges were mainly used as a path for farming. (3) The proportion of soil fieldridges and stone fieldridges was about 65% and 15%, while the total of soil-stone fieldridges and cement brick fieldridges was about 8%. In addition, about 10% of sloping farmlands has no fieldridges in the Three Gorges Reservoir area. [Conclusion] The fieldridges with various types and structures are formed on sloping farmlands in the Three Gorges Reservoir area in the context of the specific geomorphologic features and complicated human-land relation, and different structures result in functional diversity of fieldridges. Currently, soil fieldridge has higher ratio and usage in the Three Gorges Reservoir area. The soil-stone fieldridge with merits of both soil bund and stone fieldridge, is a new widely used fieldridge in the Three Gorges Reservoir area. In the future, more focus should be put on the structure optimization, and popularizing this new fieldridge in sloping farmland consolidation and high standards basic farmland construction.