Hu Shi had ever made comment on the Legendary of Waking Marriage: the most valuable social historical material and the richest cultural historical material. Xu Zhimo—the well-known poet in China said that the Legendary of Waking Marriage depicted that times vividly. According these comments the papers deal with panorama of worldly life in the northern part of China of the Ming Dynasty and its historical cultural valuation.The legendary of Waking Marriage mirrors worldly life in the northern part of China during the middle and last periods of the Ming Dynasty in social system and cultural, social psychology and customs. In political system, The Legendary of Waking Marriage gave the vivid description of social system, government of county and the relationship of country gentlemen and common people in the Ming Dynasty, meanwhile, it described the system of countryside Appointment and the system of saving life from the Acts of government in details. In the laws and regulations, The Legendary of Waking Marriage exposed the corruption of the government during those days. In the imperial examinations, The Legendary of Waking Marriage related to the hardship of the common pupils in the village. In the culture, great changes had taken place in the moral, valuation, money and sexual concept; the religious life, especially something new in the religious life of women came into being. In customs, the Legendary of Waking Marriage described the marriage, funeral systems and social habits in daily life. Therefore, The Legendary of Waking Marriage is the soul and life history of worldly life in northern part of China.The papers made a research of The Legendary of Waking Marriage and worldly life of northern people in four aspects:Firstly, I combed the worldly life and folklores clear in the novel.Secondly, tracing the original of worldly life and folk customs and depicting its development in human history with the help of linguistics and folklores.Thirdly, coordinating the historical materials in aspects, following the mutual illustration of culture and history, I want to know the developing trace of worldly life and customs in different places and times.Fourthly, I want to analyze the culture of The Legendary of Waking Marriage from the history, religion, economics and culture.