On the basis of the authors' research, the Dabieshan Mountains is divided into three tectonic domains; the South Dabieshan, Central Dabieshan and North Dabieshan domains. The South Dabieshan domain consists of autochthonous stacked strata, which are, from top to bottom, Da sedimentary cover of unmetamorphosed Sinian-Early Triassic series, unconformably overlain by Jurassic sandstone, 2) weakly metamorphosed Neo-Proterozoic slate, 3) " Susong group", most of which had been retrogressed into greenschist facies, 4) al-lochthonous block consisting of gneiss and UHP eclogite, 5) autochthonous gneiss which has never been subjected to UHP metamorphism. All these units exhibit a NW-SE lineation. The NW-directed shearing on the top of the unit was reworked by later folds. The central Dabieshan domain is a migmatitic dome resulting from migmatization that the UHP metamorphosed terrane had experienced. Its boundary with the HUP terrane is a detachment fault, which is responsible for the exhumation of the UHP unit during its retrogression into amphi-bolite facies. In the north Dabieshan domain, early foliation and N-S-trending compressional lineation are deformed by N-verging folds coeval to the syn-exhumation ductile structures of the central Dabieshan domain. A geodynamic model involving coeval thrusting and normal faulting is discussed.