Abstract: Historical materialism ended the tradition of Western theoretical philosophy,and revolutionized the way of questioning the issue ofexistence,that is,it turned the general questioning of existence from ideological field into the historical field of life and production.In view of historical materialism,either the abstract conceptual system,or the concrete capitalist production system,is the alienation of the real meaning of human life,and all the questionings and criticisms of it are to present a real historical circumstance in which the significance of human existence is wholly illustrated.It is the complete turning into questioning the significance of existence that makes historical materialism have profound phenomenological implication.In the field vision of phenomenology,the multiple philosophical properties of historical materialism and its inner unity are clearly defined.The associated study of historical materialism and phenomenology will deepen our understanding of the philosophical significance of historical materialism.

Key words: historical materialism, phenomenology, philosophical turn, historic significance, practical reasoning