Abstract: A total of 797 Han Nationality children living in Xinxiang district of Henan province from 4 to 13 years old has been investigated. Curves for 5 indices have been made. It is concluded as follows: (1) In general, there are no significant sexual differences in the measurements which increase with ages. (2) The changes of length and height (e.g. head length, nose height, facial height) are larger than that of breadth (e.g. head breadth, nose breadth, face breadth). (3) The changes of 5 indices with ages are divided into 3 kinds: increased markedly, decreased markedly, less changed. (4) The form of children's head and face belongs to brachycephaly, hypsicephaly, acrocephaly, leptoprosopy, leptorrhiny.

Key words: Somatometry; Children; Han Nationality; Henan