Abstract: The May 4th New Culture Movement, an ideological enlightenment campaign aimed at criticizing the old culture and advocating the new one, went through three stages: commencement, climax and declining. The commencement stage was from the 1st issue of New Youth Magazine in September 1915 to the 4th issue of Volume 2 in December 1916, characterized by criticizing autocracy and superstition, propagating democracy and science. Its climax was from the 5th issue of volume 2 in January 1917 to the 6th issue of volume 7 in September 1920, in which a new culture group was formed, leading to the literary revolution and the breakout of May 4th movement in political perspective. Its declining one was from September 1920 to the end of 1926, characterized by the inner division of the new culture group. Partisan disputes replaced the enlightenment, and most intellectuals of this group went to the south to escape from the government persecution. With the disintegration of the new culture group in the trend of intellectuals' moving south, the New Culture Movement also came to an end.

Key words: The May 4th Movement, The May 4th New Culture Movement, Enlightenment Movement in China, New Youth Magazine