Abstract: This paper takes the Tangjiawan landslide in the Beichuan section of the Yingxiu-Beichuan fault zone as its research object, combines terrain data, multi-period remote sensing and aerial images, and ¹⁴C dating data, and subdivides the activity history of the Tangjiawan landslide.The main controlling factors for the resurgence of the Tangjiawan landslide in 2016 are analyzed. The research results can be summarized as follows: (1) There have been at least four periods of slippage in the history of the Tangjiawan slope. Among them, the first landslide occurred before the Holocene, the second occurred in the early Holocene, the third occurred during the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake and was a coseismic landslide generated during the activity of the Longmenshan fault zone, and the fourth occurred in 2016 and 2018, respectively, which were caused by the local resurgence of landslide deposits in the fault zone; (2) The formation of the Tangjiawan landslide in 2016 was related to factors such as fault activity, river lateral erosion, and water. Among them, the binary slope structure formed by the overlying landslide accumulation body and the underlying high and steep bedrock is the decisive condition for the occurrence of the Tangjiawan landslide. The fault activity and the maximum principal stress deflection caused by it should be the important internal cause of the landslide deformation; (3) The geological model of the resurrection of landslide deposits in the fault zone based on the control of topographical conditions has been preliminarily discussed in Tangjiawan landslide. The evolution processes are the formation of landslides or steep terrain due to fault zone activity and river erosion, the back wall or steep terrain of the previous landslide accepting the accumulation of the upper old landslides, and the resurrection of the old landslide under the control of the dual slope structure. This landslide provides a unique case for studying the landslide revival in the fault zone controlled by topography. The research results have important reference value for understanding and evaluating this type of landslide, and carrying out comprehensive prevention and control.