The variation characteristics of temperature in the Gulang River Basin in the period of 1959-2014 were examined using the monthly temperature dataset with the Correction analysis,Wavelet Analysis and Mann-Kendall Analysis. The result show that temperature increased significantly over the past 56 years at annual and seasonal scales. Specifically,the annual mean temperature of the Gulang River Basin in creased with an average warming rate of about 0.42 ℃·(10a)~(-1) in the upper reaches and about 0.48 ℃·(10a)~(-1) in the lower reaches. Warming rate in the lower reaches were generally much higher than in the upper reaches. The significant increase of annual mean temperature could mostly be attributed to the remarkable warming trend in summer,autumn and winter. The annual mean temperature had a prominent cycle of 11 years,it made the local climate changed from cold to warm about six times during 1959-2014. The abrupt changes of annual and seasonal mean temperatures in the upper reaches have happened early compared with the lower reaches,indicating the high altitude regions were more sensitive to climate change. This research is not only helpful in improving understanding of temperature response to global warming in the basin but also provides a basis for basin management.