The features of zircons are obviously controlled by their formation environment and can be used to verify their origin and the evolution process of the host rock magma. The authors studied the trace elements and genesis of the zircons from the granite porphyry in the Dalingshang tungsten deposit of Jiangxi Province and investigated the magma evolution process by means of cathodoluminescence and LA-ICPMS. The Dalingshang tungsten deposit is an important deposit inthe Dahutang ore concentration area. It is a superlarge W-Cu-Mo polymetallic deposit found in 2010. The mineralization of the Dalingshang tungsten ore deposit was closely related to the granite porphyry, but the zircons in the granite porphyry have not been studied in detail yet. Yanshanian magmatic zircons, inherited magmatic zircons and captured zircons were found in the granite porphyry in the Dalingshang tungsten deposit. The Yanshanian magmatic zircons seem to be the typical hydrothermal zircons with the features of non-cathodoluminescence, low Th/U ratios (<0.1), relative enrichment of LREE and weak positive anomaly of Ce. Nevertheless, they also display the characteristics of both hydrothermal zircons and magmatic zircons, with some samples falling in the hydrothermal zircon area whereas others in the magmatic zircon area in the diagrams of (Sm/La)_N-La,δCe-(Sm/La)_N, and δCe-δEu and(Sm/La)_N-(Lu/Gd)_N. Yanshanian magmatic zircons should be a part of magmatic zircons, as shown by the fact that their average zircon Ti thermometer geological temperature is 872 ℃ and their host rocks are relatively fresh hypabyssal intrusive rock. It is thought that the zircons in pegmatite have features of hydrothermal zircons but no features of magmatic zircons. Compared with the features of zircons in pegmatite, the Yanshanian magmatic zircons should be considered to have been formed before the pegmatite stage. According to all features mentioned above, the authors have arrived at the conclusion that the Yanshanian magmatic zircons in the study area should be classified as the magmatic zircons formed in the magma with rich hydrothermal fluids before the pegmatite stage. The magma rich in hydrothermal fluids could contain a lot of metals that formed the metal deposit late, and hence researchers should pay more attention to the magma so as to find more information about the ore deposit. The captured zircons show uneven lighting gray and white CL images with some non-cathodoluminescence edges in the cracks of the zircons. The captured zircon has high Th/U ratios (>0.4), relatively low LREE/HREE and positive anomaly of Ce. In the diagrams of (Sm/La)_N-La,δCe-(Sm/La)_N, and δCe-δEu and (Sm/La)_N-(Lu/Gd)_N, the captured zircons all fall in the magmatic area. The zircon Ti thermometer geological temperature is 766 ℃. All features point to the conclusion that the captured zircon should be the magmatic zircon and its formation was controlled by Jinningian magmatism. The study of the regional geological condition has revealed that the captured zircon must have only come from the granite diorite of Jinning Period because the granite diorite of Jinning Period was the unique magma product in Jinningian period in the study area. The cores of inherited zircons show gray and white cathodoluminescence and their edges have no cathodoluminescence. Their ratios of Th/U and LREE/HREE are between those of the Yanshanian magmatic zircons and the captured zircons. In the diagrams of (Sm/La)_N-La, δCe-(Sm/La)_N, and δCe-δEu and (Sm/La)_N-(Lu/Gd)_N, all inherited zircons are in the area between magmatic zircons and hydrothermal zircons. Their average zircon Ti thermometer geological temperature is 744℃. The inherited zircon cores have the same properties as the captured zircons and their new zircon edges have the same properties as the Yanshanian magmatic zircons. So it is reasonably considered that the granite diorite of Jinning Period was one of the original rocks of the granite porphyry rock.