Multifunctional landscape has become one of the hot topics and new research directions in recent ecological fields in Landscape Ecology. However, there is lack of systematical study about the multifunctional landscape such as its concept definition, research methods and other basic contents. The study of multifunctional landscape can help to enhance landscape multi-functionalities by optimizing landscape structure and ecological processes. It is supposed to be an important way to successfully realize the landscape sustainable development in future. This paper firstly discusses the concept, research perspectives and methods about the multifunctional landscpae. Then we propose some future research directions including to further study landscape practices, to improve evaluation methods and monitoring mechanism about multifunctional landscape.The purpose of this paper is aimed to provide helpful informations for researches of landscape planning and management in the future.