The Dabie Complex can be divided into two metamorphic facies belts, granulite facies and amphibolite facies. Growth zoning in the inner segments of garnets is well preserved in the granulite belt. By contrast, garnets in the amphibolite belt have no composition variations in the inner segments, but show growth zoning in the outer segments. This may imply different incipient metamorphic history for the two metamorphic belts. However, both reaction textures and composition trends that reflect the decompression process are commonly in both of the two belts. Pressure decreased about 0.70 and 0.85 GPa for the granulite and the amphibolite belts, respectively, estimated from mineral thermobarometers. The metamorphic P-T paths are characteristic of collision and subduction, implying that the Dabie Complex underwent rapid subsidence and rapid tectonic uplift. Uplift of the ultrahigh pressure eclogites in the region could also be related to the process. The Dabie Complex can be divided into two metamorphic facies belts, granite facies and amphibolite facies. Growth zoning in the inner segments of garnets is well preserved in the granite belt. By contrast, garnets in the amphibolite belt have no composition variations in the inner segments However, both growth text of the two metamorphic belts. However, both reaction textures and composition trends that reflect the decompression process are both in both of the two belts. Pressure decreased about 0.70 and 0.85 GPa for the granulite and the amphibolite belts, respectively, estimated from mineral thermobarometers. The metamorphic PT paths are characteristic of collision and subduction, implying that the Dabie Complex underwent rapid subsidence and rapid tectonic uplift. Uplift of the ultrahigh pressure eclogites in the region could also be related to the process.