The aging of population is the grim reality which China is facing in the twenty-first century. The healthy aging is an important content of building a harmonious society. Healthy aging is not just the food，clothing，medical and care for eldly individual，but also the joyful spirit. In this paper，the empty-nest elderly in Hangzhou as the research object，through literature，questionnaire，interviews and other methods，we obtain empirical information on the issue of their spiritual support. It is generally found that the spiritual need is urgent to the urban empty nesters at this stage，especially those who are living alone in their empty nests. From the emotional comfort，personality respect，the achievements of peace of mind，we find that many problems which the empty-nest elderly in city may confront about spiritual endowment. The problems are mainly as follows：lacking of their children’s mental solicitude；falling short of urban empty nester’s spiritual needs；being disregarded by the major society；being difficult to re-marry；deficiency of the health and welfare facilities；shorting of participation to social activities. Taking these matters into consideration，some suggestions have been put forward to relieve these problems：promoting the traditional virtues of “respect and honor the aged”；developing the self-ability of the old people from empty-nest families；establishing a pattern of mutual help among relatives and neighbors；advancing social organization and basic facilities in each community；increasing the support of government；strengthening the laws and regulations of spiritual endowment to protect empty nesters.