Potential multiple short-circuit surges caused by the conventional reclosing of distribution lines do not distinguish permanent from transient faults before reclosing. Thus an adaptive reclosing technology of distribution lines based on primary and secondary device coordination is proposed. Four typical adaptive reclosing methods of distribution lines based on primary and secondary device coordination are introduced. They are the current limiting trial, capacitor discharge trial, pulse trial and carrier wave trial methods. The principle and characteristics of series and parallel current limiters of the current limiting trial method are discussed and a typical impedance of the current limiter is provided. The circuit discharge characteristics of the capacitor discharge trial method and choice principle of resistance and capacitance parameters are analyzed theoretically and the typical parameters are given. It is pointed out that the key technique of the pulse trial method is the opening speed and action dispersion degree of the split phase breaker. The principle of an impedance parameter identification method is proposed. The choice principle of the frequency and voltage test signal and their typical values are given for the carrier wave trial method. This work is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. U1766208).