What is the difference between historical and cultural villages and ancient villages?

China's famous historical and cultural villages, by the Ministry of Construction and the State Administration of Cultural Heritage **** with the organization of the selection, the preservation of cultural relics is particularly rich, and has a significant historical value or commemorative significance, and can be more complete to reflect some of the historical period of the traditional style and the local national characteristics of the village. They are usually announced together with the "Famous Chinese Historical and Cultural Towns". The first batch was announced on October 8, 2003, with 12 villages in ****; the second batch was announced on September 16, 2005, with 24 villages in ****; the third batch was announced on June 9, 2007, with 36 villages in ****, and the fourth batch. The selection of Chinese Famous Historical and Cultural Villages is based on the Selection Methods for Chinese Famous Historical and Cultural Towns (Villages) issued on October 8, 2003 by the Ministry of Construction and the State Administration of Cultural Heritage.

Ancient cities are the military and political centers of a region; ancient towns are the economic and political centers of a region; and ancient villages are the centers of life for the lowest level residents. As a result, the architecture of ancient cities tends to reflect significant military features, the architecture of ancient towns mostly reflects trade, while ancient villages are full of traces of life.

China's more famous ancient villages are Anhui Xidi village, Hongcun, Chengkan village; Jiangxi wuyuan ancient village cluster, LiKeng village, Liukeng village; zhejiang zhuge bagua village; guangdong meixian periwinkle house clusters, nanshe village, the big flag head village; Guangxi yangbazhai; sichuan zhonglu village; Guizhou xijiangzhai; shanxi lijia shan village, guoyu village; fujian yongding tulou clusters, screw keng village; henan guoliang village, and so on.