Standards of traditional villages

Among many traditional villages, traditional villages have the greatest impact on the environment.

Traditional villages, also known as ancient villages, refer to villages that were formed earlier, are rich in cultural and natural resources, have certain historical, cultural, scientific, artistic, economic and social values, and should be protected. Traditional villages are rich in historical information and cultural landscape, which is the greatest heritage of China's farming civilization.

On September 20 12, the first meeting of the expert Committee on the protection and development of traditional villages decided to change the customary name "ancient village" to "traditional village" to highlight its civilized value and inheritance significance.

On 20 12, 12 and 19, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Finance issued announcements to publicize the list of traditional villages in China. Among them, Guizhou Province has the largest number of 90, while Yunnan Province and Shaanxi Province have 62 and 49 respectively, ranking second and third. By the end of 20 14, the number of traditional villages in China had reached 2,555 (646 in the first batch of 20 12, 9 in the second batch of 20 13, 5 in the third batch of 20 14).

Traditional villages are gradually formed in the long-term inheritance of farming civilization, which embodies historical memories and reflects the progress of civilization. Traditional villages not only have the function of inheriting history and culture, but also have important value for promoting agricultural modernization and ecological civilization construction.