Traditional Chinese villages are the largest
integrated space of cultural heritage in China, and the spatial and temporal
distribution of traditional villages and their cultures is an important base
map of the spatial distribution of Chinese historical and contemporary culture.
At present, most researches on Chinese traditional villages are case studies,
and there is no general study on Chinese traditional villages and their
cultural distribution. In this paper, geographic information
System(GIS) technology is used to analyze the spatial distribution of Chinese
traditional villages and their cultural space, the influencing factors and the
spatial and temporal distribution of the construction history of Chinese
traditional villages. Based on the large-scale collection and collation of
spatial data and cultural heritage data of traditional villages, a large
dataset with spatial characteristics as the core was constructed. Through a
multi-dimensional comparative study of time, economy and heritage, the
distribution characteristics of cultural space of traditional villages and
their close relationship with the national traditional cultural pattern were
revealed. The research results show that the continuity of historical
information, economic factors and geographical factors are important factors
that determine the spatial distribution of Chinese traditional village culture.
Among them, economic factors and ethnic factors in geographical factors
interact with each other, which have a complex impact on the distribution
pattern of contemporary Chinese traditional villages and shape the distinctive
"community" characteristics of Chinese traditional villages. In
addition, Chinese traditional villages are closely related to the national
material and intangible cultural heritage in space, which on the one hand
reflects the aggregation and distribution of most of China's cultural heritage,
and on the other hand also reflects that a large number of cultural heritages
in traditional villages need to be excavated and protected, highlighting the
important position of traditional villages in Chinese culture. Based on
geographic information, this paper explores the spatial and temporal
perspective of the cultural space of traditional Chinese villages, in order to
provide important references for the overall appearance and integrity of
traditional Chinese villages, as well as the excavation and protection of
cultural heritage in traditional Chinese villages.