CC BY 4.0Zhao, QianHuang, Xiaowen2024-01-222024-01-222023978-908-28191-9-9https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14235/1242Book of proceedings: 35th AESOP Annual Congress Integrated planning in a world of turbulence, Łódź, 11-15th July, 2023The development of China's ancient agricultural civilization formed traditional villages and unique agricultural culture. Traditional villages carry China's long history and extensive regional culture. With the development of China's economy and cultural level, the protection of traditional villages and the inheritance of agricultural culture have been increasingly valued by society, and various regions are exploring traditional village protection practices based on the reality of traditional villages. Due to the complexity of the geographic environment, ethnic diversity, and cultural fusion and evolution, traditional villages in Yunnan Province, China have distinct regional and ethnic characteristics, forming world cultural heritage sites such as the Yuanyang Hani Rice Terraces and the Jianshui Ancient City. The protection of traditional villages in Yunnan should be based on the actual development needs of traditional villages, comprehensively considering the restoration and development of traditional village agricultural ecological environments, relying on innovative planning ideas and advanced technological support, in order to effectively protect traditional village spaces and inherit agricultural culture. First of all, an eco-agricultural complex can revive the agricultural ecological environment by combining traditional agricultural practices with modern technology, enhance the level of the agricultural industry, help revitalize the rural economy, create new job opportunities, retain rural populations, and thereby ensure the complete protection and inheritance of local cultural heritage and traditions. Secondly, by combining agricultural production with cultural tourism and carrying out various activities such as ethnic festival celebrations, traditional skills workshop experiences, and so on, an eco-agricultural complex can build a platform for cultural exchange and educational innovation, enhance the local residents' and tourists' understanding and appreciation of rural historical and cultural heritage, thereby enhancing the influence and social value of traditional agricultural culture and realizing its inheritance and development. In addition, the construction of supporting facilities for eco agricultural complexes and related derivative industries, such as the construction of village cultural museums, cultural activity centers, and commercial service facilities for public services and activities, can improve the living environment quality in rural areas from the and activities, can improve the living environment quality in rural areas from the hardware infrastructure level, enhance the living standards of rural residents, help to hardware infrastructure level, enhance the living standards of rural residents, help to improve the overall quality of the original rural population, and benefit the protection improve the overall quality of the original rural population, and benefit the protection and inheritance of rural historical and cultural heritage and inheritance of rural historical and cultural heritage. In conclusion, the ecological agricultural complex can not only improve the rural In conclusion, the ecological agricultural complex can not only improve the rural ecological environment, expand the path of rural industrial development, and enhance ecological environment, expand the path of rural industrial development, and enhance the level of rural economy and industrial development but also help to improve the level of rural economy and industrial development but also help to improve the overall social and cultural level of rural areas, enhance the cohesion and attractiveness overall social and cultural level of rural areas, enhance the cohesion and attractiveness of rural society, and thus achieve the effective protection of traditional villages and the of rural society, and thus achieve the effective protection of traditional villages and the continuation and inheritance of distinctive agricultural culture, continuation and inheritance of distinctive agricultural culture. Keywords: ecological agricultural complex; traditional villages; cultural heritage Planning ecological agricultural complex; traditional villages; cultural heritage Planning practiceEnglishopenaccessThe significance and practice of ecological agricultural complex construction in the protection of traditional villages and cultural inheritanceConference object889-900