Abstract: The traditional interpretation of the protection and inheritance of cultural resources in historic and cultural villages and towns is based on the theory of social memory and has formed a “culture-memory” framework. However, with the increasing complexity, diversity of cultural resources and more profound interaction with society, the traditional unscrambling framework is difficult to adapt to. Based on the theory of cultural capital, this paper examines the cultural resources of historic and cultural villages in the framework of “culture-capital”, and realizes a new unscrambling of its object category and social interaction, and revitalizes the new vitality of cultural resources in the historic and cultural villages.

Key words: historic and cultural villages and towns, cultural resources, cultural capital, social memory