Abstract: After a special historical and geographical evolution and development, the traditional human settlement villages in south China mountain range have become a very rare heritage of with historic culture,which have proper landscape resource, vivid sectional culture and combination of science and scientifical untilization. Thanks to the isolation for complex geographical environment and the relique kept back by ancestor scrupulously abided by immigrant in ancient south China mountain range, a great deal of human settlement landscape conserved has become tourism r esource with greatly exploited value.In order to promote the development of social and economic in the 21th century, exploitation and utilization the enrichment resource is needed.Some principles should be followed: go deep into inve stigate before exploitation,stand out emphases and choose the best to exploit, adjust measures to local conditions and stand out sectional cultural characteristic, tourism exploitation assorts with the development of village economic and social, pay equal attention to protect and exploit the resource.

Key words: south China mountain range, traditional human settlement, tourism exploitation