Comparing rural areas and cities from the perspectives of industrialization and economic development， we found that they stand at the two opposite ends of modernization. In essence， urban and rural areas， as two heterogeneous settlement space forms， ultimately serve human life itself. In this sense， the rural area can be defined as an experiential field open to human existence， and the urban-rural relationship has been presented as “dual aspects of one aim”.From the perspective of place-making， the most fundamental thing about rural revitalization is to renew and reidentify the rural social structure through the construction of community subjects， and reorganize a new rural lifestyle through the cultural development. The whole process involves reshaping rural areas in four aspects： meeting the new requirements for a better life， fulfilling the new mission of rural construction， shaping the new rural business forms and fostering the new matrix of rural culture. In this way， a localized balance among people as well as between people and land and self-consistent renewal will be ultimately achieved.