Abstract
By reference to the principles and criteria of UNESCO world cultural heritage for cultural heritage conservation. The traditional villages are important part of historical and cultural heritage, It's a truthful record of the traditional architectural style, outstanding architecture, traditional folk customs and the original spatial form. So the traditional villages are precious resources of our cultural heritage. However, due to the weakness of the census block and the deficiency of the resources and assessment, the legacy of the village is disappearing at an alarming rate, which is causes Chinese historical heritage in great loss, Currently, the evaluation and protection of traditional villages have drawn great attention to the relevant departments, National housing and construction office sued a traditional village's evaluation index system in 2012 and launched a nationwide evaluation of the traditional villages. So objective evaluation of ancient village's comprehensive value is the basis of correctly protecting and utilizing ancient villages. The research on comparison and analysis of UNESCO world cultural heritage registration criterion and traditional village's evaluation index system identified in China is a beneficial exploration on quantitative evaluation for UNESCO world cultural heritage.