The origin of human civilization is based on agriculture and settlement, and the ancient villages preserved up to now can be rated as "museum and historical library of rural lifestyle and rural culture", which are of important historical and cultural value. Through the field survey of farming culture resources of ancient villages in Hongjiang City of Hunan Province, this article classifies and evaluates the farming culture and ancient village resources, and sets forth the following recommendations for the development of ancient village tourism: strengthening the product differentiation development; focusing on the cultivation and integration of resources; enhancing the village environmental remediation.