When compared with the plains villages, the construction and development of traditional mountain villages always in relatively slow due to the impact of the geographical remoteness, inaccessibility and other factors. However, the beautiful natural environment and rich flavor of the countryside exudes a different kind of vitality in nowadays "urbanization" process. In this paper, take a typical representative of mountain villages in Yimeng Shilin tourism area -- Nanyu village as example, based on the analysis of its natural scenery and cultural history, we focus on the spatial characteristics of the mountain village to explore the changes and development in the rural tourism development process. 1.Mountain village 1.1 The concept of mountain village A village is a collection of many residential houses or a population concentrated area. According to its geographical location, it can be divided into different type of villages such as plains village, mountain village, prairie village, lakeside village, coastal village, delta village. Mountain village, as the name implies, is located between the mountains and hills or species distribution along the direction of the river or valley. 1.2 The current situation of mountain village in tourism area When compared with the reinforced concrete modern city, mountain villages have a great environment like near the river or lush vegetation. Thus, mountain villages attract more and more tourist because of its rustic and natural can let people feel spirit release. Meantime, it add new vigor and vitality to the past quiet mountain village. However, the inconvenience of traffic and the backward of public service facilities such as health and dining, which will undoubtedly become a "stumbling block" hinder the development of mountain villages. Throughout the tourist area around the mountain villages, the majority are more like a single industrial structure, relatively monotonous series of products, and the lack of a distinctive characteristic or humanistic values, and therefore cannot be formed as the "attractions" which have the attractive "center of interest". As a result, it often act as a "supporting role" in the tourism development process like a auxiliary facilities or "service area", which also reduce the original intention to promote the economic development of those areas.