Abstract: For quite a long time,the economic plan and poverty relief program in Xiangxi was more of a copy of the agricultural practice in the developed areas of our country,leading to damage to local traditional compound culture and social and economic development.This paper,combing field survey with historical records,holds that a sustainable development could be achieved in the area by rebuilding compound agriculture and giving proper proportion to economic development,ecological protection,and cultural succession.

Key words: compound agriculture in Xiangxi, nonmaterial culture