Abstract: The human landscape with distinctive regional cultural characteristics was prominently developed in Sangyuan Wei of the Pearl River Delta in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. This paper probes the historical evolution, space types and cultural connotations of the cultural landscape in Sangyuan Wei through the analysis of chronicles records, poems, travel notes and images. It summarizes the typical landscape space types of the human landscape in the area as follows, the production space like chessboard, the appreciation space of Xiqiao Mountain, and the education space of multiple integration. It analyzes the social-cultural connotations from three aspects: the eight views culture centered on water, the joint self-governance, social norms dominated by gentry, and the inclusive cultural beliefs. This paper aims to promote the protection of traditional human landscape and the construction of landscape with regional characteristics in the Sangyuan Wei area.