Abstract: With the deepening of the rural revitalization strategy, cross-village joint cultivation has become a key pathway to overcome resource constraints. Addressing issues such as strict governance in dominant villages, limited social capital, spatial restrictions due to the isolated development of traditional settlements, and the siphoning effect of strong villages on surrounding ones-all of which hinder the preservation and utilization of cultural resources-this study proposes a planning framework for traditional settlement collaborative zones based on 'one main thread, three mechanisms'. Guided by the thread of cultural empowerment, the framework spans three dimensions: industry, community, and space-and establishes three mechanisms through inter-village collaboration: industrial complementarity, community cooperation, and spatial connectivity, systematically activating regional development potential. At the industrial dimension, regional cultural IPs take the lead, fostering cross-village value transformation and benefit-sharing mechanisms. At the community dimension, key actors such as clans and overseas Chinese facilitate the integration of internal and external social capital. At the spatial dimension, joint project implementation, revitalization of existing resources in core areas, and targeted allocation of newly added land in collaborative zones support the synergy between cultural exhibition spaces and consumption spaces.Furthermore, drawing on the practice of the Cuiheng-Yakou area in Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province, this study elaborates on pathways for cultural value transformation, methods for integrating diverse social capital, and strategies for precise spatial allocation, providing references for similar regions.