Abstract: In the context of the significant imbalance of urban-rural development, integrated urban and rural development and the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas urgently require rural areas to transform from scattered and isolated individual points to the construction of an interconnected network. It is of great significance to scientifically analyze the evolution of rural spatial organization and the mechanism of connection and collaboration. From the perspective of theoretical construction and practical needs, this paper traces the origin of the concept of rural spatial network, explicitly defines its conceptual understanding, and constructs an analytical framework for rural spatial network in terms of cognitive perspectives and development models. The paper initially forms the conceptual cognition of the rural spatial network, providing a new perspective for enriching the rural spatial research.