Ancient villages protection and development is always a hot issue. The Dali area, because of its long history of culture, owns many national or provincial historical and cultural cities, towns, villages, but how to effectively protect and utilize these resources has become an urgent problem. On the basis of development status quo of Dali ancient villages, through the field research of Nuodeng village in Yunlong, East Lotus Village in Weishan, and Shaxi village in Jianchuan, this paper tries to explore the protection, development and renewal mode of ancient villages in Dali area with the opportunities of urbanization and the new rural construction, which can provide some reference to the ancient villages' development and protection.