Beijing is one of the first-batch famous historical and cultural cities in China，and development of historical and cultural protection zones is its top priority. As one of the core functions of the capital，making greater efforts in building Beijing into a national cultural hub poses higher requirements for the development of historical and cultural protection zones. “Soft Development” is a new type of governance concept and mode，which is outreaching from urban revival to historical and cultural protection zones. The introduction of this concept into the development of historical and cultural protection zones aims to enhance the development quality and sustainability of historical and cultural protection zones through elastic，flexible，scientific and humanistic approaches.Dashilar is not only an important historical and cultural protection zone in Beijing，but also a domestically well-known commercial tourism experience zone in China.Dashilar is always confronted with the problem of how to balance the economic development with historical and cultural protection. In recent years，Dashilar proposes a revival concept with “Soft Development” as the core，blazes the path for the sustainable development mode of historical and cultural blocks by improving regional image，revitalizing hutong culture and promoting industrial renewal，and makes useful explorations into the development of historical and cultural protection zones in Beijing.