Sichuan has rich resources of ancient villages，among which there are many ancient villages with high historical，cultural，artistic and scientific values. Through a series of policies and measures of sustainable protection and utilization，the protection and utilization of ancient villages in Sichuan has achieved remarkable results. However，it still faces challenges such as weak protection awareness of villagers，lack of talent team，insufficient participation of social forces，and difficulties in cultural relics protection. It is suggested to further improve the protection of ancient villages in the whole province by improving the protection awareness of ancient villages，strengthening the support of ancient village protection talents，consolidating the basic work of ancient village protection，mobilizing social forces to participate in and improving the quality of rural housing construction and the appearance of villages overall performance of utilization.