In recent years，homestay have become a hot spot in the tourism industry with their significant advantages such as personalization and strong experience. Intangible cultural heritage is the essence of regional culture，and the integration of homestays and intangible cultural heritage allows tourists to have a deeper perception of regional culture. The integration of two can not only promote the construction of homestays，but also spread intangible cultural heritage. This paper analyzes the current situation of the integration and development of the two. The development types of integration of homestays and intangible cultural heritage in China are summarized as integrated utilization，activation and inheritance，participation and experience，art derivation，and creativity-driven. It further provides ideas for the integration and innovative development of homestay and intangible cultural heritage from six aspects：concept orientation，function orientation，activity orientation，wisdom orientation，market orientation and brand orientation，in order to provide inspiration for the integrated development of both.