Abstract:Material is the most basic composition element of a building, and the difference of material leads to the difference of architectural texture and structure, which directly affects the style characteristics of architectural form. The traditional building materials are made mostly based on ecological, regional and economic principles and obtained from local sources, which forms a local architectural style with the regional characteristics. At present, how to make the rural landscape has the characteristics of both traditional aesthetics and contemporary aesthetic tendency in the context of beautiful village construction is worth studying. The work aims to focus on the study of beautiful village construction from the perspective of inheriting and innovating traditional building materials, explore the translation methods of traditional materials in the contemporary aesthetic value system, and create a design and application method of traditional materials that can not only inherit the cultural characteristics of local architecture, but also reflect the needs of the times and aesthetics. Based on the local design practice in China, the contemporary inheritance significance of traditional materials is constructed, which aims to promote and advocate the positive significance of traditional building materials in the construction of beautiful villages today.