Abstract: During the evolution of traditional village communities，the structural system of village temples was closely related to community space． Changes of space in village communities have shaped different levels of temples，which as the token of community space，consolidated settlement space of different scales and levels． Generally speaking，the evolution of village community space must undergo space consolidation-differentiation of space communities-space reconsolidation． Correspondingly，the earth god temple，which symbolizes the independent village's development from settlements，accomplished the initial consolidation of village space，while compound temples resulted from space community differentiation． Village Chenghuang temples had a lot to do with the reconsolidation of differentiation of village space．