Abstract: In order to build a beautiful village and create a pleasant village waterfront landscape, the ecological livable concept was applied to the landscape planning of rural waterfront on the basis of combing relevant research. Taking the landscape planning of Changtang River of Xiangshan County in Zhejiang Province as an example, the regional water landscape, water culture, water ecology and water tourism were deeply analyzed from multiple angles and multi-dimensions, and the planning objectives and design ideas of realizing the improvement of rural waterfront landscape were discussed, in order to provide reference for the landscape planning of rural waterfront in the future.

Key words: rural waterfront landscape, ecological livability, planning, Changtang River, Xiangshan County