With rapid urbanization, villages on urban fringe are being merged with city, among which, ancient villages are of no exception. In this study, Jingangbei village in Beibei district, Chongqing city was selected as the object for investigated. Through field investigation and literatures retrieval, history, space form and cultural features of Jingangbei were illustrated. In addition, by comparing of the protective plan and current situation of Jingangbei, chances and challenges for ancient villages’ protection were put forward, namely: Administration of Cultural Relics and local residents’ participation; change of planning objectives from wealth-seeking to multidimensional objectives; sources of protect funding and definition of future functions.