Abstract: Influenced by government decision-making, social changes, and changes in tillage methods, landscapes in rural traditional settlements in China face heterogenization and fragmentation problems. Landscape optimization in rural settlements has become a significant topic during current implementation of the rural revitalization strategy. Based on the Lefebvre's space production theory, the process that promotes landscape optimization of rural settlements under interaction with local government, local villagers, overseas Chinese artists, landscape planners, engineering managers, and local craftsman are discussed in this study via field surveys conducted in Donghe Village, Xiangang Town, Kaiping City. Results showed that: (1) Driven by a series of rural construction goals of "rural revitalization", "beautiful village", and "three clean-ups, three dismantlings, and three renovations", Donghe Village has experienced several rounds of rural landscape reconstruction and developed three landscape patterns including "implantable" landscape, "returning" landscape, and "creative" landscape. (2) All three landscapes are essentially the product of various factors such as power, capital, daily life acting on the conceived space, life space and perceived space after growth, combination, and evolution. "Implantable" landscapes are the conceived landscape under the dominance of power and capital. They are controlled by planning language, design drawing, and ideology. "Returning" landscapes are manifested by the returning of life spaces under the integration of multiple subjects. They are realized by local government, local construction teams, and local villagers, emphasizing differentiation and concerning the value of use. "Creative" landscapes are the process of creating poetic landscapes via exploration of overseas Chinese artists, which involves the spiritual core present in deep memories of Chinese hometowns and is devoted to rebuilding continuity of arts and life. (3) Landscape optimization in the Donghe Village depends on changes in structure, philosophy, and technology. With respect to structural optimization, the major structure in Donghe Village realized the multi-power cooperation mode of government leading, enterprise intervention, creation of overseas Chinese craftsmen, and villager participation. The system structure implements good laws and perfect governance design. According to the unique local artists and craftsmen, many methods promoted successful acceptance of the project, such as a daily construction monitoring design, consultation with villagers, supplementation of design sketches, etc. Regarding idea optimization, the decision-making searches for uniform value identification and individual requirements of villagers are incorporated by embedding surveys and sustainable communication channels, thus realizing cognitive unification of rural landscape design and reconstruction. The construction idea pays attention to the spiritual rebuilding of places. The special space image and spirit of place in a territory were integrated into landscape building and architectural creation to maintain the sense of homeland and belonging of villagers. In technological optimization, planning technology emphasizes dynamic negotiation design. Landscape designers and overseas Chinese artists mutually learn to improve the implementation and suitability of plans. Engineering technology emphasizes appropriate technological integration. Traditional techniques and rural materials are integrated with modern technologies and materials to realize a balance between localism and modernism. Landscape practices in Donghe Village provide some transferable concepts for landscape optimization in other rural settlements. It is recommended to develop county powers, build landscapes from the perspectives of human inspection, landscape design, and human demands, and realize democratic self-management of rural settlement landscapes.

Key words: rural settlement landscape, the production of space, landscape optimization, Donghe Village, Kaiping City

摘要： 受政府决策导向、社会制度更新、耕作方式转变等影响，我国乡村传统聚落景观面临着异质化、破碎化等问题，乡村聚落景观优化成为当前实施乡村振兴战略的时代命题。为此，基于列斐伏尔的空间生产理论，通过对开平市蚬冈镇东和村的田野调查，探讨了当地政府、本地村民、侨乡艺术家、景观规划师、本土工匠等相互作用下推动乡村聚落景观优化的过程与路径。发现东和村乡村聚落景观改造实践经历了权力与资本主导下构想景观生产、多元主体融合下生活空间再回归、侨乡艺术家探索下诗意景观创作等发展过程，最终再现了诗意的日常生活空间。东和村景观的优化依赖于多元主体合作、良法善治设计、价值认同统一、场所精神重建、动态协商设计、适用技术融合等路径与举措，能够为其他乡村聚落可持续发展提供理论和实践上的参考。

关键词: 乡村聚落景观, 空间生产, 景观优化, 开平市东和村