1, the preserved cultural relics are particularly rich;

2. Historical buildings are concentrated in pieces;

3. Preserve the traditional pattern and historical features;

4. Buildings that have been used as political, economic, cultural, transportation centers or military sites in history, or have had important historical events, or their traditional industries and major projects built in history have had an important impact on the development of the region, or can reflect the cultural and national characteristics of the region.

In addition, if a famous historical and cultural city is declared, there should be more than two historical and cultural blocks within the protection scope of the declared famous historical and cultural city.

Two, with the above conditions, to declare historical and cultural cities, towns and villages should submit the following materials to the competent authorities:

1, historical evolution, local characteristics and historical and cultural value;

2. The present situation and historical characteristics of the traditional pattern;

3. Scope of protection;

4. List of immovable cultural relics, historical buildings and historical and cultural blocks;

5. Protection work, objectives and requirements.

(three) the examination and approval department:

To declare a famous historical and cultural city, the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall apply, and the competent department of construction in the State Council shall, jointly with the competent department of cultural relics in the State Council, organize relevant departments and experts to conduct argumentation, put forward audit opinions, and report them to the State Council for approval and promulgation.

To declare a famous historical and cultural town or village, the local people's government at the county level shall apply, and the department in charge of protection determined by the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall, jointly with the department in charge of cultural relics at the same level, organize relevant departments and experts to conduct argumentation, put forward examination opinions, and submit them to the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government for approval and promulgation.

According to the regulations, all qualified cities and towns can apply to the competent examination and approval department. In order to better protect these precious resources, the "Regulations" also stipulates that: for cities that meet the declaration conditions of historical and cultural cities but have not been declared, the competent construction department of the State Council and the competent cultural relics department of the State Council can make declaration suggestions to the people's governments of the provinces and autonomous regions where the cities are located; If it has not yet been declared, it can directly make suggestions to the State Council to determine the city as a famous historical and cultural city.

For villages and towns that meet the conditions for the application of land for famous historical and cultural towns and villages, the protection departments determined by the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government may, jointly with the departments in charge of cultural relics at the same level, put forward suggestions for the application to the people's governments at the county level where the villages and towns are located; If it has not yet been declared, it may directly put forward suggestions to the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government to determine the town or village as a famous historical and cultural town or village.

The competent department of construction in the State Council, jointly with the competent department of cultural relics in the State Council, can select historical and cultural towns and villages with great historical, artistic and scientific value from the approved and published historical and cultural towns and villages in strict accordance with the relevant national evaluation standards, and determine them as historical and cultural towns and villages in China after expert argumentation.

For historical and cultural cities, towns and villages that have been approved for publication, if their historical and cultural values are seriously affected due to poor protection, the approving authority shall include them in the endangered list and publish them, and instruct the people's governments of the cities and counties where they are located to take remedial measures within a time limit to prevent the deterioration of the situation, improve the protection system and strengthen the protection work.