Abstract: The construction of characteristic towns in southern Shaanxi province was actively carried out under the support of the policies of our country and Shaanxi province. In order to integrate the rich red resources in the southern Shaanxi area into the characteristic small town, make a good job of the red education and the inheritance, analyze the rich historical accumulation and the red educational resource advantage of the small town in the southern Shaanxi, and put forward the development path of the red resources in the small town of the southern Shaanxi, with a view to revitalizing the rural tourism industry in the southern Shaanxi.

Key words: the characteristic town, red resources, the path, southern Shaanxi