Abstract: As an important tool to explain spatial phenomena, space production theory breaks through the conventional thinking of space from the perspective of traditional geography and reveals the sociality of space. Under the influence of urbanization and industrialization, rural space is constantly produced and reconstructed, which also needs to be endowed with social thinking. From the perspective of space production theory, this paper focused on the rural areas of a central province, constructed a three-dimensional analysis framework composed of material space, cultural space and social space, and aimed to reveal the characteristics of rural space from materialization to social conceptualization. It was found that the rural material space had an obvious interest tendency, the cultural space was homogenized between urban and rural areas, and the social space had obvious conflicts between the government and the people. Based on the characteristics of rural space transformation, three aspects of countermeasures of setting up the concept of space sharing, protecting the unique culture of space and developing space consultation and governance were put forward, in order to enrich the dimensions of rural construction and development, and provide reference for the new rural construction and the promotion of rural revitalization strategy.

Key words: space production, rural areas, spatial turn