With the qualitative and literature research on the different historical layers and specifically on residential development to illustrate how it the determine the urban fabric. The archival survey is also performed mainly in Xi’an and aimed at studying documents that collect records of historical and current maps which illustrates the development of the city. Statics and site survey data collection on the the different examples of resilient inner cities on the key aspects such as population density, housing spatial distributions, landownership, coverage on the plot, has been another major part of the research, which could be the vividly illustration on how the culture sustainable design approach roots from the site.