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As the spatial carrier of the long-term evolution of civilization, traditional villages preserve regional cultural genes through their stable settlement patterns, while their cultural landscape systems embody diachronic interaction characteristics of human-land relationships. In this study, thirty typical traditional villages in Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture were selected as research samples. By establishing a three-level analytical structure of "gene element-gene chain-gene shape", four types of cultural landscape gene maps were systematically constructed and visualized. The genetic information map identifies core gene units of traditional villages by deconstructing the cultural coding mechanism of "gene element" and reveals their semantic function as carriers of cultural memory. The spatial sequence map investigates the spatial correlation of "gene chain" and analyzes the coupling mechanism between village spatial organization and ecological foundations. The distribution pattern map summarizes five gene combination paradigms (including Mass, Axis, Tie-branch style, scatter and group) through multi-village cluster analysis, thereby confirming the driving effect of watershed adaptability on settlement spatial differentiation. The spatial pattern map elucidates the propagation trajectory of cultural genes at regional scales and discloses the cultural-geographical characteristics of rice cultivation technology diffusion. The study reveals that traditional villages in the Yanbian area exhibit a tripartite gene arrangement paradigm integrating "ecological base-construction technology-social organization": At the ecological base level, settlement site selection demonstrates adaptive strategies to cold temperate monsoon climates; at the construction technology level, architectural design and decoration not only fulfill anti-seismic and cold-proof functional requirements but also transmit ethnic aesthetic consciousness; at the social organization level, village layouts and seasonal rituals form cultural identity gene chains that sustain collective memory within cross-border immigrant communities. Spatial distribution characteristics adhere to dual logics of watershed adaptability and ethnic-cultural communication. These research outcomes systematically delineate the constituent dimensions and spatial differentiation principles of cultural landscapes in multi-ethnic frontier regions of Northeast China, while providing a scientific foundation for cultural space restoration and living heritage preservation within rural revitalization strategies.