Global climate change and rapid urbanization have presented escalating challenges to both urban and rural hydrological systems. Addressing these issues necessitates context-sensitive, adaptive strategies founded upon indigenous knowledge. Situated within the framework of a resilience-oriented landscape and focusing on Xiong Village in Guilin as the research subject, this study adopts a multidisciplinary approach, comprising a literature review and fi eld investigation, to examine its centuries-old traditional water management wisdom. Findings indicate that the village’s water governance is not composed of isolated infrastructural elements but rather constitutes a cohesive, co-evolved system that intertwines social organization, technical practice, and spatial confi guration. Spatially, the fi ve-tier spatial framework of “mountains and forests - weirs and dams - ponds and polders - water streets - farmland” has been established, forming a hydrological network that adapts to the terrain, regulates and stores water across multiple levels, and facilitates recycling. Technically, the system adheres to the principles of “acting in accordance with natural trends” and “maximizing the use of materials”, culminating in a vernacular technical repertoire and adaptive maintenance mechanism characterized by low-impact intervention and operational simplicity. At the social level, it relies on local systems and cultural practices such as dredging and maintenance, feng shui beliefs, and internalizes water system management within the community’s daily order and collective identity. Building upon these insights, this paper delineates translational pathways across macro, meso, and micro scales to convert traditional wisdom into contemporary planning and design vernacular. The objective is to provide a systemic framework for hydrological resilience that synthesizes ecological adaptability with social participation, facilitating a fundamental paradigm shift in design practice from engineering-centric dominance toward the co-evolution of socio-ecological systems.